Python/FastAPI/Django Weekly News Summary

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#Pybites

Bridging the Skills Gap Across Africa with Pybites

When Bob and I first started Pybites, there was no way I could have imagined it’d grow to what it is today. Launching our first products was a massive moment for us both, not just because these were ways to sustain the business, but because we were actually HELPING people. People were coming to us…
#News
By Julian Sequeira | Jan 29, 2025

#Real Python

How to Split a Python List or Iterable Into Chunks

This tutorial provides an overview of how to split a Python list into chunks. You'll learn several ways of breaking a list into smaller pieces using the standard library, third-party libraries, and custom code. You'll also split multidimensional data to synthesize an image with parallel processing.
#intermediate #python
By – | Jan 27, 2025

Providing Multiple Constructors in Your Python Classes

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to provide multiple constructors in your Python classes. To this end, you'll learn different techniques, such as checking argument types, using default argument values, writing class methods, and implementing single-dispatch methods.
#intermediate #python
By – | Feb 01, 2025

Python & APIs: A Winning Combo for Reading Public Data

In this tutorial, you'll learn what APIs are and how to consume them using Python. You'll also learn some core concepts for working with APIs, such as status codes, HTTP methods, the requests library, and much more. You'll also see a few examples of real-life APIs and how to consume them.
#intermediate #api
By – | Feb 01, 2025

Natural Language Processing With spaCy in Python

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to use spaCy. This free and open-source library for natural language processing (NLP) in Python has a lot of built-in capabilities and is becoming increasingly popular for processing and analyzing data in NLP.
#intermediate #data-science
By – | Feb 01, 2025

Build a Tic-Tac-Toe Game With Python and Tkinter

In this step-by-step project, you'll learn how to create a tic-tac-toe game using Python and the Tkinter GUI framework. Tkinter is cross-platform and is available in the Python standard library. Creating a game in Python is a great and fun way to learn something new and exciting!
#intermediate #gamedev #gui
By – | Feb 01, 2025

Top Python Game Engines

In this tutorial, you'll explore several Python game engines available to you. For each, you'll code simple examples and a more advanced game to learn the game engine's strengths and weaknesses.
#basics #gamedev
By – | Feb 02, 2025

Build a Dice-Rolling Application With Python

In this step-by-step project, you'll build a dice-rolling simulator app with a minimal text-based user interface using Python. The app will simulate the rolling of up to six dice. Each individual die will have six sides.
#basics #projects
By – | Feb 02, 2025

Develop Data Visualization Interfaces in Python With Dash

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to build a dashboard using Python and Dash. Dash is a framework for building data visualization interfaces. It helps data scientists build fully interactive web applications quickly.
#intermediate #data-science #data-viz
By – | Feb 02, 2025

Build a Quiz Application With Python

In this step-by-step project, you'll build a Python quiz application for the terminal. Your app will ask you multiple-choice questions that you can use to strengthen your own knowledge or challenge your friends to test theirs.
#basics #projects
By – | Feb 02, 2025

#PyCoders

Issue #666: – Monkeypatching Django, LLMs with Python, RegExes, and More

By – | Jan 28, 2025

#Medium

Building Multi-Tenant SSO and Webhooks with Fief: A Hands-On Guide for Python and Flask

When building modern web applications, user authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) can quickly become critical components.
By Jared Weisinger | Jan 27, 2025

Deploy a python web application to production offline server

The python application is hosted using Gunicorn webserver. Since the production server does not have internet, so along with python…
By Himanshu Pratap | Jan 27, 2025

FastAPI CRUD operation with SQLAlchemy database.

This is a step-by-step guide for performing the CRUD operation with a database using FastAPI.
By Ajay Gohil | Jan 27, 2025

Distributed Systems: Designing Scalable Python Backends

Almost all systems today connected through the World Wide Web are distributed systems. Distributed systems are a group of multiple…
By Michael C Ezeana | Jan 27, 2025

Rethinking the frontend with HTMX

I’ve done a lot of work with FastAPI, and that led me to FastHTML. Now this library is far from ready to real use, but one of its…
By Marc Nealer | Jan 27, 2025

Building flask-jeroboam: bringing a taste of FastAPI to Flask

A couple of years ago, my team was responsible for maintaining a medium-sized Flask application that powered our back office. Like many…
By Jean-Christophe Bianic | Jan 27, 2025

