Python 3.9.2 and 3.8.8 have been released. These security fixes were released faster than anticipated after users asked the Python team to expedite them due to a remote code execution vulnerability. Bugs fixed include:

• CVE-2021-3177: Avoid static buffers when computing the repr of ctypes.c_double and ctypes.c_longdouble values.
• CVE-2021-23336: Fix web cache poisoning vulnerability by defaulting the query args separator to &, and allowing the user to choose a custom separator.

More:

• The last full regular maintenance release of Python 3.8 is scheduled for May 3, 2021. Python 3.9.3's release date is planned for early May 2021.
• The news comes after the Python team recently launched release candidates for Python 3.8.8 and Python 3.9.2.

The latest version of Ruby to JavaScript compiler Opal, which makes it possible to take Ruby code to the frontend by turning it into JavaScript, is now available. Opal 1.1.0 highlights include:

• Basic support for uplevel: keyword argument in Kernel#warn
• Support for globalThis as the generic global object accessor 
• Source-map support for Node.js in the default runner 
• A compiler option use_strict which can also be set by the use_strict magic comment 

📅 Dev Calendar: This Week's Virtual Events and Hackathons

• FEB. 25: Conf42: Chaos Engineering, chaos engineering (which refers to a "disciplined approach to identifying failures before they become outages") conference featuring Bloomberg's engineering lead and more.
• FEB. 25: SKILup Day: Cloud Native and Serverless, Cloud Native and Serverless conference featuring workshops and networking opportunities
• FEB. 26-27: Vue.js Amsterdam, Vue.js conference.

Hackathons:

• FEB. 26-28, 2021: AngelHacks 2.0. "We're here to help all beginners get the resources and projects they want under their belt – so we're putting an extra focus on workshops! You'll choose a workshop you want to do, speed-meet a team (or bring your own), and learn ALL the requisite materials to make the project! Afterward, feel free to customize and hack away, and the best winner per workshop gets a fun prize."

Recent Dev Funding Updates:

• Cloud security firm CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire Humio, a London-based log management startup, for $400M. CrowdStrike plans to use Humio's technology to boost its extended detection and response platform. Humio is a provider of cloud log management and observability technology.
• Application monitoring platform Sentry raised $60M in a Series D round led by Accel, with participation from New Enterprise Associates, BONND. The company was valued at $1B.

A version of this story first appeared in Inside Venture Capital.

LAST WEEK'S NEWS AND RELEASES ROUNDUP. 

Below is last week's developer news and tools roundup, listing out all the news and tool releases you need to know organized by language, browser, version control systems, and so much more, so you're ahead of the curve.

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

• Chrome OS was the second-most popular desktop operating system for the full year of 2020, overtaking Apple macOS's position for the first time, market data firm IDC and a report on IDC's data reveals. Apple macOS came in third.
• Linux 5.11 is now available. Highlights from this new release include support for many features, such as Intel’s software guard extensions (SGX). For a more detailed list of changes, click here.

LANGUAGES:

JavaScript / TypeScript:

• The creator of JavaScript framework Vue.js announced the release of Vite 2.0. Vite, for the unfamiliar, is a new form of build tool for front-end web development, offering something akin to a faster version of a pre-configured dev server and bundler combination. Notable changes from this release include a redesigned internal architecture that is framework agnostic. For more details about changes, click here.
• The beta version of Blitzjs, a batteries-included framework built on Next.js that eliminates the need for REST/GraphQL, is now available.
• Node.js v15.9 is now available. For details about changes, click here.

PHP:

• PHP 8.1 will feature...

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• JavaScript bundler esbuild version 0.8.47 has been released and supports Apple's M1 chip natively.  
• In this piece, Sarah Drasner reflects on the mistakes she's made as an engineering manager at companies of various sizes to help others avoid similar problems, while particularly emphasizing communication issues and ways to solve them.
• Learn how to recreate the UI of PlayStation 5 in JavaScript and CSS with this tutorial.
• One coding bootcamp graduate who now builds distributed databases offers fellow bootcamp alumni and students tips on how to find a job and launch their career. In the blog post, Richard Artoul cites the importance of reputation and social capital.
• What are the costs of inefficiencies in your product release cycle? Read how top companies save over $1M each year. *

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Tweet of the Day: Python turned 30 this past weekend. Python 0.90, the first version of the language ever, was released on Feb. 20, 1991.