How to Build Real-World API Tests Using Python and Pytest

As software systems grow increasingly dependent on microservices and third-party integrations, automated API testing has become essential for maintaining reliability and security. Manual tools like Postman are useful for exploration but fall short in CI/CD environments with hundreds of endpoints. Python's Pytest framework, combined with the Requests library, offers a scalable solution for automating API validation. Developers can write test cases to verify correct status codes, data structures, and error handling — such as confirming a valid user returns HTTP 200 while a missing one returns 404. Advanced patterns like parameterized testing further extend Pytest's usefulness in production-grade testing pipelines.

How to Build Real-World API Tests Using Python and Pytest

As software systems grow increasingly dependent on microservices and third-party integrations, automated API testing has become essential for maintaining reliability and security. Python's Pytest framework, combined with the Requests library, offers a scalable alternative to manual tools like Postman for testing API endpoints. Developers can write structured test cases to verify correct HTTP status codes, response data formats, and error handling for invalid inputs. A practical example using the public mock API at reqres.in demonstrates how to validate both successful user profile retrieval and 404 responses for non-existent users. Beyond basic tests, Pytest supports advanced patterns such as parameterization, making it well-suited for complex, production-grade CI/CD pipelines.

India and South Africa's semi-final fate hinges on Australia vs India result

India and South Africa are both fighting for semi-final spots at the tournament, with their qualification scenarios closely linked to other match results. South Africa are considered favourites to defeat Bangladesh, but their significantly poor net run rate complicates their path to the knockouts. A win alone may not be enough for South Africa, as they need Australia to beat India to improve their qualification chances. India, meanwhile, are also dependent on the outcome of the Australia match to secure their place in the semi-finals.

Family of Three Found Dead in Kerala River, Teenage Daughter Still Missing

Police in Kerala recovered the body of a man from the Muvattupuzha river on Saturday, a day after his visually impaired wife and their two-year-old son were found dead in the same waterway. The incident occurred near Piravom in the Ernakulam district. Authorities have confirmed the deaths of all three family members following the recovery of the bodies. A search operation is currently underway for the couple's daughter, who remains missing.

Anonymous GitHub Account Publicly Releases Undisclosed Zero-Day Exploits

An anonymous GitHub account has been mass-publishing undisclosed zero-day vulnerabilities, raising serious cybersecurity concerns. The account, named 'bikini', is releasing exploits without prior disclosure to affected vendors or security teams. Zero-day vulnerabilities are particularly dangerous as they are unknown to software developers and have no existing patches. The public release of such exploits can put systems and users at immediate risk by making attack methods available to malicious actors. The post gained attention on Hacker News, though the full scope and targets of the disclosed vulnerabilities remain unclear.

Eight Teams Earn Automatic Berths for 2028 T20 World Cup

Eight teams have secured automatic qualification spots for the 2028 T20 World Cup, while Scotland missed out on joining them. Pakistan earned their automatic berth by virtue of being the hosts of the upcoming tournament. The qualification process determined which nations would advance directly without needing to go through further qualifying rounds. Scotland, despite their efforts, fell short of the criteria required to claim one of the automatic spots.

Limn Engine Releases Intermediate Tutorial Covering Physics, Tilemaps, and Camera Tools

The Limn Engine development team has published a Level 2 intermediate tutorial aimed at developers who have already completed the beginner course. The guide covers topics including physics and gravity simulation, platform collision detection, smooth movement utilities, and multi-layer tilemap construction. It also introduces camera follow and zoom functionality, spritesheet animation, and professional HUD text styling. The tutorial includes a complete platformer walkthrough and a quick-reference section for all covered features. Developers are advised to finish the Level 1 beginner series before attempting the intermediate content.

Cybersecurity in the Post-Mythos Era: A Call for Calm and Pragmatism

A blog post published on Cephalosec explores the concept of cybersecurity in what it terms the 'post-mythos' era. The piece encourages security professionals to adopt a calm, measured approach amid evolving threats and industry narratives. The article appears to challenge prevailing myths or assumptions that have shaped cybersecurity culture and practice. It was shared on Hacker News, where it received modest engagement with a small number of points and comments.

Rescue Teams Race to Save Lives as Anger Grows in Caracas

Rescue operations are ongoing in Caracas, Venezuela, as teams work around the clock to reach survivors trapped under rubble. The situation has been described as one of the most difficult moments in the country's modern history. As time passes, hopes of finding survivors are beginning to diminish. The mounting frustration among residents is intensifying alongside the humanitarian crisis.

Burkina Faso Junta Cuts Diplomatic Ties with France

Burkina Faso has formally severed its diplomatic relations with France, its former colonial ruler. The country's military junta announced the decision, accusing Paris of acting against Burkina Faso's national interests. The move marks a significant deterioration in relations between the two nations. This development follows a broader trend of West African military-led governments distancing themselves from France in recent years.

