PyPy 2.0 Einstein Sandwich Released! (blogspot.ca)

Newest release of PyPy support greenlets now! Follow the link for more details.

PEP 435 (Enums) is Accepted! (python.org)

Follow the link for details to how the semantics will work, and another reason to make the jump to Python3.

There's a lot to worry about when building your application, your database shouldn't have to be part of that. Let Heroku Postgres take care of that for you .

I've found my niche and I'd like to build a Python career on it. (reddit.com)

 

django-xadmin (github.io)

Drop in replacement for django-admin themed with twitter bootstrap. Comes with ability to add plugins as well as built in dashboards.

s2protocol (github.com)

This cool little library allows you to take apart starcraft 2 replays into python data structures. I am just waiting for someone to make a web application that can play these back now.

iSniff-GPS (github.com)

This is pretty clever, this application when run looks for ssid probes (when your phone is looking to connect to wifi network) and using the information the iOS devices sends; maps a plot of previous locations and wifi hotspots.

pip-tools  (github.com)

A set of tools to keep your pinned python project clean and up to date.

django-timelinejs2 (github.com)

Those of you who have seen timeline.js probably thought to yourselves, maybe I should combine this with my favorite web framework. Those of you who love django. Look no further.

manage.py (github.com)

Don’t get confused. This has nothing to do with Django’s manage.py. This manage.py aims to be a human friendly CLI builder for Python.

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Performance Impact of Using dict() Instead of {} in CPython 2.7 (doughellmann.com)

If you are on CPython 2.7 should you be using dict() or {} to create dictionaries. Check out this article to find out.

Wasp's Nest: A Lock-Free Concurrency Pattern In Python (emptysquare.net)

In this post the author explains the use of a lock-free concurrency pattern, read-copy-update, in PyMongo. Great deep dive into this topic where you learn about this pattern and how PyMongo handles replica set failovers.

Running Supervisor on OS X. (nicksergeant.com)

Nick has written a fantastic post about doing local process management on your OSX machine with Supervisor. Very useful if you do a lot of your development directly on OSX rather than in a VM.

Debugging CherryPy applications with Werkzeug (joel.mx)

The Werkzeug debugger is fantastic and very useful for debugging python web applications. This is a simple guide to getting the Werkzeug debugger running with your CherryPy application.

Monochrome font rendering with FreeType and Python (dbader.org)

This is pretty neat. Render 1-bit text with Freetype and Python suitable for use on low resolution displays like a Monochrome LCD.

Accelerating Python Libraries with Numba (Part 1) (continuum.io)