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Releases · Oct 24

Python 3.15 gives free-threaded builds a stable ABI

Python 3.15, out October 9, adds a stable ABI for free-threaded CPython (PEP 803), so C extensions can ship one no-GIL wheel instead of rebuilding per version.

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Node.js drops odd releases, moves to one major a year

From October 2026 Node.js ships one major a year instead of two, ends the odd/even split, and matches version numbers to the calendar. Node 26 is the last old-model release.

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The quarter's reading list, annotated

Five documents that earned their minutes since July, closing with the strangest architecture writeup of the season.

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