FastAPI Tutorial: Building APIs with Python

FastAPI is a fast and modern Python framework for creating APIs effortlessly.
By agus abdul rahman | Jan 27, 2025

How To Install And Use DeepSeek R-1 In Your Local PC

n the high-stakes world of artificial intelligence, it’s not every day that a scrappy newcomer steps into the ring and lands a punch square…
By Ayushman Pranav | Jan 27, 2025

10 Advanced Python Libraries Every Senior Developer Should Know

Master these advanced Python concepts to elevate your coding skills and thrive as a senior developer in the tech industry.
By PURRFECT SOFTWARE LIMITED | Jan 27, 2025

Small Training Dataset? You Need SetFit

The enterprise-friendly way to train NLP classifiers with Python in 2025
By Matt Chapman | Jan 27, 2025

Unlocking the Potential of Meta LLaMA: A Deep Dive into Its Design, Architecture, and Applications

How Meta LLaMA Redefines Efficiency and Flexibility in Large Language Models
By Shenggang Li | Jan 28, 2025

Nine Pico PIO Wats with MicroPython (Part 2)

Raspberry Pi programmable IO pitfalls illustrated with a musical example
By Carl M. Kadie | Jan 28, 2025

Full-stack RAG: FastAPI Backend (Part 1)

All of my articles are 100% free to read. Non-members can read for free by clicking this friend link for the article.
By Joey O'Neill | Jan 28, 2025

Whisper to Your Kubernetes Cluster: Building KubeWhisper, the Voice-Activated AI Assistant

Simpler Kubernetes management, powered by voice and the Realtime OpenAI API.
By Patrick Kalkman | Jan 28, 2025

From Scratch to Masterpiece: The VAE’s Journey to Generate Stunning Images

From Theory to Hands-On Image Generation with PyTorch
By Harish Siva Subramanian | Jan 28, 2025

Analyze Tornado Data with Python and GeoPandas

Insights from NOAA’s public domain database
By Lee Vaughan | Jan 29, 2025

API Development with FastAPI

Discover How FastAPI is Revolutionizing API Development with Speed, Simplicity, and Scalability
By Madhu deepak | Jan 29, 2025

Understanding Word Embeddings in PyTorch

Getting started with converting words into useful vector representations
By Ashraff Hathibelagal | Jan 29, 2025

Installing and using DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek R1 recently gained notoriety for its advanced reasoning capabilities. From a privacy standpoint, having the ability to run an AI…
By Cristian Souza | Jan 29, 2025

How to query multiple tables using join in FastAPI + SqlAlchemy

To implement a join query in FastAPI using SQLAlchemy, you’ll need to set up your models and then construct a query in one of your route…
By Saurabh Pandey | Jan 29, 2025

Building TMF-Compliant APIs with FastAPI: A Step-by-Step Comparison

FastAPI has gained immense popularity due to its speed, ease of use, and automatic OpenAPI documentation generation. However, in the…
By PySquad | Jan 29, 2025

Unlocking the Power of Relational Databases in a Serverless Architecture: A Guide to Using Amazon…

If you’ve been working in the cloud ecosystem, you’re likely familiar with the classic serverless setup involving API Gateway, AWS Lambda…
By Arttu Pekkarinen | Jan 29, 2025

Fine-Tuning DeepSeek-R1 on Consumer Hardware: A Step-by-Step Guide 🤖✨🔥

Fine-tuning large-scale AI models like DeepSeek-R1 can be resource-intensive, but with the right tools, it’s possible to train efficiently…
By Pankaj | Jan 29, 2025

Building a Modular FastAPI App: Using Git Submodules as Packages

Building a Modular FastAPI App: Using Git Submodules as Packages
By Abdullah Alqahtani | Jan 29, 2025

Tabulate Your Django Query Results Like a Pro (Right in the Terminal!) 🖥️

Format Django query results beautifully in the terminal using Tabulate! Enhance readability & debugging with clean tables. 🚀
By Sanjay Prajapati | Jan 29, 2025

Python Performance Tips You Must Know

Python, as a dynamically typed interpreted language, may indeed have a slower execution speed compared to statically typed compiled…
By Leapcell | Jan 29, 2025

Building Dynamic API Responses with Generics in FastAPI

Python has supported type annotations since version 3.5, allowing developers to specify the expected data types in function signatures…
By Jai Kishan | Jan 30, 2025

Mastering Django REST Framework

A Beginner-to-Expert Guide to Building Powerful APIs with Python and Django
By Samuel Getachew | Jan 30, 2025

Enhancing API Responses with Context Processors in Django REST Framework

Introduction
By Osirus Djodji | Jan 30, 2025

Functional Programming in Python: A Deep Dive

Functional programming refers to a style where every part of the code is immutable and consists of pure functions. A pure function is one…
By Leapcell | Jan 30, 2025

Beginner-Friendly Roadmap: Learn Django the Right Way!

