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The datasette-auth-github plugin now reaches 1.0, fixing a bug where cookies lacked a Max‑Age attribute and thus expired at session end. The fix ensures longer‑lasting sessions and the release is tested against recent Datasette versions.
AI video generation APIs share a stable async task lifecycle but constantly change request payload details like duration limits and reference handling. Abstract those specifics behind a small VideoProvider interface and centralize validation to avoid rewrites whenever a provider updates.
This is an interactive quiz from Real Python testing understanding of Python constants. It covers naming conventions, where to define them, replacing magic numbers, and Python's enforcement of constants to improve code maintainability.
This is an 8-question interactive quiz from Real Python testing understanding of Python's `None` object. It covers `None` as a first-class object, its use as a default parameter, checking for it with identity operators, and `NoneType` in tracebacks.
This is an interactive quiz from Real Python designed to test understanding of recursive thinking in Python. It covers identifying recursive structures, writing base and recursive cases, managing state, and using caching to avoid recomputation.
Real Python offers a 7‑question interactive quiz covering basic pandas tasks like pulling HTML tables, saving CSVs, DataFrame basics, and method chaining. The page provides only the quiz prompt without explanatory content.
Real Python provides a 12‑question interactive quiz on HTML and CSS fundamentals aimed at Python developers. It tests basic knowledge of document structure, semantic elements, links, and simple styling, but offers no deeper technical insight.
This is a 10‑question quiz that checks your grasp of installing Ollama, pulling models, choosing between chat and generate APIs, and managing multi‑turn conversations in Python. It reinforces the basics of running LLMs on your own hardware for privacy and offline use.
The post explains that np.nan is a special floating‑point value that propagates through arithmetic and never compares equal, even to itself. It shows how this breaks naïve equality checks in pandas and suggests using pandas' isna/notna utilities instead.
A short post describing how the Mozilla Glean Dictionary JSON can be exported into a DuckDB file via a simple ETL script, enabling SQL queries and notebook‑driven analysis of metric types and growth over time.
The post explains that Python’s `in` operator first looks for a `__contains__` method on the object and uses its boolean result; if absent it falls back to iterating via `__iter__`. Implementing `__contains__` can make membership checks faster, especially for large collections, by avoiding full iteration.
Firefox 155 WebDriver newsletter lists recent bug fixes and cleanup work, including fixing a DevTools conflict, removing a thin helper, correcting double‑click behavior, and simplifying subscription handling.
Mozilla released MozPhab 2.16.0 and 2.16.1. The updates fix three bugs: parallel pytest execution, an install error, and a self‑update failure with the uv tool.
Reuven Lerner is formally announcing his one-on-one Python coaching sessions, which have been offered informally for years. These sessions cover code review, architecture, Git issues, pair programming, and career advice, providing private, recorded help for $300 per hour.
This is an interactive quiz testing understanding of Python 3.15's new `frozendict` type. It covers how to build a frozen mapping, its hashability, and why it isn't a `dict` subclass.
A callable in Python is any object that implements `__call__`. The post shows a minimal class with `__call__` and notes that the built‑in `callable()` checks for that method.
A short blog post showing that Python's `+=` operator invokes `__add__` and rebinds the left‑hand variable to a new object rather than mutating it in place.
MozPhab 2.19.0 ships with two bug fixes: the `--apply-to` flag now rebases onto the original base revision instead of applying a raw diff on HEAD, and a new `list` subcommand is added.
MozPhab 2.18.0 ships with three bug fixes: correct symlink handling for Mercurial uploads, a reminder about pending review queues on push to try, and pyrefly type‑checking added to the test suite.
