Introducing #PyBeach 2025 Speaker: Laura Langdon (@LauraLangdon)
Talk: Real-Time Collaborative Sessions for New Contributors and Maintainers
https://pretalx.com/pybeach2025/talk/GQRRG8/
New contributors and maintainers often face similar insecurities/fears. Learn techniques to overcome those hurdles.
🗓️ Saturday, September 27, 2025
🌎 Santa Monica, CA
🎟️ Get your ticket now!
https://ti.to/pybeach/pybeach2025

CSAW 2025 CTF Qualifiers
https://blog.ylhuang.com/csaw-2025-ctf-qualifiers

Skynet 1.1, first release!
https://codeberg.org/Cyberdyne/Skynet/releases
#IRC #IRCbot #Python #Skynet #KISS
Skynet 1.1, first release!
https://codeberg.org/Cyberdyne/Skynet
#IRC #IRCbot #Python #Skynet #KISS
Days between today and any date with #Python #69
#!/usr/bin/python3
import sys; from datetime import datetime,date
formats=["%m/%d/%Y","%m/%d/%y","%Y-%m-%d","%d-%m-%Y","%d %b %Y","%d %B %Y"]
for f in formats:
try: d=datetime.strptime(sys.argv[1],f).date(); break
except: pass
else: exit("bad format")
print(abs((date.today()-d).days))

@djangocon wrapped up last week. 🦄💙 From presentations and lightning talks to late-night Arcade fun, the Sixies had a blast with this amazing community. Until next year, Djangonauts! 🐍✨
#DjangoCon2025 #DjangoConUS #Django #Python

🌟 A huge thank you to the @internetsociety Pulse for supporting PyCon UK 2025! 💜
Your contribution helps us run an inclusive, educational event for the Python community to explore, share and grow 🚀🐍
🌐 Learn more: https://pulse.internetsociety.org/
#PyConUK2025 #DataScience #Python #Community #Sponsor #TechCommunity #manchester #development #pythonprogramming #TechEvents
Coming from this China-based company, shouldn't this raise some red flags?
"Dubbed Villager, the framework is assessed to be the work of Cyberspike, which has positioned the tools as a red teaming solution to automate testing workflows. The package was first uploaded to PyPI in late July 2025 by a user named stupidfish001, a former capture the flag (CTF) player for the Chinese HSCSEC team."
The Hacker News: AI-Powered Villager Pen Testing Tool Hits 11,000 PyPI Downloads Amid Abuse Concerns https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/ai-powered-villager-pen-testing-tool.html @thehackernews #cybersecurity #Infosec #AI #Python
🎉 Great news for all heavy users of Spyder’s editor! 🎉
In 6.1 it’ll give better and much faster error and warning messages!! 🚀⚡
That’s thanks to @charliemarsh@hachyderm.io’s great Ruff package and Flake8. Hope you like it!
#Spyder #Python #IDE #ruff #flake8

#Fedicampus aufgepasst: Für ein Lehrprojekt im WS an der #JGUMainz suchen wir für ~6mon eine Hilfskraft mit Abschluss und können immerhin bis zu 18h/Woche anbieten. Nötig sind #Python|-Kenntnisse (fortgeschritten) und möglichst auch didaktische Erfahrung. Anwesenheit in #Mainz für u.a. Begleitung einer Lehrveranstaltung wichtig, daher nicht voll remote. Weitere Infos unter https://www.studgen.uni-mainz.de/data-stellenausschreibung/
Gerne boosten!
#hiwijobs #fedihire #Dataliteracy #Wissensmanagement #Hochschullehre #Studiumgenerale
Programming With LLMs #PositConf2025 workshop materials are available on GitHub! 🎉 While going over the materials myself isn't nearly as good as attending the workshop, it's better than nothing. 😀
Repo: https://github.com/posit-conf-2025/llm
Website: https://posit-conf-2025.github.io/llm/
#GenAI #RStats #Python
Find palindromic words in a list with #Python #65
#!/usr/bin/python3
def words(fileobj):
for line in fileobj:
for word in line.split():
yield word
with open("words.txt") as wordfile:
wordgen = words(wordfile)
for word in wordgen:
if word == word[::-1]:
print(word, end=" ")
print()
