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Brian #1: rich-codex

• by Phil Ewels
• suggested by Will McGugan
• “A GitHub Action / command-line tool which generates screen grab images of a terminal window, containing command outputs or code snippets.”
• Generate images from commands embedded in markdown files, like README.md, for example.
  • Searches through markdown files for stuff like: ![cat cat.txt | lolcat -S 1](img/cat.svg)
  • then runs the command, and generates the image.
• Can be done within a GitHub action
• Can also send code snippets or json to rich-cli, then generate an image.
• You can also have commands in a config file,
• Very easy to use, makes very professional looking images for documentation, that’s always up to date.

Michael #2: Pydastic

• via Roman Right, by Rami Awar
• Pydastic is an elasticsearch python ORM based on Pydantic.
• Core Features
  • Simple CRUD operations supported
  • Sessions for simplifying bulk operations (a la SQLAlchemy)
  • Dynamic index support when committing operations
• More on Elasticsearch here

Brian #3: 3 Things to Know Before Building with PyScript

• by Braden Riggs
• Package indentation matters

• Local file access is possible.

          [HTML_REMOVED]
      - numpy
      - pandas
      - paths:
          - /views.csv
          [HTML_REMOVED]
  

• • DOM manipulation has interesting conventions
  • For buttons, you can include pys-onClick=”your_function” parameter to trigger python functions when clicked.
  • For retrieving user input from within the [HTML_REMOVED] tag document.getElementById(‘input_obj_id’).value can retrieve the input value.
  • And Finally pyscript.write(“output_obj_id”, data) can write output to a tag from within the [HTML_REMOVED] tag.
• Michael's Pyscript videos
  • Python + pyscript + WebAssembly: Python Web Apps, Running Locally with pyscript
  • Python iOS Web App with pyscript and offline PWAs

Michael #4: disnake

• via Sean Koenig
• disnake is a modern, easy to use, feature-rich, and async-ready API wrapper for Discord.
• Features:
  • Modern Pythonic API using async/await syntax
  • Sane rate limit handling that prevents 429 errors
  • Command extension to aid with bot creation
  • Easy to use with an object oriented design
  • Optimized for both speed and memory
  • Quickstart
  • Commands API

Extras

Michael:

• Scholarships for upcoming FastAPI + MongoDB live course
• Humble Bundle for Python 2022
• Michael's crazy earbuds (UE Fits)

Joke: Better than a wage increase