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Show HN: Docking – extensible Linux dock in Python

edumucelli — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:49:12 +0000

Hi HN,

I’ve been having a lot of fun building Docking, an open-source dock for Linux written in Python with GTK 3 and Cairo. It includes an extensible applet system, 38 built-in applets, 12 themes, multi-monitor support, auto-hide, and works across several Linux/X11 desktop environments.

It also has prebuilt releases for x64 and arm64 across multiple package formats: AppImage, .deb, RPM, Flatpak, Snap, Arch, and Nix outputs.

GitHub: https://github.com/edumucelli/docking

Feedback is very welcome!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47637206

Points: 1

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Async Python Is Secretly Deterministic

KraftyOne — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:55:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dbos.dev/blog/async-python-is-secretly-deterministic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47630592

Points: 70

# Comments: 29

Python 3.4: Beyond Scripting – Building Scalable Systems

tsenturk — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:01:03 +0000

Article URL: https://techlife.blog/posts/python-34-beyond-scripting/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47626750

Points: 1

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We chose Positron's Python type checker

ocamoss — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:56:43 +0000

Article URL: https://positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2026-03-31-python-type-checkers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47625671

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Design Optics with Python

pppone — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:25:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.optiland.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624693

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

What "Parse, don't validate" means in Python? (2025)

jllyhill — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:13:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bitecode.dev/p/what-parse-dont-validate-means-in

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624305

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: I built a Python-based app for Windows security diagnostics

mennylevinski — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:59:14 +0000

Secuditor Lite is a free, Python-based diagnostic security tool for Windows endpoints and networks with a friendly GUI.

It helps identify system vulnerabilities, improve device Operational Security (OPSEC), detect network elements, run internet speed test, and generate structured audit reports, all in one place.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620103

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

Claw Code – A Full Rewrite of Claude Code in Python

redbell — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:47:27 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ultraworkers/claw-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615235

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

Add emotional awareness to any LLM in 3 lines of Python

wpferrell — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:19:16 +0000

Article URL: https://resonance-layer.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614111

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Media Monitoring Iran with Python

albtou — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:55:25 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/AlbinTouma/Iran-War-Media

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613819

Points: 1

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Show HN: A drop-in replacement and memory-safe TLS back end for Python

mesahm — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:30:57 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/jawah/rtls

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612046

Points: 1

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Show HN: Extra-Platforms, Python library to detect OS, arch, shell, CI, AI

kdeldycke — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:24:09 +0000

I built Extra Platforms over the past 5 years because I kept writing the same detection boilerplate over and over. And also because Python's original platform.linux_distribution() function has been removed in Python 3.8. Its replacement, Distro, only covers Linux.

It detects six traits (CPU architecture, OS/distribution, shell, terminal, CI, agents), which are grouped into families (BSD, LINUX, UNIX, ...) for convenience.

You can try the library without installing anything:

  $ uvx --with extra-platforms python
  >>> from extra_platforms import current_platform, BSD, is_linux
  >>> current_platform()
  Platform(id='macos', name='macOS')
  >>> current_platform() in BSD
  True
  >>> is_linux()
  False

It also ships Pytest decorators (@skip_linux, @unless_macos) for platform-conditional tests.

The library has zero dependencies and is Apache-2.0 licensed.

I'm interested in collecting edge cases, which you can send me by performing an auto-detection with:

  $ uvx extra-platforms

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611994

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

Garbage Collection: From First Principles to Modern GC in Java, Go and Python

signa11 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:16:33 +0000

Article URL: https://shbhmrzd.github.io/systems/garbage-collection/memory-management/2026/04/01/garbage-collectors-deep-dive.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611463

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Python All the Way Down: Speed-of-Light CUDA Without Leaving Python

pjmlp — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:38:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/on-demand/session/gtc26-s81531/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611196

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

Building a Python Library in 2026

stephenlf — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:45:19 +0000

Article URL: https://stephenlf.dev/blog/python-library-in-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609750

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Structured Python control over AI computer use agents

aadyachinubhai — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:57:17 +0000

Most CUA frameworks are either a black box or raw tool calls with no structure. Orbit sits in between, natural language controls the screen, Orbit lets Python control the flow. Each step has its own model, budget, and typed output, but shares context across the session. Mix cheap and expensive models per step, extract structured data from any screen into Pydantic models, and steer the agent mid-task when it struggles. Built on the OS accessibility tree, not screenshots.

https://github.com/aadya940/orbit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608250

Points: 1

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