Python Hub Weekly Digest for 2025-04-27
This week in Python, the popular posts included an article on 14 advanced Python features, a tutorial on training your own large language model, and a deep dive into Jupyter's architecture. There was also a guide on creating web maps with Django, GeoDjango, and Pillow. Interesting projects of the week included mcp-use for interacting with mcp servers, a GUI builder for Python called PyUiBuilder, and IntentKit, a framework for building AI agents. Have a great week and happy coding!
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14 Advanced Python Features
This post highlights 14 advanced Python features that go beyond basic syntax, focusing on concepts like metaprogramming, decorators, and optimization techniques. The article targets intermediate-to-advanced developers seeking to deepen their understanding of Python's powerful but less commonly used capabilities.
mcp-use
mcp-use is the easiest way to interact with mcp servers with custom agents.
Train Your Own LLM – Tutorial
This video offers a beginner-friendly, step-by-step guide to training a large language model from scratch. It covers essential topics such as data preparation, tokenization, model selection, and fine-tuning, providing practical insights for those interested in customizing LLMs for specific applications.
Jupyter’s Architecture Unpacked
This video explores the inner workings of Jupyter with contributors Afshin Darian and Sylvain Corlay, diving into its architecture and execution protocols. It also discusses Jupyter's evolution from a notebook interface to a powerful framework for interactive, collaborative applications.
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.
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Conf42 Python 2025
A series of presentations and talks from the Conf42 Python 2025 conference.
Vscode Vs Cursor: Which One Should You Use In 2025?
Compare VS Code and Cursor in 2025 to find the best code editor for speed, AI features, and productivity.
3 Syntax Updates of Python 3.14 That Will Make Your Code Safer and Better
15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python
Python GUI Builder - PyUiBuilder
A web based drag and drop GUI builder for python. Helps build GUIs in tkinter and customtk and generates the code for it
Data Engineering with Python and AI/LLMs – Data Loading Tutorial
This course teaches robust data ingestion techniques using Python, focusing on API extraction, schema management, and scalable workflows. It’s designed to help engineers build reliable pipelines with modern tools like dlt, covering incremental loading, data normalization, orchestration, and even LLM-assisted automation.
Git Branching Explained – Merging, Rebasing & More (FastAPI Example)
This video explains Git concepts such as merging, rebasing, and fast-forwarding through a practical FastAPI project example, using GitKraken to visualize and clarify these workflows. The video also compares GitFlow and trunk-based development, discussing their advantages and best use cases for managing branches and releases effectively.
Use any Python AI agent framework with free GitHub Models
This post highlights how to use GitHub Models, which offers free, high-quality AI models, with popular Python AI frameworks by leveraging its OpenAI-compatible endpoints. It provides code examples for frameworks like AutoGen, LangGraph, and Llamaindex, showing how to connect them to GitHub Models using an API key and base URL.
Python Tutorial: How to rate limit async requests to credit-based APIs
Easily manage rate limits based on a number of credits or computational units per time unit, or cups
Python Hub Weekly Digest for 2025-04-20
⚙️ Projects
mcp-scan
A security scanning tool for MCP servers.
zev
A simple CLI to help you remember commands.
smartfunc
Turn docstrings into LLM-functions.
pdf-craft
PDF craft can convert PDF files into various other formats. This project will focus on processing PDF files of scanned books.
MineWorld
A Real-time interactive world model on Minecraft
IntentKit
An open and fair framework for everyone to build AI agents equipped with powerful skills. Launch your agent, improve the world, your wallet, or both!
đź‘ľ Reddits
Hatchet - a task queue for modern Python apps
Project by Ruslan Keba. Since 2012. Powered by Python. Made in 🇺🇦Ukraine.