Hey Django Enthusiast!
By Oviyan S | Jan 30, 2025

Data Analysis with Python Pandas and Matplotlib (Advanced)

1. Introduction
By Khouloud Haddad Amamou | Jan 30, 2025

Stop Creating Bad DAGs — Optimize Your Airflow Environment By Improving Your Python Code

Valuable tips to reduce your DAGs’ parse time and save resources.
By Alvaro Leandro Cavalcante Carneiro | Jan 31, 2025

DRF Part 5: Mastering Django Rest Framework: Integrate Abstract User Model and JWT Authentication

In the previous lesson, I told the topic of signals. In this lesson, I will explain how to integrate Abstract User Model and JWT…
By Mehmet YALÇIN | Jan 31, 2025

✉️ Flask and Amazon SES

Build your own SendGrid 🛠️
By Lucian Ghimpu | Jan 31, 2025

DeepSeek Fine-Tuning Made Simple: Create Custom AI Models with Python

Learn to fine-tune the DeepSeek R1 model for all your use cases.
By Krishan Walia | Jan 31, 2025

How to Use API Middleware to Handle Business Exceptions in FastAPI with DDD

API Middleware to Handle Business Exceptions
By Flávio Farias | Jan 31, 2025

Building a Tiny Text to Video Model from Scratch Using Python

Beginning to Generate Realism
By Fareed Khan | Jan 31, 2025

FastAPI with Token Validation and Key-Value Store: A Secure and Scalable API

The Journey of a Secure Key-Value Store API
By Balakrishna Maduru | Feb 01, 2025

Django Context Processors: How to Implement Context Processors in Django

Django is a strong web framework that follows the Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle. It uses something called Context Processors to…
By Saurabh Pandey | Feb 01, 2025

Using LLamaIndex Workflow to Implement an Agent Handoff Feature Like OpenAI Swarm

Example: a customer service chatbot project
By Peng Qian | Feb 01, 2025

Mastering Flask-SQLAlchemy: A Beginner’s Guide to Database Integration

Introduction
By Ankita Patel | Feb 01, 2025

OpenAI Just Released o3-mini: Best coding model right now (better than DeepSeek R1)

o3-mini is available in ChatGPT for free, plus and pro subscribers
By The PyCoach | Feb 01, 2025

DRF Part 6: Mastering Django Rest Framework: Dockerize the Project

In this lesson I will show how to dockerize the Django project. At the beginning, you should install Docker on your computer here is the…
By Mehmet YALÇIN | Feb 02, 2025

Experiments: The Accountant

Experiments are product ideas that I build, the series serves as a documentation of why I did it, and possible limitations. Why, I am…
By Philip Okiokio | Feb 02, 2025

Fine-tuning DeepSeek R1 to respond like Humans using Python!

Learn to Fine-Tune Deep Seek R1 to respond as humans, through this beginner-friendly tutorial!
By Krishan Walia | Feb 02, 2025

Don’t return NONE in Python to handle missing values

Python developers don’t do this…instead use this way!!
By Kiran Maan | Feb 02, 2025

Does Flask Generate a Session ID If No Session Data Is Set?

In this article, I will answer this question with the help of python (flask) code.
By Shubham Agrawal | Feb 02, 2025

#testdriven.io

Developing a Single Page App with FastAPI and React

Build a CRUD app with FastAPI and React.
#API #FastAPI #Front-end #React
By Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Adeshina | Feb 02, 2025

#Hashnode

Optimizing Full-Text Search in Django: My Outreachy Internship Journey at Firefox

It’s been over six weeks since I started my Outreachy internship at Mozilla Firefox, where I've been working on improving search functionality for PerfCompare. This experience has been more than implementing a new feature—it has been about overcoming…
By Chineta Adinnu | Jan 27, 2025

RAG Optimization Unleashed: Reducing Latency and Computational Demands in NLP

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is an advanced framework in Natural Language Processing (NLP) that combines the capabilities of retrieval systems with large language models (LLMs) to deliver highly accurate and context-aware outputs. Unlike trad…
By Anurag Anand | Jan 27, 2025

