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17 Oct 2026 edition

16 articles · 7 sources · 2 papers ·

Top topics: Python · AI · Django

Python AI Django

Inline rendering with document​.currentScript

Inline rendering with document​.currentScript Lean Rada describes a neat trick that takes advantage of the document.currentScript property. You can use that to drop in a tiny inline <script> element that replaces itself…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

web-edit 0.1a2

Release: web-edit 0.1a2 web-edit (previously) is my tiny web app for browsing and editing files in a folder. I mainly built it for editing files on different machines via Tailscale. I added a "copy to clipboard" option…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python

EuroPython: Humans of EuroPython: Emma Cooke

This week in our Humans of EuroPython series, we’d love to shine a light on Emma Cooke, a member of the Accessibility Team, and the ways she helped shape the EuroPython 2026 conference. Emma’s unique perspective took…

Source: Planet Python
Python

Talk Python Blog: Introducing Talk Python Membership

For years, I’ve wanted to offer something premium for podcast listeners. The obvious option was an ad-free feed. That never sat right with me. No ads is not much of a bonus. So over the last few months, I’ve been…

Source: Planet Python
AI Research AI Python

The Number Your Quantization Gate Doesn't Have

Ten quantization guides, and not one threshold-dependent metric between them — what that gap hides, and the two numbers that close it. The post The Number Your Quantization Gate Doesn't Have appeared first on Towards…

Source: Towards Data Science Maxim Podstrechnyy
Python Django

How to Create a Django Project

Learn how to create a Django project and app in clear, guided steps. Use it as a reference for any future Django project and tutorial you'll work on.

Source: Real Python
Python

#566: State of the art in Python 2026

Which of your Python tools would you still pick if you started fresh today? For a long time, the answer was easy. The stack felt settled. AI has reopened almost every one of those choices. Some tools got faster. Others…

Source: Talk Python To Me Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
Python

@sumtype: nested variants + implicit sealing for sum types

This is a design sketch, not a PEP. Prior discussions worth reading: Sum Types in the stdlib (Jul 2025), and the draft @sealed PEP. Why Sometimes we need sum types. Two approaches both have gaps: Plain inheritance: type…

Source: Python Ideas azhz
Python

Decoding base64 in Python at 10 gigabytes per second

Daniel Lemire introduces fastpybase64, a Python library built on SIMD-accelerated simdutf that provides a drop-in alternative to Python's standard base64 module. In single-threaded benchmarks decoding Base64 data…

Source: Python Weekly