#666 – JANUARY 28, 2025
Monkeypatching Django
The nanodjango project is a modification to the Django framework that lets you get started with a single file instead of the usual cookie cutter directory structure. This is a detailed post explaining how nanodjango monkeypatches Django to achieve this result.
RICHARD TERRY
Simon Willison: Using LLMs for Python Development
What are the current large language model (LLM) tools you can use to develop Python? What prompting techniques and strategies produce better results? This week on the show, we speak with Simon Willison about his LLM research and his exploration of writing Python code with these rapidly evolving tools.
REAL PYTHON podcast
Postman AI Agent Builder Is Here: The Quickest Way to Build AI Agents. Start Building
Postman AI Agent Builder is a suite of solutions that accelerates agent development. With centralized access to the latest LLMs and APIs from over 18,000 companies, plus no-code workflows, you can quickly connect critical tools and build multi-step agents — all without writing a single line of code →
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How to Use Regular Expressions in Python
This post explores the basics of regular expressions in Python, as well as more advanced techniques. It includes real-world use cases, and performance optimization strategies.
FEDERICO TROTTA
Discussions
How Is the PSF Governed and Funded?
PYTHON.ORG
Python Jobs
Backend Software Engineer (Anywhere)
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Articles & Tutorials
Exploring Python’s tuple Data Type With Examples
In Python, a tuple is a built-in data type that allows you to create immutable sequences of values. The values or items in a tuple can be of any type. This makes tuples pretty useful in those situations where you need to store heterogeneous data, like that in a database record, for example.
REAL PYTHON course
Embedding Python in Rust (For Tests)
In the Python world, Rust is sometimes used to implement libraries and tools where speed is required. The opposite can be useful as well: using Python in the Rust world to add flexibility in testing. This article shows you how.
PHIL EATON
Universal Dataframes With PyCapsule + Narwhals
The Arrow PyCapsule interface and Narwhals are both ways of generically interacting with dataframes. If you want to write a data science tool that can interact with a variety of libraries, this article will show you how.
MARCO GORELLI • Shared by Marco Gorelli
Language Translation With Python
Mark has been working on a project where some of the data being consumed wasn’t in English. To get around this he’s used LibreTranslate. This post details how he plugged all this together using Python.
MARK LITWINTSCHIK
Billions of Requests Per Second With Memcached
“Facebook receives billions of requests per second and stores trillions of items in their databases.” This article outlines how they use a key-value store to help achieve that.
LEONARDO CREED
Fake Django Objects With Factory Boy
The factory_boy library is a tool for managing fixtures for your tests. This article shows you how to use it with Django.
AIDAS BENDORAITIS
PEP 771: Default Extras for Python Software Packages
This PEP proposes a mechanism to allow one or more extras (optional components of a distribution) to be installed by default if none are provided explicitly.
PYTHON.ORG
PEP 773: A Python Installation Manager for Windows
This PEP proposes a design for a single Windows install workflow tool that satisfies all the needs of the existing installers for the platform.
PYTHON.ORG
Technical Session on Fine-Grained Authorization in Python
Learn how to write dynamic policies that enable your app to support features like scoped permissions and hierarchical resources with Oso – plus a live demo on refactoring an app from hardcoded permissions to debuggable authorization.
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functools.cmp_to_key()
This article explores functools.cmp_to_key(), a function that turns comparison functions into key functions.
MATHSPP.COM • Shared by Rodrigo Girão Serrão
TDD vs. BDD: What’s the Difference?
Discover the key differences between TDD vs BDD, their workflows, tools, and best practices for developers.
ANTONELLO ZANINI
Projects & Code
face-censor: Detect and Blur Faces in Images
GITHUB.COM/SPRING-0
Tamga: Logging Utility With Multiple Formats and Color
GITHUB.COM/DOGUKANURKER
bruin: Build Data Pipelines With SQL and Python
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check-config: Keep You Configuration Files in Sync
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SmartTitleTool: Flexible Smart Title Case Formatter for Python
PYPI.ORG • Shared by Khalid Sulaiman Al-Mulaify
Events
Weekly Real Python Office Hours Q&A (Virtual)
January 29, 2025
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SPb Python Drinkup
January 30, 2025
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Python Devroom @ FOSDEM 2025
February 2 to February 3, 2025
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Melbourne Python Users Group, Australia
February 3, 2025
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PyBodensee Monthly Meetup
February 3, 2025
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STL Python
February 6, 2025
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PyCascades 2025
February 8 to February 10, 2025
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Happy Pythoning!
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