Learning Django (Part 8, fin)

By Victor | Jan 28, 2025

Scaling Flask with Docker: Deploying a Portfolio Project with NGINX Load Balancing

💡 Introduction
Welcome to the World of Exploration!
Today, we’re diving into an exciting experiment with NGINX as a load balancer to see how we can distribute traffic across multiple instances of an application. For those of you who are new here, I …
By Pravesh Sudha | Jan 28, 2025

Building Your First Flask Web Application: A Fun Guide for Total Beginners! 🚀

Introduction 🌟
Embarking on the journey of web development can feel like venturing into a magical realm. But don't worry! With the right guidance, you'll find it's an exciting and rewarding experience. Today, we'll build your very first Flask web ap…
By Ammar Attar | Jan 29, 2025

Reading Test Driven Development with Python by Harry Percival (Part 1)

By Victor | Jan 30, 2025

The Proxy Design Pattern in Django: Boost Performance, Security & Scalability

Introduction
Have you ever needed to control access to an object, optimize performance, or secure your Django application? The Proxy Design Pattern is your answer!
In this article, we'll break down the Proxy Pattern with simple Python examples and sh…
By Rohit Ranjan | Jan 30, 2025

Reading Test Driven Development with Python by Harry Percival (Part 2)

So back in my last series Learning Django (You can find it here: https://victorynotes.hashnode.dev/series/learning-django) I tried to separate the text from my pictures in part 2 instead of having them all together in one jpg. I’m not sure I like it …
By Victor | Jan 30, 2025

Data Classes in Python: A Game Changer for Django Developers!

Introduction
If you’ve been writing Python classes just to store data, chances are you've spent time writing __init__, __repr__, and __eq__ methods over and over. Python’s dataclasses module, introduced in Python 3.7, makes this process effortless. I…
By Rohit Ranjan | Jan 31, 2025

Building an Async Similarity Search System from scratch with FastAPI and Qdrant VectorDB

Introduction
Search engines and retrieval systems have evolved to become remarkably intelligent. They no longer rely on exact keyword matches or rigid rules to find what you're looking for. Instead, they understand the context and meaning behind your…
By Pruthviraj Mahalunge | Jan 31, 2025

Building a RAG System with Async FastAPI, Qdrant, Langchain and OpenAI

Introduction
In the era of advanced AI applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) stands out as a game-changing approach. By combining retrieval techniques with generative models, RAG enhances the quality, accuracy, and relevance of generated…
By Shreyas Dhaware | Jan 31, 2025

Understanding Backend Development

What is Backend Development?
Backend development is the backbone of any web application. While frontend development focuses on what users see and interact with, backend development deals with the server-side logic, databases, and application architec…
By Esther Amoo | Jan 31, 2025

I made a mistake, then I fixed it

This was suppose to be the part where I work on Chapter 3, but then I ran into a road block.
While I was going through the chapter, when I was finally about to write some django code, I realized the urls.py that my django generated did not look like …
By Victor | Feb 01, 2025

What did I work on in January?

I think it's time to document everything work-related. I am not sure if I can add the links to my work here, I’ll ask my boss.
What happened in January?
I primarily worked on two major tasks:

Deploying a React-Django app (which I built end to end) t…
By Vivek Khatri | Feb 01, 2025

Understanding Backend Development with Django

Introduction
Have you ever wondered how websites work internally? When you log in to a website, post comments, or shop online, there's so much that goes on at the back end. This is where backend development comes in! In this article, we take a look a…
By Afomia T | Feb 01, 2025

Introduction To Web Development And Backend

Web development refers to the creating, building, and maintaining of websites. It includes aspects such as web design, web publishing, web programming, and database management. It is the creation of an application that works over the internet i.e. we…
By Modinat Balogun | Feb 01, 2025

Understanding Backend Development

Introduction
Backend development is a crucial aspect of web development that deals with server-side logic, databases, and application integration. Unlike frontend development, which focuses on user interface and experience, backend development ensure…
By Tolulope Adesanya | Feb 01, 2025

Add Login and Logout in Django – Simple Guide

This blog will show you how to add login and logout features to your website.
In Django, this involves three steps: creating a view, making a template, and setting up URLs. These steps can be done in any order.
URLs → Templates →View