Free Browser Tool Brings Google Ventures' Crazy 8 Ideation Sprint Online

Crazy 8, or Crazy Eights, is a design sprint technique developed by Google Ventures that challenges users to generate eight distinct ideas in eight minutes, one per 60-second round. A free browser-based tool at crazy8ideation.com now lets individuals run the exercise solo without a facilitator, printed materials, or a group setting. The tool includes voice coaching to guide each round and requires no sign-up, login, or email submission. Research on design fixation supports the method's approach of prioritizing quantity over quality early in the creative process, which helps users move past obvious solutions. The tool is aimed at product designers, UX researchers, and anyone needing a structured, low-friction way to rapidly produce ideas.

Free TDEE Calculator Outperforms Paid Rivals Costing Up to $80 a Year

A developer compared three popular paid Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) calculators — MacroFactor ($71.99/yr), MyFitnessPal Premium ($79.99/yr), and Cronometer Gold ($59.99/yr) — against a free alternative called FreeTDEE. All four tools rely on the same publicly available formulas, including Mifflin-St Jeor and Harris-Benedict. Unlike its paid counterparts, FreeTDEE offers instant results across six or more formulas, requires no account, and also supports the Katch-McArdle method, which none of the paid options include. The developer built FreeTDEE out of frustration with calculators that were either paywalled or inconveniently embedded within larger apps. The tool is available at freetdee.com at no cost.

6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan, Tremors Felt Across Delhi-NCR

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan at 7:04 AM IST on Saturday, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The tremors were strong enough to be felt in Delhi and the surrounding NCR region. Residents across the area reported sensing the shaking, raising immediate public concern. Such cross-border tremors are not uncommon given Afghanistan's location in a seismically active zone that influences ground movement across northern India.

SealedSecrets Lets Teams Safely Store Kubernetes Secrets in Git Repos

GitOps teams often struggle with storing sensitive credentials like API keys and database passwords in Git, since base64 encoding offers no real security and plaintext commits risk exposure. SealedSecrets, built by Bitnami, addresses this by using asymmetric RSA encryption through a lightweight in-cluster controller and a CLI tool called kubeseal. When installed, the controller generates a key pair on startup, keeping the private key inside the cluster while allowing the public key to be freely shared. Developers encrypt standard Kubernetes Secrets using kubeseal, producing a SealedSecret custom resource that is safe to commit to any repository, public or private. Only the in-cluster controller holding the matching private key can decrypt the resource, making it one of the simplest Kubernetes-native solutions for secure secret management in GitOps workflows.

After Tamil Nadu gas leak, Jharkhand workers allege confinement – ‘Desperate to go home’

Developer builds Claude Code tool to catch compliance gaps before app launch

A developer has created a pre-launch compliance checklist tool called LaunchTrust, integrated into the Claude Code AI coding agent via MCP, to catch common but easily overlooked issues before shipping software. The tool scans for problems such as leaked API keys in frontend bundles, missing privacy policies, absent AI interaction disclosures, and weak security headers. These oversights can result in serious consequences including App Store rejections, GDPR complaints, and exposed credentials. LaunchTrust is designed to trace every finding back to the actual page content, avoiding false compliance claims, and positions itself as a compliance aid rather than legal advice. The tool is available as a free quick-scan service and has been released as open-source, with the developer actively seeking community feedback.

Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon deal as 'surrender'

Linked Lists Power Your Daily Tools Even Though You Never Write One

Linked lists are widely taught as interview preparation, but developers rarely write them directly in production code. However, they underpin many everyday systems — including browser navigation history, text editor undo stacks, Redis commands, and the Linux kernel's process scheduler. The key reason linked lists are often slower than arrays in practice comes down to cache locality: arrays store data contiguously in memory, allowing CPUs to fetch multiple elements at once, while linked list nodes scatter across RAM, causing costly memory lookups. Despite identical O(n) complexity on paper, linked list traversal can run 10–100 times slower than array traversal for large datasets due to this hardware-level difference. Understanding these trade-offs helps developers reason more accurately about performance in the tools and systems they use every day.

Polymarket Hack Loss Revised to $3.1M After Platform Pledged Full Refunds

Prediction markets platform Polymarket has updated the total loss from a recent hack to $3.1 million. The revision came just days after the platform publicly promised to fully refund affected users. Polymarket is also reportedly under investigation over allegations of false or deceptive marketing practices. The dual developments mark a turbulent period for one of the largest platforms in the prediction markets space.

Viral cricket stadium video surfaces in Ketan Agarwal murder probe

A video allegedly showing Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary together at a cricket match has emerged during the ongoing murder investigation into Ketan Agarwal's death. Police believe the two had a relationship that began before Siya's engagement to Ketan. Investigators allege that Siya's family was aware of the affair but proceeded with the marriage due to financial considerations. Authorities are now scrutinising thousands of phone calls and records of frequent meetings between Siya and Chetan. Police further allege that the two had planned Ketan's murder following several earlier failed attempts.