The latest articles on DEV Community by Kemal Kaya (@yoldaolmak). https://dev.to/yoldaolmak https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4032327%2F0af4af59-34cc-4a40-add0-cb61809f981c.jpg https://dev.to/yoldaolmak en Kemal Kaya Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:13:31 +0000 https://dev.to/yoldaolmak/building-an-honest-plugin-runtime-for-publishing-automation-in-python-5d5o https://dev.to/yoldaolmak/building-an-honest-plugin-runtime-for-publishing-automation-in-python-5d5o <p>Most publishing automation breaks at the integration boundary.</p> <p>A project may define a clean provider interface, discover a plugin package, and even validate its methods in isolation. But if that plugin cannot participate in the real workflow—from installation to candidate selection, provenance, CMS preview, and publishing—it is not yet an integration surface. It is a registry entry.</p> <p>Pictovap 0.6.0 closes that gap for visual publishing workflows.</p> <p>Pictovap is MIT licensed and available on PyPI:</p> <p>pip install pictovap</p> <p>Repository: <a href="https://github.com/yoldaolmak/Pictovap" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/yoldaolmak/Pictovap</a><br> Release: <a href="https://github.com/yoldaolmak/Pictovap/releases/tag/v0.6.0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/yoldaolmak/Pictovap/releases/tag/v0.6.0</a></p> automation opensource python showdev