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Hey folks! Interested in GSOC? Unclear how to use AI properly? Want to contribute and it's all feeling a little ?! Join us for our monthly new contributors meeting and ask all the questions!

This Thursday, March 5th at 10 pm UTC join @InessaPawson for our monthly New Contributors' Hour. Stop by to ask questions, share your progress, or just to say hi. For details, visit: @python.org/message/4OTHG5WSJKUGEAWLKIWEU54PBPJTG2J5/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mail.python.org/archives/list/…

Go to these & drop by discourse.matplotlib.org if you wanna run something by us!

@OptunaAutoML released Optuna v4.7 on Jan. 19. In addition, contributor Hiroaki Natsume introduced a new optimization algorithm — SPEA-II (Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm 2). Learn more on the NumFOCUS blog at hubs.la/Q041DxPP0

[🚨Project Update🚨] Taskflow is excited to announce the release of v4.0 and the Taskflow Academy. Learn more about these updates and see more from our projects on the NumFOCUS blog at hubs.la/Q041DnH10

[🚨 Project Update 🚨] @Project_Pythia announced the Pythia Cook-off 2026 hackathon, held at the NCAR Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Registration will be open soon in February. See more about this update & other project news on the NumFOCUS blog at hubs.la/Q041Dzk20

[🚨Project Update🚨] ITK released ITK 5.4.5, focused on critical bug fixes, improved documentation, and platform support, while introducing an AI agent onboarding to assist in project maintenance tasks. Learn more on the NumFOCUS blog at hubs.la/Q041DttB0

Subtitle creation with @MistralAI Voxtral! Step 1. Audio Extraction Step 2. Voxtral Diarization Step 3. Voxtral Word-Level Timestamps Step 4. Mapping Diarization and Word-Level Timestamps Step 5. Subtitle Overlay Creation Optional: Couple it with Mistral Small for structured translation, and you also obtain multilingual capabilities.

As any respectable Fortran compiler must do, LFortran now compiles LAPACK, probably the most famous Fortran library. All tests pass, single/double precision, real/complex, 32-bit/64-bit integers. lfortran.org/blog/2026/02/l…

🐍 Python vs C++: Selecting the Right Tool for the Job — realpython.com/python-vs-cpp/ #python

agents are now running @huggingface dataset viewers 🤯

[🚨Project Update🚨] @pandas_dev has released v3.0.0, a major release from the pandas 2.x series. This release includes various new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements, as well as possible breaking changes. Learn more and see other project updates this month at hubs.la/Q041Drw90

Tomorrow, Feb 5th at 10 pm UTC join our monthly New Contributors' Hour. Stop by to ask questions, share your progress, or just to say hi. For details, visit: @python.org/message/7CDPBNDO5YNJYL4UI7UFNACKOG7ZRYSH/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mail.python.org/archives/list/…

Just released msgvault 0.6.0 with MUCH improved Windows support (`msgvault update` now works) and many critical bug fixes, recommended upgrade for all users (your existing vault will work just fine!) Also we have a Discord server now! discord.gg/fDnmxB8Wkq github.com/wesm/msgvault/…

github.com/astral-sh/ruff… > Apply formatting to Markdown code blocks THIS IS HUGE

👀 Did you buy your ticket for #SciPy2026 yet? 🎟️ Early bird tickets are still available. Only 100 tickets at this rate! Grab yours before they’re gone ⏳ ➡️ ti.to/scipy/scipy2026

Join us at the PyCon DE & PyData Social Event on 15 April! 🥳 A relaxed evening inside the Darmstadtium — separate ticket required, available when buying your conference ticket. #PyConDE #PyData #Python #AI

I've used Gmail for 20 years. Almost 2M emails, 150K attachments. Rather than let Google hold my data hostage, I built msgvault: local-first email archive with a terminal UI and MCP server, powered by DuckDB. Open source, single Go binary. wesmckinney.com/blog/announcin…

We're excited to announce that Michael Savelli is joining the NumFOCUS team as Chief Financial and Operations Officer! Michael joins NumFOCUS with over 20 years of leadership experience guiding organizations like ours through times of growth, transition, and transformation. His previous leadership roles include Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer at the American Psychiatric Association, COO at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and, most recently, COO and CFO at the American Payroll Institute, where he led financial stabilization efforts and strengthened governance practices.

🚀 Kicking off 2026 with our first meetup hosted by KickstartAI at House of Watt! Theme: Engineering #LLMs — Data Pipelines, Regulations & Reality 🇪🇺🤖 Transparency, compliance, and culture all matter in how we build models.