schmonz.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
A Short Guide to Naming by Tim Ottinger is free with a Leanpub Reader membership! Or you can buy it for $6.50! https://leanpub.com/naming_shortguide #computer_programming #python #javascript #java #web_development #refactoring
Related, I've long wondered why I don't see more #Python projects with .py domains, from the TLD for Paraguy. Perhaps there are restrictions that prevent it, or it's just not as cool as Anguilla?
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UPGRADE (2018) is a pretty good film and despite having some interesting ideas about its premise and a scene where a guy cocks his own arm, the part of it that I still think about once every couple of months is this """python""" code in it
Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter 495 - Week Ending August 7, 2026
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The Open Geospatial Python Series by Qiusheng Wu 📚 on Leanpub!
Aprende Python geoespacial desde cero hasta la GeoAI avanzada. Construye flujos de trabajo reales para SIG, gestión de datos espaciales y análisis impulsado por inteligencia artificial.
The nomination period for the PSF Board and Python Packaging Council elections is open now, closing next Tuesday, August 11th, 2:00 pm UTC 📝🐍 Don't wait until the last minute, though! Nominate yourself or someone else today: https://www.python.org/nominations/elections/ #Python
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Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science by Marie Brodsky, Alexander Golovnev, Alexander S. Kulikov, Vladimir Podolskii, and Alexander Shen is the featured book 📖 on Leanpub!
This book supplements the DM for CS Specialization at Coursera and contains many interactive puzzles, autograded quizzes, and code snippets. They are intended to help you to discover important ideas in discrete mathematics on your own.
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Mega Bundle 1 by Jason Turner is the featured bundle of ebooks 📚 on Leanpub!
PegaProx for #Proxmox VE and #XCPng clusters made a huge step and is finally out of beta!
The first stable release also comes around with companies providing enterprise support. If you need SLA-backed help running PegaProx in production (or training sessions) you can now find a support partner at:
Enterprise Support & Sponsors: https://pegaprox.com/sponsors.html
Release: https://github.com/PegaProx/project-pegaprox/releases/tag/v1.0
Website: https://pegaprox.com
#homelab #virtualization #opensource #community #python #virtualization #enterprise #business #support
Did you know that map()/filter() were added to Python 6 years before comprehensions?
Also range() was added 9 years before zip() which was added 3 years before enumerate().
And strings methods weren't methods for the first 9 years... they lived in the string module!
For years I've wanted an easier way to look up facts like those.
Now I have a way! https://pym.dev/since
It's also available as a CLI tool via PyPI
uvx sincewhen 'sum()'
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Great, now the AI is throwing malware into python libraries, too.
Anthropic's Claude breached 3 orgs, uploaded PyPI malware during tests
The Python Software Foundation is hiring a Security Developer to join @miketheman and I on triaging vulnerability reports and mitigating malware published to PyPI.
If you've got experience with Python, security, and collaborating with open source projects then we'd love to hear from you:
https://jobs.pyfound.org/apply/ei03ut60y4/Security-Developer?referrer=20260730140256DSN5BCNCWZA5MXAO
I finally got around to working on a VobSub parser for my subtitle editor. VobSub is the subtitle format you find on DVDs by the way.
It's a lot of fun to write these kind of parser, but unlike the PGS parser (Bluray format) I wrote, there is no official documentation for it, so I have basically been peeking at the parser code for SubtitleEdit.
The code is coming along nicely. It can now read and parse the 2048 byte data blocks.
https://github.com/vkbo/Subtle/blob/vobsub-support/subtle_gui/formats/vobsub.py
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Also, zero days (well, minus a lot of days because I've been slacking) since a random #Python package got a new #NIH dependency on another Python package which is actually a "fastest" #RustLang package which cannot be built because the author thinks it a great idea to require a nightly Rust compiler.
…and of course it's full of "unsafe" calls. Because Rust is obviously such a great language for making secure code.
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Hey gang, I'm looking for a new full-time role for the first time since… I think 2012?
I've been building software for more than 20 years, I have deep experience with a variety of languages and platforms, and I've led multiple successful engineering teams.
I'm open to remote work, or in-person local to Pittsburgh, PA.
I appreciate any boosts you're willing to give.
#fedihire #web #ios #macos #swift #python #typescript #frontend #backend #fullstack #pittsburgh
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OK folks, I need some help from the #Python #OpenSource community.
I need a code review on this: https://github.com/twisted/klein/pull/594
You do not need to have any special qualifications other than a general interest in web frameworks. Experience with Twisted would be helpful but not required.
Some background… 🧵
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Display Name is for H…
boostedCandidature rejetée, après deux entretiens, parce que l'entreprise «s'oriente vers une adoption forte de l'IA dans ses pratiques de développement, une direction qui ne semble pas alignée avec vos attentes à ce stade».
Est-ce qu'il y a encore des éditeurs de logiciels en France qui sont prêts à embaucher un développeur qui préfère écrire lui-même son code ?
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“The fromkeys method doesn't attempt to copy the object you give it.”
Read more 👉 https://pym.dev/default-dictionary-values/
Build Your Own Coding Agent by J. Owen is on sale on Leanpub! Its suggested price is $34.99; get it for $15.99 with this coupon: https://leanpub.com/build-your-own-coding-agent/c/LeanpubWeeklySale20260714 #ai #python #software_engineering #machine_learning #computer_programming
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