Looks like wheel next is about to hit Discourse. There goes my free time for the next few months :-( #python #packaging
2025 iRODS Summer Intern presentation...
TRiRODS: pam_interactive Authentication for the Python iRODS Client (PRC)
- Sameer Khan - August 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCUrqN0IBlE&list=PL29FhEN41mZNrmk7D7icrqt_fWsi_h6ye&index=1
We're excited to announce the nominees for the 2025 PSF Board Election đ¤Šđ make sure to check out everyone's nomination statements to learn more about this years candidates! (Reminder to affirm your intention to vote by August 26th, 2 PM UTC!) #python
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/announcing-psf-board-candidates-for-2025.html
Doing some more playing around in #Python today by plotting the PDO Index. PDO is a long-term #weather pattern looking at sea surface temperatures in the Pacific near the West Coast and Gulf of Alaska.
This teleconnection is a useful one for seasonal forecasting in the Northwest so it's nice to have these graphs.

I might have finally found the tooling I was looking for on requirement engineering: sphix-needs, extension to the #sphinx documentation tooling from #python land.
I always disliked the idea of the big comercial ones to have a db for requirements - i wanted "requirements as code" sit next to the code, with the option to have full traceability back and forth from high level specs down to code and back...
This seems more then promising due to customization options
https://sphinx-needs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
"Today, we are pleased to announce a first full-scale experimental release following a soon-to-be-published proposal called âWheel Variantsâ. This is a proposed extension to the wheel specification designed to make platform-specific package distribution easier for package maintainers, and installation more smooth for end users."
https://discuss.python.org/t/wheelnext-wheel-variants-an-update-and-a-request-for-feedback/102383/1
#Python #wheel #WheelVariants #packaging #uv
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Doing some more playing around in #Python today by plotting the PDO Index. PDO is a long-term #weather pattern looking at sea surface temperatures near the West Coast and Gulf of Alaska. This is a useful psyyrtm for seasonal forecasting in the Northwest so it's nice to have these graphs.

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A long-time client of mine is hiring: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4280977360/
It's a great team with great leaders.The role is continuing to build out their core APIs and fusing their different data sources into some consistent models.
#python #fedihire #fedihired #getfedihired #boostswelcome
So what I'm looking for is an in-person meetup in the Baltimore/DC area. It looks like there was PyDistrict but they may have gone defunct and another one that is virtual meetups.
I guess that means what I'm asking is if there is interest in such a thing and if anyone is willing to organize it with me?