| | | | PyCoder’s Weekly 2025 Top Articles & Hidden Gems
PyCoder’s Weekly included over 1,500 links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and projects in 2025. Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week to help wrap up everything by sharing some highlights and uncovering a few hidden gems from the pile.
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Python Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Ever wonder how much memory an empty list takes? How about how long it takes to add two integers in Python? This post contains loads of performance data for common Python operations.
MICHAEL KENNEDY
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What async Really Means for Your Python Web App?
Python continues to get better async support and with that comes pressure to switch. See the realistic effects that switching to async would have on your web servers.
ARTEM CHERNYAK
How uv Got So Fast
uv’s speed comes from engineering decisions, not just Rust. Static metadata, dropping legacy formats, and standards that didn’t exist five years ago.
ANDREW NESBITT
Articles & Tutorials
Python 3.6-3.14 Performance
One of the maintainers of Knave has been tracking Python performance data for a while and a recent upgrade of one of their machines meant they now had more info across different hardware. This post compares their performance test across Apple M1 & M5, Zen2 and Cascade Lake chips.
CREWTECH
Static Protocols in Python: Behaviour Over Inheritance
Static protocols bring structural typing to Python: type compatibility based on behaviour, not inheritance. This article explains how protocols differ from ABCs, goose typing, and classic duck typing, and how static type checkers use them to catch errors early.
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How to Build Internal Developer Tools With a Small Team
This opinion piece talks about how to build internal dev tools. It provides a mental model of product engineering to help decide whether to prioritise improving stability or adding new features.
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How to Securely Store Secrets in Environment Variables
You shouldn’t store API keys, tokens, or other secrets with your code, they need to be protected separately. In this post, Miguel discusses how he handles secrets with environment variables.
MIGUEL GRINBERG
2025 Python Year in Review
Talk Python interviews Barry Warsaw, Brett Cannon, Gregory Kapfhammer, Jodie Burchell, Reuven Lerner, and Thomas Wouters and the panel discusses what mattered for Python in 2025.
TALK PYTHON podcast
Python Supply Chain Security Made Easy
Learn how to integrate Python’s official package scanning technology into your processes to help ensure the security of your development environment.
MICHAEL KENNEDY
PyPI in 2025: A Year in Review
Dustin summarizes all the happenings with the Python Packaging Index in 2025, including 130,000 new projects and over 2.5 trillion requests served.
DUSTIN INGRAM
Top Python Libraries of 2025
Explore Tryo-labs’ 11th annual Top Python Libraries roundup, featuring two curated Top 10 lists: one for General Use and one for AI/ML/Data tools.
DESCOINS & BELLO
Implicit String Concatenation
Python automatically concatenates adjacent string literals thanks to implicit string concatenation. This feature can sometimes lead to bugs.
TREY HUNNER
Safe Django Migrations Without Server Errors
How to run schema-changing Django migrations safely, avoiding schema/code mismatches and server errors during rolling deployments.
LOOPWERK
Projects & Code
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vresto: Interface for Copernicus Sentinel Data
An elegant Python interface for discovering and retrieving Copernicus Sentinel data.
GITHUB.COM/KALFASYAN • Shared by Yannis Kalfas
onlymaps: A Python Micro-ORM
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toon-formatter-py: TOON Data Formatting Library
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Liberty Mail: Email Client for Sales Outreach
GITHUB.COM/EYEOFLIBERTY • Shared by [Ivan Kuzmin]
django-new: Create Django Applications With Pizzazz
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