Central Ohio Python Users Group

12/22/2025

There's a proposal for Python to natively support lazy importing starting in Python 3.15. However, there are techniques covered in this post that allow you to use lazy importing now with 3.13, 3.12, ... really every version of Python.

11/18/2025

If you haven't seen this yet, take a look at our obfuscation challenge.

Y. P. H. O. C. "Your program is hideous and obfuscated challenge" While other groups are holding ugly sweater contests; we are asking you to provide your ugliest program. In the spirit of The International Obfuscated C Code Contest we are asking our members to bring in their masterpieces of unr...

11/14/2025

T strings are here!

Python’s new t-strings may look like f-strings, but they work in a totally different way, allowing you to delay string interpolation.

11/11/2025

Check out the release notes for Python 3.14

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.14.html

This version has been in preview this year but went live in October.

Editors, Adam Turner and Hugo van Kemenade,. This article explains the new features in Python 3.14, compared to 3.13. Python 3.14 was released on 7 October 2025. For full details, see the changelog...

11/07/2025

Y. P. H. O. C.
"Your program is hideous and obfuscated challenge"

While other groups are holding ugly sweater contests; we are asking you to provide your ugliest program. In the spirit of The International Obfuscated C Code Contest we are asking our members to bring in their masterpieces of unreadable incomprehensible yet functional python programs. Gift cards will be given out for:

"Crowd favorite technique."
"A LLM can't decipher this."
“Best one line program.”

Submissions due by January 12th, 2026

Details here:

Y. P. H. O. C. "Your program is hideous and obfuscated challenge" While other groups are holding ugly sweater contests; we are asking you to provide your ugliest program. In the spirit of The International Obfuscated C Code Contest we are asking our members to bring in their masterpieces of unr...

11/03/2025

How do you log?

🐍 Logging in Python — https://realpython.com/python-logging/

10/30/2025

A lot of funny IT related content from this person. Enjoy.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1JkXCt2CjA/

10/30/2025

Check out PyOhios YouTube Channel.

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10/20/2025

Here are some fun and easy projects that you can try to level up your skills in Python.

1. Pomodoro Timer
2. Speech recognition app that takes notes
3. Virtual Painter
4. PyPhotoshop
5. Tower Defense Game

More info at KdNuggets

Bored of theory? These hands-on Python projects make learning interactive, practical, and actually enjoyable.