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Django vs. FastAPI, an Honest Comparison David has worked with Django for a long time, but recently has done some deeper coding with FastAPI. As a result, he’s able to provide a good contrast between the libraries and why/when you might choose one over the other. DAVID DAHAN

Musings on Tracing in PyPy What started as an answer to a question on Twitter has turned into a very deep dive on tracing JITs, how they compare to method-based JITs, and how all that works in the alternative Python interpreter PyPy. CF BOLZ-TEREICK

Why Is hash(-1) == hash(-2) in Python? Somewhat surprisingly, hash(-1) == hash(-2) in CPython. This post examines how and discovers why this is the case. OMAIR MAJID

Building HTTP APIs With Django REST Framework This course will get you ready to build HTTP APIs with Django REST Framework. The Django REST framework (DRF) is a toolkit built on top of the Django web framework that reduces the amount of code you need to write to create REST interfaces. REAL PYTHON video

Python: Create Temporary Files and Directories in Unittest Sometimes, tests need temporary files or directories. You can do this in Python’s unittest with the standard library tempfile module. This post looks at some recipes to do so within individual tests and setUp(). ADAM JOHNSON

The Inner Workings of Python Dataclasses Explained Discover how Python dataclasses work internally! Learn how to use __annotations__ and exec() to make our own dataclass decorator! JACOB PADILLA

Database Optimization Isn’t Always Obvious “One of the issues of working with abstractions is that what you think may be logically true, isn’t.” Ken came across an article recently with advice specific to a Django ORM call, but the ORM is itself an abstraction over SQL, an abstraction. Global statements on performance are tricky. KEN WHITESELL

Concurrency: Threads, Processes, and asyncio Explained A practical guide to Python concurrency using a Fibonacci server to demonstrate the strengths and limitations of threads, processes, and asyncio. Learn when to use each approach through hands-on examples NEWVICK LEE • Shared by Newvick Lee

Mistakes Engineers Make in Large Established Codebases This is a “lessons learned” article from someone who has spent a lot of time in multi-million lines-of-code environments. SEAN GOEDECKE

Python PEPs Graph An interactive representation of all Python Enhancement Proposals and which other PEPs each references. PYTHON-PEPS-GRAPH.GLITCH.ME

State of the Art Python in 2024 This opinion piece shows which Python tools Anders thinks should be used when developing in Python. ANDERS SUNDMAN

Project Quarantine In the ongoing battle to protect us from malicious packages, the folks at PyPI have added a new feature with the ability to quarantine a package. This post from PyPI’s security engineer talks about how this works. MIKE FIEDLER