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17 Sep 2026 edition

157 articles · 21 sources · 5 papers ·

Top topics: Java · JavaScript · Python

Python AI Django

Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans

Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans Important warning from Adam Harvey and the crates security team: We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting rust-lang members and owners of popular crates…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

How To Write With An LLM

How To Write With An LLM Thomas Ptacek on using LLMs as copyeditors, not as writing assistants: Rule Number One: You may not use a single word an LLM suggests to you. [...] I think that as a form of intellectual…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Rust PostgreSQL

Features for sqlx for Cargo.toml

Hello, I’m posting here because I still don’t fully understand how to use SQLX to connect to different relational databases. I’m currently building the backend for a blog and my database will be PostgreSQL, so when I…

Source: Rust Users Forum proRust
Python AI Django

Self-generated prompt injections in compaction summaries

Self-generated prompt injections in compaction summaries In Our framework for reporting model misalignment OpenAI provide "six reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior we’ve observed in the last six months".…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python

PEP 845: Leading-Dot Value Patterns

For your consideration: PEP 845, with the following abstract: This PEP enables the use of non-attribute names as value patterns in match statements. A name prefixed with a dot is looked up using the normal name…

Source: Python PEPs Thomas Kehrenberg
Java

Why We Need Architecture and Design in Agentic Development

Without architecture and design, the agent decides everything per feature: where the code goes, how it talks to the rest of the system, which operations to expose, and what the data looks like. Architecture removes…

Source: Adam Bien Blog
Python

Announcing the 2026 PSF Board Election Results!

The 2026 election for the PSF Board created an opportunity for conversations about the PSF's work to serve the global Python community. We appreciate community members' perspectives, passion, and engagement in the…

Source: Python Software Foundation Blog Marie Nordin (noreply@blogger.com)
Python

Announcing the 2026 Python Packaging Council Election Results!

The inaugural Python Packaging Council (PPC) election has concluded. With 17 candidates and plenty of lively AMA discussions on DPO, we are pleased to see the level of engagement with this first PPC election. We want to…

Source: Python Software Foundation Blog Deb Nicholson (noreply@blogger.com)
Rust

Trait labels in std docs

Recently I noticed this: rustdoc apparently adds Read and Write labels at the top for types that implement std::io::Read and std::io::Write. Have I just not noticed this before, or is a somewhat new behavior?…

Source: Rust Users Forum blonk
Java

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Tools lead Martin Lippert

Hi, Spring fans! In this conversation, Spring Tools lead Martin Lippert joins us for a fascinating look at how developer tooling has evolved from Eclipse to VS Code and beyond. We dig into the architecture behind Spring…

Source: Spring Blog joshlong
PostgreSQL JavaScript React

pgAdmin 4 v9.18 Released

The pgAdmin Development Team is pleased to announce the release of pgAdmin 4 version 9.18. This release of pgAdmin 4 includes 29 bug fixes and new features, including fixes for four security vulnerabilities…

Source: PostgreSQL News
Python

Class-like syntax for union type aliases and natural docstrings

In many type aliases, a union is the outermost operation. The recent PEP 846 (docstrings for type aliases) reminded me of an old idea of mine. That PEP proposes to attach a string statement to the preceding type…

Source: Python Ideas Maciej J. Mikulski
Python

Support File Descriptors in os.readlink()

Hello! I’d like to propose adding support for file descriptors to os.readlink(). Currently, in os.readlink() can be called with strings, bytes, and (in general) PathLike objects (see the docs). It reads a symlink and…

Source: Python Ideas OOTS

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