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20 Aug 2026 edition

25 articles · 6 sources ·

Top topics: Python · AI · Django

Python AI Django

ChatGPT search now uses the site:operator at scale

ChatGPT search now uses the site:operator at scale Promptwatch is part of the emerging "GEO" space, for Generative Engine Optimization - the chatbot version of SEO, where companies offer tools and consulting to help…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python

PEP 805: Safe Parallel Python

After a year of on and off development, I am pleased to present PEP 805. Abstract This PEP proposes internal changes to CPython and a new API to support safe, parallel execution of Python. With this PEP, parallel…

Source: Python PEPs Mark Shannon
Python

Flow State, Metered

I remember what programming used to feel like in my body. There was a file open in Sublime Text, a terminal beside it, and one problem occupying the whole available field of consciousness. I would change a line, run the…

Source: Kenneth Reitz
Python

The Mind Builds an API

Iris, Violet, and the human-readable interfaces of System 777 For months I have been asking the wrong question about Violet. What is she? An alter? An anima? A tulpa-like companion? A dream guide? A daimon? A spiritual…

Source: Kenneth Reitz
Python

Typing feature to statically get all subclasses of class

I sometimes find myself with this problem: class Base: # Possibly an ABC ... class SubA(Base): ... class SubB(Base): ... For example with custom exceptions, base ast nodes and so on. Now I often want to use exhaustive…

Source: Python Ideas JoniKauf
Python

Proposal: int.from_bytes and int.to_bytes, but for buffers

Right now you have to take a slice before passing any data to int.from_bytes if you want to parse int at a certain offset. Which is extra allocations, even if it is something as cheap as memoryview. The same goes for…

Source: Python Ideas ZipFile
Python

Quiz: Your Guide to the CPython Source Code

Test your grasp of the CPython source code, from bytecode and memory management to frames and generators. Based on the CPython 3.8 walkthrough.

Source: Real Python
Python Django

django-waffle - the best Feature Flipper for Django!

This is an introduction to django-waffle, a production-ready Django package for controlling feature rollouts through flags, switches, and sampling. It enables gradual releases, A/B testing, and quick kill switches for…

Source: Python Weekly
Python AI

MTPLX

Run local LLMs on Apple Silicon, around twice as fast.

Source: Python Weekly
Python

OpenFlight

OpenFlight is an open-source golf launch monitor built around the OPS243-A Doppler radar, with an optional TI IWR6843 angle radar.

Source: Python Weekly
Python

When str.lower() is a security vulnerability in Python

A Python security vulnerability caused IDNA 2003 handling to use the interpreter’s current Unicode case-folding rules instead of the Unicode 3.2 rules required by the specification.The fix makes Python’s case-folding…

Source: Python Weekly
Python

claude-ads

Claude-first, portable paid-media operations for agencies, consultants, and in-house performance teams.

Source: Python Weekly
Python

fools-gold

Defensive deception against safety-removal attacks on open-weight models.

Source: Python Weekly
Python AI

unsloth

Local UI to run and train LLMs and diffusion models, including Qwen3.8, Kimi K3, MiniMax-H3, Gemma 4, DeepSeek-V4, FLUX and more.

Source: Python Weekly
Python

15 Python Libraries That Deserve More Attention

This is a roundup of 15 Python libraries that can make code cleaner, faster, and easier to maintain across areas like configuration, serialization, testing, scheduling, and UI development. It also highlights practical…

Source: Python Weekly
Python

From P-Code to GNN: extract binary code semantics

The post introduces pcode_graph, a Python library for extracting semantic control and data-flow graphs from binary code, independent of specific CPU instructions. It uses these graphs with a GNN to identify similar…

Source: Python Weekly
Python

The Polars vs SQL differences nobody is talking about

This post explores important differences between Polars and SQL that can cause unexpected results when moving between the two, including row ordering, column independence, literals, null handling, and broadcasting. It…

Source: Python Weekly
Python

ShieldFont

An open-source typeface that protects written work by poisoning unauthorized AI training datasets.

Source: Python Weekly

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