"Director of AI at Tesla" apparently doesn't VC or backup
So the "Director of AI at Tesla" appears to be in the habit of not committing code for at least 2 months at a time, and doesn't do backups... O_o
David Lord :python: (@davidism@mas.to)
Some dodgy GitHub behaviour from a RedHat employee.
TIL: Python's splitlines does a lot more than just newlines
str.splitlines is obvious in what it does, so I don't think I've ever looked at what it actually does. It doesn't do quite what I originally thought it did.
PyPI+ - Python Package Explorer with Dependency Visualization | Search 500K+ Packages
Another handy tool for diving into the depdencies of Python packages as found on PyPI.
stelvio.dev: AWS for Python devs - made simple
A Python library that also builds out your deployment too.
The whole IAC thing bothers me because people say "code" but it's almost never actually code. This looks like it might end up actually putting the code in IAC.
Red & blue functions are actually a good thing
A rebuttal of sorts for the red/blue language post.
What Color is Your Function? – journal.stuffwithstuff.com
An amusing take on async/await being sprinkled all over a language. While this is aimed more at the JavaScript crowd, I think the Python folk can relate too.
There are some good points here, and some good descriptions of the sort of frustration that can be felt. At the same time there are also some not-quite-sensible aspects to it as well.
Still a fun read.
Supply Chain Security Alert: num2words PyPI Package Shows Signs of Compromise - StepSecurity
Interesting supply chain attack on a Python package.
Asyncio Demystified: Rebuilding it From Scratch One Yield at a Time
How to do async in Python the hard way, as a way to learn how it works so you undersatnd things better when you do it the easy way.
ernestofgonzalez/epub-utils: A Python CLI and utility library for manipulating EPUB files
Useful-looking library for working with EPUB files from Python.
How to Use Async Agnostic Decorators in Python
Interesting article on how you can go about writing Python decorators that are async-agnostic.
Lazy self-installing Python scripts with uv
Post in praise of uv (as most posts about uv are) and detailing how it can be used to make self-installing scripts.
Better performance by optimizing Gunicorn config - Building the system - Medium
Advice on how best to configure Gunicorn for Django applications.
Python End of Life
The end-of-life status and versions for Python.
New version of Textual adds CSS support
Announcement of Textual 0.2.0 on reddit.
Asks the Textualize developers anything : Python
AMA for Textual.
Doom in Blender VSE · Aras' website
DooM. In Blender. In Python.
Also a side-discussion about performance and Python.
Remove the "Authority" from Packaging - Packaging - Discussions on Python.org
Turns out the A in PyPA, meaning "authority", was originally intended as a joke. TIL.
The Inner Workings of Python Dataclasses Explained
Everything you ever wanted to know about Python's dataclasses. And probably more. And probably stuff you didn't care to know. And probably stuff you didn't know you'd ever want to know, or not.
Braindrop: A terminal-based client for raindrop.io
Braindrop is a terminal-based client for the raindrop.io bookmaking service.
It has support for:
- Adding, editing and removing raindrops
- Searching and filtering with tags and free text
- Checking if a link is available in the Wayback Machine
- And more
The application is under active development and will have more features added as time goes on.
TypeIs does what I thought TypeGuard would do in Python
Handy explanation of the difference between TypeGuard and TypeIs. The docs aren’t exactly clear, but this really is.
The AT Protocol SDK
Python SDK for working with the protocol that underpins Bluesky.
Welcome to Pytest-BDD’s documentation! — Pytest-BDD 7.3.0 documentation
A BDD plugin for use with pytest.
Dispelling Information Asymmetry
Tim Peters' take on his suspension from CPython development.
How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers
Instagram scaled from 0 to 14 million users in just over a year, from October 2010 to December 2011. They did this with only 3 engineers.
They did this by following 3 key principles and having a reliable tech stack.
LaunchFlow - Docs
Another IfC solution; native to Python.
A Complete Guide To Behavior-Driven Testing With Pytest BDD
A comprehensive guide to getting started with BDD testing with pytest.
Rye and uv: August is Harvest Season for Python Packaging
Blog post about the state of Python packaging in 2024, with a particular emphasis on how uv is going (and in part rye too).
Squish migrations in Django
Helpful answer on stackoverflow that outlines out to squish down migrations in a Django system.
Remi - Python GUI library
Python library for developing GUI applications