Pyrefly, Search to Your Django Site with Meilisearch, PEP 751 and more
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News
By The Same Team Behind FastAPI - FastAPI Cloud — You code. We Cloud.
FastAPI creator Sebastián Ramírez announced FastAPI Cloud, a service to streamline deployment of FastAPI applications.
Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q1 2025!
Django security releases issued: 5.2.1, 5.1.9 and 4.2.21
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Introducing Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python
Facebook team announced an alpha version of Pyrefly, an open-source Python type checker and IDE extension crafted in Rust.
Articles
How to Add Blazing Fast Search to Your Django Site with Meilisearch
A strong search feature improves user experience, especially on e-commerce sites where customers might only remember part of a product name or its use. Smart autocomplete and relevant suggestions not only save time but also boost sales. In this blog post, Lacey Henschel shared how she built just that for a client using Meilisearch with Django, walked through the setup and implementation with a clear example.
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Python project management and packaging pep 751 update and some of the remaining issues of packaging
PEP 751 has been accepted. A big step toward making Python dependency installation more reproducible. If you want to deeply understand why this matters, what problems it solves, and how it actually works, this article is a great place to start.
# Reinforced Knowledge
Asyncio Demystified: Rebuilding it From Scratch One Yield at a Time
If you really want to understand a concept deeply, building a simple version of it can help a lot. Jb Rocher took this approach to learn how asyncio works. In his article, he walked through creating a basic version of asyncio, showing how generators and futures are its core building blocks. It’s a great read if you want to demystify asynchronous programming in Python.
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Module enum overview
Enums can make your code more readable, safer and easier to maintain. If you want a solid overview of Python’s enum module, check out this article by Rodrigo. He covered everything from basic Enum usage to auto, StrEnum, Flags and more. It’s a great way to learn the full range of what Python enums offer.
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How I Created an MCP Server for PostgreSQL to Power AI Agents — Components, Architecture & Real Testing
Model Context Protocol (MCP) helps AI models connect with real-world data, tools and services. If you're thinking about building your own MCP server to read files, access databases or interact with local tools, check out this article by Gaurav Kumar. He showed how to create a simple MCP server for PostgreSQL.
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Interesting Packages and Projects to Explore
ASE - Atomic Simulation Environment: A Python library for working with atoms
sktime - A unified framework for machine learning with time series
SnakeViz - A web-based viewer for Python profiler output
Shiny - A web development framework for Python.
PyAudio - PyAudio provides Python bindings for PortAudio, the cross-platform audio I/O library.
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