First, we'll be…
By Rohit Rajput | Feb 01, 2025

Web Development Explained: A Beginner's Guide

Web development is the process of creating and maintaining websites and web applications that run on the Internet. A website is a collection of static pages that you can visit using a web browser while a web application is a dynamic, interactive plat…
By violet gakii | Feb 01, 2025

Introduction to Web Development & Backend

Web development involves creating and maintaining websites or web applications. It consists of two main areas: frontend development, which handles the user interface, and backend development, which powers the application behind the scenes.
Backend de…
By Princess Otoma | Feb 01, 2025

Unit test vs Functional test

Now that I have the correct version of the textbook, we are back at it again! Today we are actually writing views and urls!
Thanks to the practice in previous series: Learning Django, I have a good idea how to do that…. so I thought.
Man this chapter…
By Victor | Feb 02, 2025

Reading Test Driven Development with Python by Harry Percival (Part 3)

Introduction to web development and Backend

Web development is the process of creating, building and maintaining websites and web applications. It encompasses a wide range of tasks, from creating simple static web pages to developing complex web applications that interact with databases and ha…
By Cathy Mutimbanyoka | Feb 02, 2025

Decoding the Web: Essential Concepts for Aspiring Developers

The world of web development can seem daunting at first, filled with jargon and complex processes. But fear not! This article aims to break down some fundamental web development concepts in a clear and accessible way, providing real-world examples an…
By Igwe Ebelechukwu Blessing | Feb 02, 2025

understanding of web development concepts.

My Learning Journey in Backend Development with Python
IntroductionPython is a simple coding language that's easy to read. It's great for web development, data science, and more. In this article, I’ll share what I've learned in backend development wi…
By Ghaniyat Babalola | Feb 02, 2025

How to setup Django with React using InertiaJS

The official Django Inertia adapter was released in December 2022 but there was 0 front-end documentation and only the Django part of documentation – even now (as of 2nd February 2025) it says "Django specific frontend docs coming soon." with referen…
By Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan | Feb 02, 2025

Understanding Web Development Concepts in Backend Development with Django

Understanding Web Development Concepts in Backend Development with Django
Introduction
Web development allows us to create interactive websites and applications. It has two main parts: frontend and backend. While the frontend deals with the user inte…
By Sarah Nzeshi | Feb 02, 2025

Web and Backend Development

Introduction to Web Development and Backend Development🌐
Web development is like building a digital city . The frontend is what people see—the fancy skyscrapers and colorful streets. But behind the scenes, the backend keeps everything running—the po…
By Hope Kerubo | Feb 02, 2025

Introduction to Web Development & Backend

Web development is the process of building and maintaining websites. It is divided into two main parts:

Frontend: The part of a website that users see and interact with (like buttons, images, and text).

Backend: The part that works behind the scene…
By Evangeline Omuko | Feb 02, 2025

Code Smell 288 – Unthrown Exceptions

TL;DR: Creating a new exception without throwing it leads to silent failures. 👃💩

Problems 😔

Silent failures
Unhandled errors
Misleading logic
Hidden defects
Hollow Exceptions

Solutions 😃

Always ensure you throw exceptions
Check exception usag…
By Maxi Contieri | Feb 02, 2025

Core Web Development Concepts For The Beginner

Web Development……what comes to mind? When I heard this phrase for the first time I thought it was all about spiders building their homes lol, but nope! Web development is actually the process of building and maintaining web sites. Did you use Faceboo…
By NAOMI CHATAIKAH | Feb 02, 2025

Shaped by the First: How Your Initial Programming Language Influences Your Coding Style

Learning to program is like learning a new language. Your first language, whether it's Python, Java, or C++, shapes how you think about solving problems and structuring your code. This "cognitive imprint" can significantly impact how you approach pr…
By Sylvester Das | Feb 02, 2025

#Adam Johnson – Blogs

Boost Your Git DX second update out now

Today I have released the second update to Boost Your Git DX, my book of developer experience (DX) recommendations for using Git. Since the last update (2024-04-04), it has grown again by 28 pages, for a new total of 391 pages!
By Adam Johnson | Jan 28, 2025

#406 – Matthias

Weeknotes (2025 week 05)

Weeknotes (2025 week 05)
Djangonaut Space
In December I wrote a few paragraphs about my decision to not run for the
Django Steering Council,
mentioning that I want to contribute in different ways.
I have offered to contribute to Djangonaut Space to d…
By Matthias Kestenholz | Jan 29, 2025