#Pomodouroboros is a pomodoro timer for people with #ADHD (or anyone else with executive functioning challenges), #OpenSource and written in #Python. There's a working version for macOS today and you can download it if you like, but it's more of a prototype than a finished product (although I do use it daily, and you can try it) and has been somewhat stuck in that space for a frustratingly long time. This week was a big step towards getting out of that local maximum. https://github.com/glyph/pomodouroboros

I’ve just filled in the Python Developers Survey 2026 ✅

If you use Python at work or in your projects, it’s worth a few minutes. Python is a community-driven project, and this is one of the ways our voices actually get heard. 📢

Please take part 👇
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/your-python-your-voice-join-python.html?m=1

#Python #Developers #Survey

I’ve just filled in the Python Developers Survey 2026 ✅

If you use Python at work or in your projects, it’s worth a few minutes. Python is a community-driven project, and this is one of the ways our voices actually get heard. 📢

Please take part 👇
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/your-python-your-voice-join-python.html?m=1

#Python #Developers #Survey

My preteen nephews want to learn programming with guided instructions. Please share any resources for teaching this age group. I am looking for #Python or #RStats resources for making mini games/other projects that teach programming concepts. #programming

My preteen nephews want to learn programming with guided instructions. Please share any resources for teaching this age group. I am looking for #Python or #RStats resources for making mini games/other projects that teach programming concepts. #programming

If you're interested in using Python for music, whether that's algorithmic composition, computational music theory, or musicology, you've doubtless encountered music21. It's great, but can be a bit prickly. MIT has a great Open Courseware course with music21's creator, Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert, and it's really great! (Yes, that was the third time I said 'great' and that was the fourth.)

#python #algorithmicComposition #musicTheory #music21 #great #fifth

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21m-383-computational-music-theory-and-analysis-spring-2023/

does anyone know how to plot a Numpy array as a bitmap using plotnine (ggplot) ?

I've tried searching for the right geom, and I think it is geom_raster but can't find any example code snippets

previously I would have used matplotlib's imshow() .. but I am trying to wean myself onto ggplot

#python #dataviz #ggplot

Use “\A...\z”, not “^...$” with Python regular expressions https://lobste.rs/s/rxowxr #python
https://sethmlarson.dev/use-backslash-A-and-z-not-%5E-and-%24-with-python-regular-expressions

Use “\A...\z”, not “^...$” with Python regular expressions https://lobste.rs/s/rxowxr #python
https://sethmlarson.dev/use-backslash-A-and-z-not-%5E-and-%24-with-python-regular-expressions

If you're interested in using Python for music, whether that's algorithmic composition, computational music theory, or musicology, you've doubtless encountered music21. It's great, but can be a bit prickly. MIT has a great Open Courseware course with music21's creator, Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert, and it's really great! (Yes, that was the third time I said 'great' and that was the fourth.)

#python #algorithmicComposition #musicTheory #music21 #great #fifth

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21m-383-computational-music-theory-and-analysis-spring-2023/

does anyone know how to plot a Numpy array as a bitmap using plotnine (ggplot) ?

I've tried searching for the right geom, and I think it is geom_raster but can't find any example code snippets

previously I would have used matplotlib's imshow() .. but I am trying to wean myself onto ggplot

#python #dataviz #ggplot

Today I discovered python's new "match" - which other languages have as a case / switch

https://www.askpython.com/python/python-switch-case-statement

I often don't like new python features as I see them as bloat, or see them as not designed to user experience in mind.

'match' seems pretty good and definitely an improvement over the old if /else if / else if / else if ..

#python

I think #Python packaging drives most people insane because they implicitly think "packaging" and "deployment" are the same thing.

Python packaging is a process for producing an intermediary artifact that can be consumed by Python programmers and organized according to community rules.

Python *deployment* does not really exist. You deploy to a platform, not a programming language. Which is double-maddening: Linux, the place where most people think they want to deploy, *also* isn't a platform.

Python Tip #26 (of 365):

When opening a file, use a "with" block... especially for writing!

Using a "with" block to open a file will close it automatically when the "with" block exits: https://pym.dev/creating-and-writing-file-python/

So this:

with open("example.txt", mode="wt") as file:
file.write("An example file\n")

Is pretty much the same as this:

file = open("example.txt", mode="wt")
try:
file.write("An example file\n")
finally:
file.close()

🧵(1/4)

#Python #DailyPythonTip

By popular demand ( @miketheman), pypistats now has a `--sort` option so you can sort by other columns such as date, rather than the default downloads.

https://github.com/hugovk/pypistats/releases/tag/1.13.0

#Python #release #pypistats

Python Tip #26 (of 365):

When opening a file, use a "with" block... especially for writing!

Using a "with" block to open a file will close it automatically when the "with" block exits: https://pym.dev/creating-and-writing-file-python/

So this:

with open("example.txt", mode="wt") as file:
file.write("An example file\n")

Is pretty much the same as this:

file = open("example.txt", mode="wt")
try:
file.write("An example file\n")
finally:
file.close()

🧵(1/4)

#Python #DailyPythonTip

By popular demand ( @miketheman), pypistats now has a `--sort` option so you can sort by other columns such as date, rather than the default downloads.

https://github.com/hugovk/pypistats/releases/tag/1.13.0

#Python #release #pypistats

I once thought to myself “What if there was pathlib, but for URLs, so that I don’t have to deal with urllib.parse?”, but I never got to implementing it because I couldn’t figure out how to do fragments and query strings properly.

Well, thankfully, someone else figured it out!.. Ten years ago, it seems 😅 yarl has all features I wanted, and then some, and is cool as heck!

https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl

#Python