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CircuitPython Weekly Meeting for June 9, 2025

Video is available on YouTube.

Join here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord.

The CircuitPython Weekly Meeting normally is held at 2pm US ET/11am PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython channel on Discord for notices of change in time and links to past meetings. Meeting times are also available in iCal format for use with standard calendar applications and can also be viewed in your browser.

If you want to be able to participate in the meeting by speaking, you will need to be added to the @circuitpythonistas role on Discord. Please ask any of the moderators or admins to add you if you’d like to join.

CircuitPython development is sponsored by Adafruit. Please support them by purchasing hardware from https://adafruit.com.

Reminders: Podcast available on most services. Let us know if we’re missing some. The canonical URL for the podcast version is https://adafruit-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/circuitpython_weekly_meeting/audio-podcast.xml which you may be able to enter directly into compatible podcast apps.

2:23 Community News

A Coordinated Python Security Update Release

To fix six vulnerability reports, the Python Software Foundation simultaneously released five new versions of Python. Python 3.13.4, 3.12.11, 3.11.13, 3.10.18 and 3.9.23 are now available. In addition to the security fixes, a few additional changes to ipaddress were backported to make the edits feasible – Python Discussion Forum. Via BlueSky.

3:22 What is Vibe Coding? A Computer Scientist Explains What It Means to Have AI Write Computer Code − and What Risks That Can Entail

Vibe coding leans on standard patterns of technical language, which AI systems use to piece together original code from their training data. Any beginner can use an AI assistant such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor Chat, put in a few prompts, and let the system get to work – The Conversation and YouTube.

“AI tools do this without any real grasp of specific rules, edge cases or security requirements for the software in question. This is a far cry from the processes behind developing production-grade software, which must balance trade-offs between product requirements, speed, scalability, sustainability and security. Skilled engineers write and review the code, run tests and establish safety barriers before going live.”

4:42 The Wrong Way to Use AI (and How to Actually Write Better Code with LLMs)

Claude 4’s beautifully broken refactor is a perfect metaphor for engineering in 2025. Tools are improving rapidly. But they’re only as useful as the engineer wielding them. When AI outputs a beautifully structured but non-compiling refactor, it’s not a failure, it’s a mirror, revealing where human judgment still matters most. For developers serious about continuously learning, that mirror is invaluable – Shawn Hymel.

The Python on Microcontrollers Weekly Newsletter is a CircuitPython-community-run newsletter emailed every Monday. The complete archives are [here](https://www.adafruitdaily.com/category/circuitpython/). It highlights the latest Python on hardware related news from around the web including CircuitPython, Python and MicroPython developments.

To contribute your own news or project, edit next week's draft on GitHub and submit a pull request with the changes. You may also or email cpnews@adafruit.com, or tag a post with #CircuitPython on Mastodon, Bluesky, or X (formerly known as Twitter),.

6:45 State of CircuitPython, Libraries and Blinka

This report contains information from the previous seven days. Any changes (PRs merged, etc.) made today are not included in this report.

7:13 Overall

12 pull requests merged
- 6 authors - CrackXT, BlitzCityDIY, andibing, FoamyGuy, shubham0x13, bablokb
- 6 reviewers - BlitzCityDIY, justmobilize, tekktrik, eightycc, FoamyGuy, dhalbert
9 closed issues by 7 people, 8 opened by 7 people

14:34 Hug reports

14:54 @danh (hosting)

@bablokb for fixing a build issue
@Timeline8 for fixing a board issue

15:10 @david.glaude (absent)

@danh and @anecdata for help and suggestions for my network.py include file (in the weeds of last week).
@foamyguy for FruitJam work and video.

15:36 @foamyguy

@shubham0x13 on github for submitting a convenience feature for anchoring Labels and being open to feedback about moving it elsewhere and making it more generic to work with other objects

16:00 Status Updates

16:36 @danh (hosting)

Merging MicroPython v1.24.1 into CircuitPython. I’ve finished the initial file merging and will start testing compilations and running tests. After this I’ll merge v1.25.
Will test C6 version of NINA-FW for use on the Fruit Jam board, for WiFi and BLE.

17:46 @foamyguy

Startup Screens learn guide that talks about them generally and details the experience working on the Fruit Jam startup
Working on Fruit Jam library adding peripherals implementations for built-in hardware
Factorio integration with CircuitPython. Achieved successful communication both ways. Want to refactor some more and get it into a shareable state and document how it works. Perhaps it can serve as a gateway to microcontrollers and circuitpython for the factorio community.

19:52 In The Weeds

We only have three hosts available for the weekly meeting for now. We have a weekly schedule through the end of June. How would every other week be if we did that for part of the summer?

22:46 Wrap-Up

Monday June 16, 2025 will be our next meeting, at the regular time.

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