A Jolting Episode News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Feb 23rd, 2026

🎙️ Python Bytes 470: A Jolting Episode
with @mkennedy.codes and @brianokken.bsky.social
pythonbytes.fm/470
#Python #Jolt #Ruff #Testing #GitHubActions

Invite graphic for a debate watch party! Copy reads: TONIGHT! DEBATE PARTY! CAMPAIGN HQ, 5:30PM

Come to our office to watch Kat debate on live television tonight!

The irony of us asking you to watch Kat on Fox is not lost on us. (Jk we love our local Fox 32 affiliate 🧡)

Emacs | Code Editors & IDEs – Real Python A free, open-source, highly extensible text editor and computing environment.

🐍 Python Term of the Day: Emacs (Code Editors & IDEs)

A free, open-source, highly extensible text editor and computing environment.

realpython.com/ref/code-edi...

The actual Bash manual is in the Epstein files that is weird, I had to rewind the video just to check what I heard.

Asking for better pay is a bad thing unless you are a CEO, is that it? @economist.com

GitHub - wey-gu/py-pglite: PGlite wrapper in Python for testing. Test your app with Postgres just as lite as SQLite. PGlite wrapper in Python for testing. Test your app with Postgres just as lite as SQLite. - wey-gu/py-pglite

Test Postgres in Python Like SQLite : A #Python testing library that provides seamless integration between PGlite and Python test suites. Get the full power of PostgreSQL in your tests without the overhead of a full PostgreSQL installation github.com/wey-gu/py-pg...

#OpenSource #PostgreSQL #linux

Agentic AI Workflows with LangGraph If you want to leverage the power of LLMs in your Python apps, you would be wise to consider an agentic framework. Agentic empowers the LLMs to use tools and take further action based on what it has l...

New episode with Sydney Runkle and @mkennedy.codes #python #ai

#507: Agentic AI Workflows with LangGraph

talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...

Judge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case

Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.

still waiting on that pope stream or popecast 😀

Define kakistocracy.

@mkennedy.codes the gift option doesn't seem to be fully working, I'm still waiting for the Step 2 (secret code).

Thanks for the quick response, I did try that option, but I'm not getting the private code from step 2, I got the Talk Python: Course receipt email twice, but not the code that I'll need to forward to my friend.

@mkennedy.codes Hi, I really like your courses and I was thinking on gifting one of them to a friend, what is the proper way to do so?