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Bandit: Open-source tool designed to find security issues in Python code

Bandit is an open-source tool that scans Python source code for security issues that show up in everyday development. Many security teams and developers use it as a quick way to spot risky coding ...

Python 3.15 released: Lazy imports, UTF-8 and new data types

Python 3.15 is expected to speed up some programs and simplifies handling immutable data. UTF-8 as standard requires testing.
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Python 3.15 Makes UTF-8 the Default, Easing Windows Text Issues — but Legacy Code Needs a Check

Python 3.15's UTF-8 default reduces environment-dependent behavior when no encoding is specified. We look at what it means ...

Identifying standard library APIs removed in Python 3.15 from your code using AST—502 public name differences and a comparison with ruff, pyupgrade, an…

Python 3.15.0 was released on October 9, 2026. The "Removed" section of the official "What's New in Python 3.15" document ...
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PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
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Three Ways to Speed Up Python Code With Numba: A Practical Guide

Overview: Numba is a just-in-time (JIT) compiler that turns Python functions into fast machine code. In one tested example, a ...

Rust in CPython: Python 3.16 to bring optional Rust backend for zlib

The roadmap was already presented by David Hewitt, maintainer of the Rust binding PyO3, in July at the Python Language Summit 2026, the annual meeting of the core developers. In extensions for Python, ...