~pycoders | Issue #681: Loguru, GeoDjango, flexicache, and More (May 13, 2025) (32)

How to Use Loguru for Simpler Python Logging In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Loguru to quickly implement better logging in your Python applications. You’ll spend less time wrestling with logging configuration and more time using logs effectively to debug issues. REAL PYTHON

Maps With Django: GeoDjango, Pillow & GPS A quick-start guide to create a web map with images, using the Python-based Django web framework, leveraging its GeoDjango module, and Pillow, the Python imaging library, to extract GPS information from images. PAOLO MELCHIORRE

Exploring flexicache flexicache is a cache decorator that comes with the fastcore library. This post describes how it’s arguments give you finer control over your caching. DANIEL ROY GREENFELD

Gen AI, Knowledge Graphs, Workflows, and Python Are you looking for some projects where you can practice your Python skills? Would you like to experiment with building a generative AI app or an automated knowledge graph sentiment analysis tool? This week on the show, we speak with Raymond Camden about his journey into Python, his work in developer relations, and the Python projects featured...

Sets in Python In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to work effectively with Python’s set data type. You’ll learn how to define set objects and discover the operations that they support. By the end of the tutorial, you’ll have a good feel for when a set is an appropriate choice in your programs. REAL PYTHON

The Magic of Software This article, subtitled “what makes a good engineer also makes a good engineering organization” is all about how we chase the latest development trends by the big corps, even when they have little bearing on your org’s success. MOXIE MARLINSPIKE

Using the Python subprocess Module In this video course, you’ll learn how to use Python’s subprocess module to run and control external programs from your scripts. You’ll start with launching basic processes and progress to interacting with them as they execute. REAL PYTHON course

Q&A With the PyCon US 2025 Keynote Speakers Want to learn more about the PyCon US keynote speakers? This interview asked each of them the same five questions, ranging from how they got into Python to their favorite open source project people don’t know enough about. LOREN CRARY

Making PyPI’s Test Suite 81% Faster Trail of Bits is a security research company that sometimes works with the folks at PyPI. Their most recent work reduced test execution time from 163 seconds down to 30. This post describes how they accomplished that. ALEXIS CHALLANDE

pre-commit: Install With uv pre-commit is Adam’s favourite Git-integrated “run things on commit” tool. It acts as a kind of package manager, installing tools as necessary from their Git repositories. This post explains how to use it with uv. ADAM JOHNSON

5 Weirdly Useful Python Libraries This post describes five different Python libraries that you’ve probably never heard of, but very well may love using. Topics include generating fake data and making your computer talk. DEV

Developer Trends in 2025 Talk Python interviews Gina Häußge, Ines Montani, Richard Campbell, and Calvin Hendryx-Parker and they talk about the recent Stack Overflow Developer survey results. KENNEDY ET AL podcast

The Future of Textualize Will McGugan, founder of Textualize the company has announced that they will be closing their doors. Textualize the open source project will remain. WILL MCGUGAN

Asyncio Demystified: Rebuilding It One Yield at a Time Get a better understanding of how asyncio works in Python, by building a lightweight version from scratch using generators and coroutines. JEAN-BAPTISTE ROCHER • Shared by Jean-Baptiste Rocher

A Dev’s Guide to Surviving Python’s Error zoo 🐍 Exceptions happen—but they don’t have to wreck your app (or your day). This Sentry guide breaks down common Python errors, how to handle them cleanly, and how to monitor your app in production—without digging through logs or duct-taping try/excepts everywhere → SENTRY sponsor