GitHub released three new GitHub Action features to improve workflows while developers work with pull requests from repository forks. These include:

• A new ‘pull_request_target’ event designed to make it easier to pull off common workflows like labeling, which can be hard to do as all pull request workflows raised from repository forks have a read-only token and no access to secrets. 
• A way to trigger one workflow based on the completion of another workflow with the new workflow_ run event, which makes it possible to trigger a new workflow when one or more workflows are requested or completed.
• New settings for forks: Three new settings at the enterprise, organization, and repository level for private repositories 

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• GitHub Actions is a workflow automation tool that allows developers to build, package, release, update, and deploy a project in all languages on external systems and GitHub "without having to run the code themselves."
• The news comes one week after GitHub also launched a public roadmap, a public repository to keep developers updated about what new features and functionality the platform will release in the next few quarters.
• GitHub also recently created a central location for all of GitHub's product documentation so that it's easier to access: docs.github.com. Previously, users and integrations had to visit two different sites to find such information. 

Python web framework Django 3.1 is now available. You can download it here, or from the Python Package Index with the PGP key ID "Mariusz Felisiak: 2EF56372BA48CD1B." Some highlights from the release:

• Support for a fully asynchronous request path, including asynchronous views, asynchronous middleware, asynchronous tests, and test client
• The release includes models.JSONField and forms.JSONField for all supported database backends
• Tokens, cookies, sessions, and signatures now use SHA-256 hashing algorithm

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• With this release, Django 3.0 has also reached the end of mainstream support, so users are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible. 
• Django 3.0 will receive security and data loss fixes until April 2021.
• For a more detailed list of changes from Django 3.1, click here.
• Python 3.8.4 was recently released a few weeks ago, and you can download it here. This is Python 3.8's fourth and last maintenance release.

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Rust 1.45.2 has been released. The new release reverts a fix attempting to patch an issue in version 1.45 causing trait objects with methods annotated with #[track_caller] to miscompile after the bug caused unrelated breakages. In addition, Rust 1.45.2 also patch a bug fix in version 1.45.1, affecting Tuple patterns binding the syntax ".. " to an identifier.

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• Those who already have Rust installed via rustup can get the new version by typing "$ rustup update stable" in the command line. If you don't have rustup, click here for instructions on how to download it.
• For more changes, check out Rust 1.45.2's release notes.
• The stable version of Rust 1.45 was released in mid-July. Check out the highlights from this major release here.

Cloudflare launched a new service, Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI), that makes it possible for users to interconnect branch and HQ locations directly with Cloudflare no matter their location. 

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• The platform claims CNI offers more "reliable, faster, and more private connectivity between your infrastructure and Cloudflare’s."
• Users can interconnect with Cloudflare’s network through a private network interconnect (PNI) or over an Internet Exchange (IX).
• You can combine multiple products with the CNI, including Cloudflare Access, Cloudflare’s CDN, Magic Transit, Cloudflare Workers, and more.
• Cloudflare recently also released Cloudflare Workers Unbound, an alleged cost-effective AWS Lambda serverless solution rival. With the new service, developers can run complicated computing workloads across Cloudflare paying only for what they use. 

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Social Post of the Day: One unemployed developer on Reddit says he was tired of Triplebyte's ads making him feel "bad" about his situation, so when they misspelled their URL, he redirected the typo to his GitHub account. Check out the post in full and more screenshots here.

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