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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 22, 2026 · 6:34 PM UTC

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Exploring the MVC Pattern in Python realpython.com/courses/explo…

Exploring the MVC Pattern in Python – Real Python

Learn how the Model-View-Controller pattern organizes Python web apps, then build a small Flask app using models, views, and controllers.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 22, 2026 · 4:08 PM UTC

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Quiz: Exploring the MVC Pattern in Python realpython.com/quizzes/explo…

Exploring the MVC Pattern in Python Quiz – Real Python

Test your understanding of the Model-View-Controller pattern and how models, views, and controllers work together in a small Flask app.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 22, 2026 · 2:07 PM UTC

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Why Pendulum Had to Write the Most Cursed `+` Operator in All of Python dev.arie.bovenberg.net/blog/…

Why Pendulum had to write the most cursed + operator in all of Python

Pendulum is a popular Python library for working with datetimes. Until version 3.3, its + operator was unusual, even for a datetime library: when you added a timedelta to a Pendulum DateTime, it...

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 22, 2026 · 12:12 PM UTC

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Strings and Character Data in Python realpython.com/python-string…

Strings and Character Data in Python – Real Python

Work with Python strings using a rich set of operators and functions: string literals, the str() function, and the methods you'll use most.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 21, 2026 · 8:23 PM UTC

11 Beginner Tips for Learning Python Programming realpython.com/python-beginn…

11 Beginner Tips for Learning Python Programming – Real Python

Python tips for beginners: the learning strategies and habits that take you from your first script to code you're proud of.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 21, 2026 · 4:08 PM UTC

PyTorch Year in Review: OpenTeams' Contributions in 2026 openteams.com/engineering-bl…

PyTorch Year in Review: OpenTeams' Contributions in 2026

See what our PyTorch year in review covers: a CPython-faithful Dynamo, Python 3.15 on day one, fused linear cross-entropy, MPS ops and a new build backend.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 21, 2026 · 2:07 PM UTC

Docling vs LlamaParse: How to Extract PDF Tables in Python realpython.com/extract-table…

Docling vs LlamaParse: How to Extract PDF Tables in Python – Real Python

Learn how to extract tables from a PDF in Python with Docling and LlamaParse, and compare local parsing against a cloud API on speed and cost.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 21, 2026 · 12:12 PM UTC

📰🐍Hot off the press: PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #757: Django Migrations, Functional Programming, MVC, and More (2026-10-20) pycoders.com/issues/757

PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #757

Django Migrations, Functional Programming, MVC, and More

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 20, 2026 · 6:34 PM UTC

Quiz: Docling vs LlamaParse: How to Extract PDF Tables in Python realpython.com/quizzes/extra…

Docling vs LlamaParse: How to Extract PDF Tables in Python Quiz – Real Python

Test your understanding of extracting PDF tables in Python with Docling and LlamaParse, and of when to parse locally instead of in the cloud.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 20, 2026 · 4:06 PM UTC

Bayesian Optimization for Efficient Hyperparameter Search codecut.ai/bayesian-optimiza…

Bayesian Optimization for Efficient Hyperparameter Search

Master hyperparameter tuning with Bayesian Optimization to enhance your machine learning model's performance effectively.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 20, 2026 · 2:07 PM UTC

Real Python Live: Free, Informal Live Python Sessions realpython.com/live/real-pyt…

Real Python Live: Free, Informal Live Python Sessions – Real Python

Real Python Live is a free weekly get-together on Zoom, also streamed live on social media, where we chat about Python, try things out live, and learn from each other. Everyone is welcome to join in.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 20, 2026 · 12:12 PM UTC

Functional Programming in Python: When and How to Use It realpython.com/python-functi…

Functional Programming in Python: When and How to Use It – Real Python

See how Python supports functional programming, what the paradigm actually is, and where it fits in the code you write day to day.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 19, 2026 · 8:23 PM UTC

Why Parquet Dominates Modern Data Engineering oedokumaci.com/blog/posts/ap…

Why Parquet Dominates Modern Data Engineering

Changing one line from CSV to Parquet makes reading the fares of ten million New York taxi trips 27 times faster, and the file is a sixth of the size. In this chapter, we measure why with Polars,...

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 19, 2026 · 4:06 PM UTC

Comprehensive Tutorial on Django ORM, Migrations and `makemigrations` my-space.io/blog/django-orm-…

Comprehensive Tutorial on Django ORM, Migrations and makemigrations

Learn the ORM in Django, django makemigrations and django migrations by building a small store, with backfills, rollbacks and team conflicts fixed.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 19, 2026 · 2:07 PM UTC

How to Use Python: Taking Your First Steps realpython.com/courses/pytho…

How to Use Python: Taking Your First Steps – Real Python

Take your first steps with Python. Install it, run your first program, and work with variables, data types, loops, functions, and errors.

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PyCoder’s Weekly · Oct 19, 2026 · 12:12 PM UTC

Gemini 4 Argon Draws a Python Reading a Book realpython.com/ai-benchmark-…

Gemini 4 Argon Draws a Python Reading a Book – Real Python

Explore Gemini 4 Argon's Python code, turtle drawing, and responses to small tasks that check modern syntax, release knowledge, focused edits, and made-up functions.