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PEP 781: Make TYPE_CHECKING a Built-in Constant This PEP proposes adding a new built-in variable, TYPE_CHECKING, which is True when the code is being analyzed by a static type checker, and False during normal runtime. PYTHON.ORG

Checking User Permissions in Django Templates Not all actions in your web project are for all users. This post shows you how to check what a user’s permissions are from within the HTML template being rendered. TIM KAMANIN

Checking Whether Iterables Are Equal in Python “You can check whether iterables contain the same elements in Python with equality checks, type conversions, sets, Counter, or looping helpers.” TREY HUNNER

PyCon US: Travel Grants & Refund Policy PyCon US offers travel grants to visitors. This post explains how they are decided. Also, with changing border requirements in the US, you may also be interested in the Refund Policy for International Attendees PYCON.BLOGSPOT.COM

Using Structural Pattern Matching in Python In this video course, you’ll learn how to harness the power of structural pattern matching in Python. You’ll explore the new syntax, delve into various pattern types, and find appropriate applications for pattern matching, all while identifying common pitfalls. REAL PYTHON course

Smoke Test Your Django Admin Site When writing code that uses the Django Admin, sometimes you forget to match things up. Since it is the Admin, who tests that? That doesn’t mean it won’t fail. This post shows you a general pytest function for checking that empty Admin pages work correctly. JUSTIN DUKE

Python’s Instance, Class, and Static Methods Demystified In this tutorial, you’ll compare Python’s instance methods, class methods, and static methods. You’ll gain an understanding of when and how to use each method type to write clear and maintainable object-oriented code. REAL PYTHON

I Fear for the Unauthenticated Web A short opinion post by Seth commenting on how companies scraping the web to build LLMs are causing real costs to users, and suggests you implement billing limits on your services. SETH M LARSON

Reinventing Notebooks as Reusable Python Programs Marimo is a Jupyter replacement that uses Python as its source instead of JSON, solving a lot of issues with notebooks. This article shows you why you might switch to marimo. AKSHAY, MYLES, & MADISETTI

Using Pyinstrument to Profile FastHTML Apps A quick post with instructions on how to add profiling to your FastHTML app with pyinstrument. DANIEL ROY GREENFIELD

uv overtakes Poetry Wagtail, the Django-based CMS, tracks download statistics including by which installation tool. Recently, uv overtook Poetry. This post shows the stats. THIBAUD COLAS

How to Build AI Agents With Python & Temporal Join us on April 3 at 9am PST/12pm EST to learn how Temporal’s Python SDK powers an agentic AI workflow creation. We’ll start by covering how Temporal lets you orchestrate agentic AI, then transition to a live demo → TEMPORAL sponsor

Django Template Components Are Slowly Coming Django 5.2 brings the Simple Block tag which is very similar to React children, allowing templated components. This post shows several examples from Andy’s own code. ANDREW MILLER

A Decade of Automating the Boring Stuff With Python What goes into updating one of the most popular books about working with Python? After a decade of changes in the Python landscape, what projects, libraries, and skills are relevant to an office worker? This week on the show, we speak with previous guest Al Sweigart about the third edition of “Automate the Boring Stuff...