Issue #646

Pydantic, PSF Office Hours, Polars, and More

Sept. 10, 2024

Pydantic, PSF Office Hours, Polars, and More
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Using Pydantic to Simplify Python Data Validation
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Introducing Monthly PSF Board Office Hours
The PSF is introducing monthly office hours on the PSF Discord discussion board. This is a chance to connect with the board members and learn more about what they do. The schedule for the next 12 sessions is in the post.
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Why I’m Switching From pandas to Polars
Ari is switching from pandas to Polars and surprisingly (even to himself) it isn’t because of the better performance. Read on for the reasons why.
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Django Security Releases Issued: 5.1.1, 5.0.9, and 4.2.16
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Articles & Tutorials


How to Create a Pre-Commit Hook
Pre-commit hooks are a great way to help maintain code quality. However, some of your code quality standards may be specific to your project, and therefore, not covered by existing code linting and formatting tools. In this article, Stefanie shows you how to incorporate custom checks into your pre-commit setup.
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Debugging With Trace and PYREPL_TRACE
Just how does one debug the tool one is using to find bugs? Python 3.13’s new REPL is implemented in Python and adding print statements means you get output in your output. This quick post talks about the environment variable PYREPL_TRACE and how to use it to capture debug information.
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Evolving Django’s auth.User
Carlton has some strong opinions on how Django manages usernames and custom users through auth.User and how the current solution is daunting to folks new to Django. This article dives into why the current approach might be problematic and what could be done.
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Please Don’t Hijack My Python Root Logger
Redowan keeps running into code that mucks with the root logger’s settings, which leaks into his own code. This post explains the problem and how to make sure you aren’t doing it in your own libraries.
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Polars Has a New Lightweight Plotting Backend
Polars 1.6 allows you to natively create beautiful plots without pandas, NumPy, or PyArrow. This is enabled by Narwhals, a lightweight compatibility layer between dataframe libraries.
POLA.RS • Shared by Marco Gorelli

Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker
Hynek often gets challenged when he suggests the use of virtual environments within Docker containers, and this post explains why he still does.
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Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB
This tutorial covers how to write a Python web crawler using Scrapy to scrape and parse data, and then store the data in MongoDB.
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Escaping From Anaconda’s Stranglehold on macOS
Once you’ve got Anaconda on macOS, using any other Python can be problematic. This article walks you through escaping Anaconda.
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I Will F(l)ail at Your Tech Interviews
Frak talks about how technical interviews often have false negatives and how this impacts your organization.
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Projects & Code


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Ibis: Dataframe API That Executes on Any Query Engine
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PyRoboCOP: Control Robotics With Algebra
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