Marlene

Hi Sean, thanks for listening and reading! I’ve gone back and forth in my head about bluesky because in the past it wasn’t super friendly to AI discussion 😅 I think that’s changed recently, so I think this is a reminder that maybe I should start post here again

My daughter is killing her first talk!! I’m so proud right now.

Python Software Foundation News

@anthropic.com is investing $1.5 million in the PSF, focused on security. These funds will make an enormous impact on the PSF and the security of millions of #Python and @pypi.org users. Please join us in thanking Anthropic for this landmark gift!

Read more on our blog:

Finally met @marlene.bsky.social (at the Microsoft booth #PyConUS!)

My second c-section experience I had a c-section recently and delivered my second baby! It was a lot.

I wrote about my second c-section experience!

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Man I don’t know, I’m just a girl!

*publishes a technical video*
Me: “let me know if you have any questions😊”

The questions😆:

Ruggedized yellow flight case with VIBECODR written on it.

Ruggedized yellow flight case open with a big glowy button inside.

VIBECODR - the ultimate vibe coding keyboard.

David Zorto presenting on Cursor Rules

Adam Johnson presenting on Data-Oriented Django

We had a wonderful meetup last night, with two excellent talks from David Imba Zorto and Adam Johnson. Thanks to all that came!

#Django

YouTube video by Honeypot BREAKING: Guido van Rossum Returns as Python's BDFL

Now this is one April Fools joke that I can get behind youtu.be/wgxBHuUOmjA?...

#3DPrinted Flexible #LEGO Tape learn.adafruit.com/3d-printed-lego-tape youtu.be/Ma1oZcuR2LY #3DPrinting #Adafruit

A Deep Dive Into MCP and the Future of AI Tooling | Andreessen Horowitz We explore what MCP is, how it changes the way AI interacts with tools, what developers are already building, and the challenges that still need solving.

A look at MCP from a16z

a16z.com/a-deep-dive-...

Create an HTML dialog when you click an image Sometimes you just want an image to be more in your face, you know?

I wrote about a little HTML dialog feature that I just implemented on my blog!

cassidoo.co/post/html-di...

Where have all the tech creators gone?

So good Scott!! Really resonating, especially with trying to make things for the joy of it!

Why is this literally me too🤣🤣

YouTube video by Anthony Shaw Should AI write tests? Debate with Anthony Shaw and Brian Okken

Should AI write tests? Does it write good tests? Will that lead to worse software? @brianokken.bsky.social and I debate that and more with live code demos as we pick apart the generated code and discuss the risks and benefits.

youtu.be/a_V-BH_luJ4?...

🐍 Calling all Python data engineers!

I’m looking to chat with Python developers working in data engineering—whether you’re building pipelines, wrangling data, or just figuring things out as you go.

Details 👇

This thread 🥹❤️ Thank you Naty for always championing the women around you!!

Today is International Women's Day, and I would like to take the chance to celebrate all the women that do amazing work in Open Source projects. I'm closer to the Python and PyData world, but please comment in the thread adding women you'd like to celebrate. Look for awesome women in the threads.

Some GOOD news - remember this young person you all helped raise money for his trip? He made it! www.linkedin.com/posts/ditiro...

The Quick Python Book, Fourth Edition A fast-paced introduction to Python for intermediate developers–now with coverage of generative AI!</b> For over 25 years, The Quick Python Book</i> has been one of the best Python books money can bu...

For more than 25 years in 3 editions The Quick Python book has helped over 100,000 coders learn Python. That makes me feel old!
To celebrate the release of the 4th edition, my publisher @manningbooks.bsky.social is offering 50% off of all formats with the code PBceder5 through March 17.
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PEP 751: one last time There’s scope for lockers to not support (or rather, use) it. Installers will need to support the full format, otherwise it’s not much of a standard 🙂 But it’s not a huge burden from the installer si...

Last major update to PEP 751 before I submit it! This last update adds support for extras and dependency groups, so all the pieces should be there for multi-use lock files.

discuss.python.org/t/pep-751-on...

📝 "PSF CSA Award Blog Post 2019 Q2"

👤 Christy Heaton

📖 PyCon '19: Spanish talk, AfroPython meet, & a PSF award story!

🔗 https://christyheaton.github.io/blog/psf/2019/09/26/2019-q2-psf-csa-blog.html

#pyladies #python #blog #psf

Voting | EuroPython 2025 | July 14th-20th 2025 | Prague, Czech Republic & Remote Your opinion for a great conference!

⏳🔥 Last chance to vote for the talks you love before it’s too late!
🔗 Head to: https://ep2025.europython.eu/programme/voting/ NOW 🚨⚡

One of the most interesting new research in the LLM space: introducing Large Language Diffusion Models. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09992

YouTube video by Marlene Mhangami How to use DeepSeek R1 with Langchain

I’m excited to get back into making videos on my YouTube channel! I just published:

'How to use DeepSeek R1 with Langchain' 👩🏿‍💻💕

Walking you through the code you need to run things in Python, and talking about reasoning vs chat models🐍✨

m.youtube.com/watch?v=aBkp...

GitHub - willingc/awesome-inclusion-open-science: Curated resources for inclusive collaboration in open science. Curated resources for inclusive collaboration in open science. - willingc/awesome-inclusion-open-science

🎉 We are now on the ‘Awesome Inclusion Open Science list’ 🤗: github.com/willingc/awe...
Many thanks to @willingc.bsky.social for creating the list.
#Inclusion #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource

YouTube video by Microsoft Azure Developers Intelligent Apps with Azure Container Apps – in 1 Minute #azuredeveloper #azure

Build intelligent applications that harness LLMs and RAG with Azure Container Apps, Azure OpenAI, and Azure AI Search. From real-time data generation to GPU-powered fine-tuning, this setup delivers powerful AI capabilities for modern apps.

Learn more www.youtube.com/shorts/aIDkX...

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