What's up in the python and tech environment? - Issue #193
Welcome to issue #193 of What’s up in the Python and tech environment?
This newsletter is mainly intended for developers and those passionate about computers.
This week, we will discuss Rust in CPython, Django, Python testing, profiling in Python, Stack Overflow AI Assist, Supabase JavaScript client for Apache Iceberg, Go 1.26, Claude's study on LLM introspection, accessing Instagram from the terminal, and much more! 🥸
From The Python World
Maybe we will see Rust code inserted into CPython (the main Python interpreter written in C) in the near future. What do you think? 😬
If you are new to Python, this article shows a roundup of what you can build with this amazing programming language.
A good tutorial on pytest fixtures.
Pytest Fixtures: How to Use & Organize them in your Test Architecture
This article presents a nice library to generate fake data in Python.
Faker: Generate Realistic Test Data in Python with One Line of Code
The current Python release manager demonstrates the power of PEP 810 (lazy imports) if it were implemented.
Three times faster with lazy imports
An experiment to use Django signals efficiently by combining them with the newish Django tasks.
A nice blog post about time deltas in Python.
You might want to know about the whenever project in this kind of situation. 😉
An interesting article about the security UUIDs provides (or not) to your applications.
Why UUIDs won’t protect your secrets
This blog post presents 3 ways to perform text pattern matching in Python.
Choose the Right Text Pattern Tool: Regex, Pregex, or Pyparsing
An interesting blog post about Python performance.
Why Performance Matters in Python Development
An opinionated Django template covering many use cases.
A fun project to manage your cron jobs with a TUI (Textual User Interface).
From The Web
StackOverflow introduces AI Assist, a tool to help developers find answers quickly on StackOverflow using the RAG technique.
Introducing Stack Overflow AI Assist—a tool for the modern developer
The Fleet editor by JetBrains is shutting down.
The Supabase team announced their JavaScript library to query Apache Iceberg tables.
Introducing iceberg-js: A JavaScript Client for Apache Iceberg
An experimental secret mode library is coming in Go 1.26.
This article presents an AI framework written in Go.
Announcing Genkit Go 1.0 and Enhanced AI-Assisted Development
For those who enjoy reading, this developer shares some interesting books for backend developers.
6 Must-Read Books for Backend Developers in 2026
This blog post presents an awkward way to interact with Instagram through the command line.
I Used Instagram from the Linux Terminal. It’s Cool Until It’s Not
An Anthropic research about what introspection means to an AI model.
Emergent introspective awareness in large language models \ Anthropic
Bonus
To start the week well, I am sharing the following picture with you.
This is all for this week. I hope you enjoy it, and if so, don’t hesitate to share it on your social media.
Take care of yourself and see you soon! 🙂
This piece really made me think. The idea of Rust in CPython is definately intriguing, even if I'm a bit skeptical about such a big shift. You're completely right about needing to explore these options tho. It's always great to see your perspective on where things are headed.