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Why is it that I keep seeing "everyone should pin their GitHub Actions versions to a SHA because that's the secure way to do it" and not "GitHub should build tooling that creates and manages Actions lockfiles by default"? Am I just missing that version and only seeing the former one boosted?

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A demo webpage for a PEP is a really neat use case for Python in the browser https://lazy-import-demo.pages.dev/

Do you know of examples of a software library's test suite catching a bug in its upstream dependencies? I've seen a few of these over the years, and I'd like to put together a small list. Things like:

- A programming language implementation's test suite uncovering a bug in other implementations
- A library's test suite uncovering a bug in the language implementation itself
- A framework addon's / extension's test suite uncovering a bug in the framework

When @nprofile1q... and I joined an episode of @nprofile1q... a bit ago (https://fosstodon.org/@djangochat/114268050638878390), we talked a bit about carrying the excitement and energy from a conference into post-conference projects. It's fun watching some of that manifest as people join projects as contributors, start their own projects, and generally continue their enthusiasm following #PyConUS.

The CFP due dates for both @nprofile1q... and @nprofile1q... are ~2.5 weeks away and fast approaching. I should probably get working on those outlines if I want to get a proposal ready in time.

New blog post that I intend to add sections to as I find more relevant examples: https://www.jonafato.com/2025/03/20/conference-advice-from-non-conference-sources