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2026

Soft-deprecating re.match()original ↗
10 Sept 2026
Help test Python 3.15!original ↗
1 Sept 2026
Security: line goes uporiginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
Fixing the dictionary with Python 3.14original ↗
8 Jul 2026
I'm delighted to rejoin the Sovereign Tech Fellowshiporiginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
A CLI to fight GitHub spamoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2026
Speeding up Pillow's open and saveoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2026
Localising xkcdoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2026

2025

Replacing python-dateutil to remove sixoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2025
And now for something completely differentoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2025
Steering Council resultsoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2025
Steering Council electionoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2025
Setting secrets in env varsoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2025
Python Core Sprint 2025original ↗
3 Nov 2025
Three times faster with lazy importsoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2025
Releasing Python 3.14.0original ↗
11 Oct 2025
Ready prek go!original ↗
6 Sept 2025
EuroPython 2025: A roundup of writeupsoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
Run coverage on testsoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2025
PEPs & Co.original ↗
14 May 2025
My most used command-line commandsoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2025
Free-threaded Python on GitHub Actionsoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2025
Improving licence metadataoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2025
I'm excited to join the Sovereign Tech Fellowshiporiginal ↗
6 Feb 2025
How to delay a Python releaseoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2025

2024

A surprising thing about PyPI's BigQuery dataoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2024
Speed up CI with uv ⚡original ↗
2 Nov 2024
Python Core Sprint 2024original ↗
5 Oct 2024
PyCon US 2024: A roundup of writeupsoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2024
Help test Python 3.13!original ↗
4 Jun 2024
Printable PyCon 2024 scheduleoriginal ↗
11 May 2024
Help us test free-threaded Python without the GILoriginal ↗
10 May 2024
Sphinx docs: How to activate tabs for your OSoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2024
Tech style guidesoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2024

2023

TIL: exclude_also with coverage.pyoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2023
Why are there still so many downloads for EOL Python 3.7?original ↗
22 Aug 2023
Help test the Python 3.12 release candidate!original ↗
26 May 2023
TIL: how to disable cron for GitHub forksoriginal ↗
7 May 2023
Printable PyCon 2023 scheduleoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2023
Bits of Pluto on Mastodonoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2023

2022

How to search 5,000 Python projectsoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2022
Help test Python 3.11 beta!original ↗
31 May 2022
Top PyPI Packagesoriginal ↗
29 May 2022

2021

The Python 3.1 problemoriginal ↗
19 May 2021

2020

Python version share over time, 6original ↗
1 Jan 2020

2019

Python version share over time, 5original ↗
4 Nov 2019
Python version share over time, 4original ↗
4 Apr 2019
Python version share over time, 3original ↗
1 Jan 2019

2018

Words of the year from Twitter, 2018original ↗
31 Dec 2018
Python version share over time, 2original ↗
3 Nov 2018
Python version share over time, 1original ↗
5 Jul 2018

2017

Words of the year from Twitter, 2017original ↗
30 Dec 2017
Words of the year from Twitter, 2016original ↗
5 Jan 2017

2016

#woty15 nominationsoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2016
Words of the year from Twitter, 2015original ↗
2 Jan 2016

2015

Cutthroat verb-nounsoriginal ↗
26 May 2015
Clusterstufforiginal ↗
26 May 2015
Manwordsoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2015
Words of the year from Twitter, 2014original ↗
6 Jan 2015

2013

Twitter's new favourite wordsoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2013
Symbian platform share in the Ovi Store (IV)original ↗
8 Apr 2013

2012

Naurissalmi strait, Helsinkioriginal ↗
24 Mar 2012
Symbian platform share in the Nokia Store (III)original ↗
12 Mar 2012
How to toggle playing/pausing of Spotify using the Pause key in Ubuntuoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2012
How to auto-launch Mobbler when plugging in headphonesoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2012

2011

Symbian platform share in the Ovi Store (II)original ↗
8 Sept 2011
Symbian platform share in the Ovi Storeoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2011

2009

Symbian errors, an illustrated catalogue of errorsoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2009

2007

Booze It!original ↗
16 Apr 2007

2005

Gmail on Series 60original ↗
13 Jun 2005
Series 60 Big Clockoriginal ↗
30 May 2005
Morse Texteroriginal ↗
30 May 2005