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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · 2d

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Al Sweigart @alsweigart.bsky.social · 2d

I've finished a presentable version of ButtonPad, but simple GUI framework for Python desktop apps. Built on tkinter so it has no major dependencies, it lets you make a grid of buttons/labels/images/text boxes (like a streamdeck or drum machine). pypi.org/project/Butt...

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Jodie Burchell @t-redactyl.bsky.social · 3d

Come and join me on Thursday!

PyCharm, a JetBrains IDE @pycharm.dev · 3d

Learn how to build an OCR AI agent that reads handwritten text using LangGraph, OpenCV, and PyCharm’s AI toolkit.

🎥 Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/OeR2OiU...

#PyCharm #Python #AI #LangGraph #OpenCV #OCR

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Thomas Wouters @yhg1s.bsky.social · 13d

Let me post a *non*-subskeet for once... We made a thing!

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PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports

👋 Hi everyone, We are very exited to share with you PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports: We’re proposing an opt-in lazy import syntax that defers module loading until first use, aiming for faster startup,...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 15d

We believe healthcare is a right for every American.

But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.

Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · 20d

We may be few - but we have many little followers!

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Stephen Gruppetta @stephengruppetta.com · 26d

A personal message: My son is fundraising for The British Red Cross Society–he's planning to run a 10k in less than 40 mins.

Check out his @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving

www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...

Jonathan's fundraiser for The British Red Cross Society

Help Jonathan Gruppetta raise money to support The British Red Cross Society

www.justgiving.com

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · 27d

It was great to talking with you again! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and excitement on the show @kylestratis.com

Kyle @kylestratis.com · 27d

Had a blast talking about my favorite MCP (and agentic in general) antipattern on the Real Python Podcast: converting REST APIs directly into MCP servers.

Real Python @realpython.com · 27d

🎧🐍 Episode #266 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · 28d

Wild, Carolla is still alive - shocking - but I guess he really still is not relevant.

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · 29d

You need to send them the antidote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvR...

How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult

YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · Sep 16

This is a well thought out trip through what is happening over that past year and a half.
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How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult

YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · Sep 12

It's the Helldivers 2 stratagem code for 500K b*mb

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Kyle @kylestratis.com · Sep 12

I was inspired to write about it. There are some really cool but I think understated possibilities that the team built to support with the registry.

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Christopher Trudeau @trudeau.dev · Sep 2

We started building this course before we knew about the documentary, so an odd little coincidence. Want to know the history of #Python and its people? Watch the doc. Want to learn about when which features got added? Watch this code conversation with @digiglean.bsky.social

A History of Python Versions and Features – Real Python

Explore Python’s evolution from the 1990s to today with a brief history and demos of key features added throughout its lifetime.

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Christopher Trudeau @trudeau.dev · Aug 29

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about loads of releases, the dev survey, #Python classes, asyncio, the JIT, and more.

With content from: @mathspp.com @pycharm.dev @mkennedy.codes @brianokken.bsky.social
@sailor.li @savannah.dev and others not on the 🦋

Episode #263: Exploring Mixin Classes in Python – The Real Python Podcast

What is a good way to add isolated, reusable functionality to Python classes? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · Aug 29

You’re welcome! Great stuff, thanks for sharing. And let me know if you want to come on the show again to discuss what you’re working on.

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Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · Aug 29

> to date (despite many attempts) nobody has demonstrated a convincing and effective way of distinguishing between the two

This nudged me to finally write a post I've been noodling for years on the intractability of the problem, based on lessons from my favorite book.
matthodges.com/posts/2025-0...

Music to Break Models By

Gödelian limits of prompt-safe AI

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · Aug 28

It's really good!

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · Aug 27

It was great to talk with Travis Oliphant about his contributions and work in Python scientific computing. Just in time to go with the Python Documentary from @cultrepo.bsky.social ! Thanks for connecting us.
realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

Episode #262: Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python – The Real Python Podcast

What went into developing the open-source Python tools data scientists use every day? This week on the show, we talk with Travis Oliphant about his work on SciPy, NumPy, Numba, and many other contribu...

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Christopher Trudeau @trudeau.dev · Aug 26

Are you writing #Textual apps? Do you want the ability to make one of your widgets look like it is on fire? Well, do I have a very-alpha library for you. Textual Effects provides transition effects similar to those in some presentation software. Check it out. Bugs/PRs welcome.

GitHub - cltrudeau/textual-effects: A transitions effects library for Textual

A transitions effects library for Textual. Contribute to cltrudeau/textual-effects development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Real Python @realpython.com · Aug 22

🎧🐍 Episode #262 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

Episode #262: Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python – The Real Python Podcast

What went into developing the open-source Python tools data scientists use every day? This week on the show, we talk with Travis Oliphant about his work on SciPy, NumPy, Numba, and many other contributions...

realpython.com

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Quansight @quansight.com · Aug 22

The early days of scientific Python were messy, collaborative, and beautiful 🐍

Travis Oliphant shares the story behind NumPy & SciPy: buff.ly/3DBVpx7

The Python documentary drops Aug 28th! 🎬

#ScientificPython #OpenSource #Community

NumPy, SciPy & The Wild Early Days of Scientific Python | with NumPy creator Travis Oliphant

Most people know NumPy and SciPy as cornerstones of modern data science and machine learning, but fewer know the open-source story behind how they came to be. In this mini-doc, creator Travis…

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Posit @posit.co · Aug 21

We are pleased to announce the 2025 Table Contest and Plotnine Contests! These events celebrate great visual displays of information by way of tables and plots, all made possible by open-source software.

We can't wait to see what you create! #RStats #Python

Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...

2025 Table and Plotnine Contests on a background of multicolored cubes.

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · Aug 16

Congratulations Rodrigo! Deserved

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Christopher Bailey @digiglean.bsky.social · Aug 13

They really did the production. I was shocked at the money on screen. I also like the themes. Looking forward to the rest. Considering revisiting Peter Pan, but the novel and not the cartoon or movies.