Building Serverless Python Apps Using AWS Chalice
Build and deploy a serverless Python app with AWS Chalice, a microframework that ships your code to AWS Lambda and scales it for you.
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What Is the Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)?
The Python GIL is a mutex that lets only one thread control the interpreter at a time. Learn how it shapes your program's performance.
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A Python AI Tool Was Just Booby-Trapped With Key-Stealing Malware
Real Python's weekly AI news for October 17–23, 2026, explained in plain language: a booby-trapped Python AI tool, a PHP security fix, and PyTorch on TPUs.
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Python Metaclasses
How Python's metaclasses work as an OOP concept, what they are good for—and why you might want to avoid them in your own programs.
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Python’s property(): Add Managed Attributes to Your Classes
Use Python's property() to add managed attributes to your classes, with validation, computed values, and caching, without breaking your API.
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OLED on a budget, save $50 now on the Acer Predator XB27OU at Best Buy
Upgrade your gaming monitor with this fantastic $329 deal on the Acer XB27OU 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor at Best Buy. Save $50 instantly.
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A few engineers asked IT for Linux. Then it spread to 200 machines.
Linux is already part of the AI developer’s desktop toolkit. Nvidia’s DGX Spark, which became available to order on October The post A few engineers asked...
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PHP2Shell was only the beginning: AI is accelerating the patch race
Government websites and public services across Europe went offline this week as organizations responded to two newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities. The post PHP2Shell was only the...
Read moreLinux 7.4 Power Management Preps For AMD Ryzen Zen 6 & Intel Rugged Panther Lake
The power management subsystem updates were merged this week for Linux 7.4 along with the related ACPI and thermal control updates too...
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Hackers Breach Enterprise Firewalls and VPNs, Exposing Over 70,000 Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a large-scale campaign that has targeted exposed network edge devices such as Fortinet FortiGate and Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect firewalls....
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The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems
A contractor fell into a reactor cavity and a bundle of fuel rods almost fell over.
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Amazon bows to local backlash over AI data centers, scraps plans to build four new facilities in Northern Virginia
Amazon has ditched its plans to build four new data centers in Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, following an outcry from local residents and officials. The land...
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