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14.02.2026 19:34
hugovk (@hugovk@mastodon.social)

The release overview table at https://www.python.org/downloads/ is now generated from the PEPs API (https://peps.python.org/api/) instead of being hardcoded.

This and some of the earlier stuff means three more manual steps have been removed from the release process, PEP 101!

#Python #PEP101

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14.02.2026 19:25
hugovk (@hugovk@mastodon.social)

We dropped support for Internet Explorer!

This was a +92 -10,723 diff!

There had been support down to IE6...

https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/pull/2856

#Python #InternetExplorer #IE6 #IE7 #IE8 #IE

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14.02.2026 19:21
hugovk (@hugovk@mastodon.social)

I picked up some accessibility tips after watching @vossisboss's talk at @pyladiescon, and improved the contrast ratio of H2 headers (https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/pull/2841) and wrapped the logo in a div instead of an H1 because we already use an H1 for the title, and you should maintain a hierarchy of headers (https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/pull/2844).

https://mastodon.social/@hugovk/115678585301988630

#Python #accessibility

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14.02.2026 19:16
hugovk (@hugovk@mastodon.social)

Some more python.org updates:

We show a chart of supported Python versions at https://devguide.python.org/versions/ but that site is for developing CPython. So now it's also at https://www.python.org/downloads/

The "superseded by" had better styling, and added an EOL warning for older ones.

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-397/

When creating a new release in the admin interface, prefill the release notes link to something like https://docs.python.org/3.15/whatsnew/3.15.html for pre-releases and https://docs.python.org/release/3.14.4/whatsnew/changelog.html for full releases.

#Python

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14.02.2026 18:45
247CodeGirl (@247CodeGirl@mastodon.social)

Season 1 Lesson 1 Part 9 - Your First Steps - Python Variables - Creating Variables #pythoncode #codingtutorial #jupyternotebook #vibecoding #pythonprogramming #dataengineer #dataanalysis #learncoding #softwaredeveloper #python

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14.02.2026 18:30
pytexas (@pytexas@fosstodon.org)

The next "Guess Who" speaker revealed for our 20th anniversary! 🎉

Charlie will be sharing how ditching the #python GIL will yield extra performance, catch bugs in automated workflows, and more!

Grab your ticket TODAY: https://www.pytexas.org/2026 💛

#PyTexasConference2026

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14.02.2026 18:13
TechKeysX (@TechKeysX@mastodon.social)

Three Basic Methods to add items in Lists in Python - S1 EP05 P1 -#python #PythonProgramming #LearnPython #PythonBasics #Programming101 #pythonlife #ListItem #CodeTutorial #TechEducation #DeveloperLife #DailyCoding #Shorts #Reel #tiktoklearningcampaign #CodingForBeginners #PythonForBeginner #Programming #CodingTip #PythonOperators #codedaily

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14.02.2026 17:55
newbyte (@newbyte@mastodon.nu)

Is there any way linter/type checker for #Python that can find expressions that never will evaluate to anything other than False based on the type information? E.g. checking if a variable of the type `int` exists within a list of the type `list[str]`? I do use #mypy but it doesn't seem to catch this.

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14.02.2026 17:30
Reuven (@Reuven@fosstodon.org)

Make a #Python class sortable with __lt__ and __eq__:

class C:
def __init__(self, x):
self.x = x
def __lt__(self, o):
return self.x < o.x
def __eq__(self, o):
return self.x == o.x

sorted([C(3), C(1), C(2)]) # orders by x: 1, 2, 3