PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #706: Quasars, Faking Data, GIL-free Web, and More (Oct. 28, 2025)

This PyCoder's Weekly issue features various Python resources, including a Real Python course on visualizing quasar data with Polars and marimo. It highlights the Faker library for generating realistic test data and an AI development sponsorship from Temporal. The issue also discusses the potential of GIL-free Python for web services and a rejected PEP for new assert statement syntax. Django 6.0 Beta 1 is announced, alongside Python job postings. Articles cover Pytest fixtures, an opinion piece on async Django's reception, and using Depot to speed up GitHub Actions. Readers can explore what Python can do and take a quiz on the topic. Solutions are offered for Django's bulk_update memory issues and guidance on using .__repr__() vs .__str__(). T-strings and PEP 810's lazy imports are also explained. News includes updates from a CPython Core Dev Sprint and the announcement of PSF Community Service Award recipients, along with best practices for Python and uv in Docker. Projects featured are RustPython, django-snakeoil, Cronboard, plugboard, and spdl. Upcoming events include Real Python Office Hours and several PyCon conferences across different regions.