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Nilo Stolte explains why Zig is "a totally new way to write programs", George Mack gives twelve actionable ways to be more creative, Mario Zechner shares his findings on using MCP vs Bash tools, Josh Collinsworth compares creating AI art ...
Topics covered in this episode: Possibility of a new website for Django aiosqlitepool deptry browsr Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/458
Welcome to the third issue of the Toad Report. If you are new here, Toad is a universal interface for API I am currently building.
Why constant learning can feel productive but quietly erode our ability to think.
Iām hosting office hours on the next two Fridays in November. Office Hours Schedule Friday, November 14, 2025, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm CT Starting at 2pm CT, Iāll be working on some community/open source projects if anyone wants to ...
Podcasts in any terminal. Fast, clean, offline.
Topics covered in this episode: httptap 10 Smart Performance Hacks For Faster Python Code FastRTC Explore Python dependencies with pipdeptree and uv pip tree Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/457
I'm looking for a new job.
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AI is a pain in the back.
another talk I am giving at Mastra's TypeScript AI conf today https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NnQ3H5Bki3vWRRJdVXoCFJ5dsNKH9QrC-eEQ2Z8olck/edit?usp=sharing
This is a personal account of my experiences taking weight loss medication. Quite a departure from my usual content.
Sidero and Oxide Kubecon NA event registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oxidesidero-at-kubecon-north-america-2025-tickets-1538869282449Tim Banks will optimize your modem baud rate and kick your assārespectfully. Then they'll teach you how to be a better person. Their career includes systems, sales, and many other facets of business, ...
Attention isnāt infinite, and yet modern development culture behaves like it is. A quiet rebellion against meetings, pings, and performative productivity.
Topics covered in this episode: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program A Binary Serializer for Pydantic Models T-strings: Python's Fifth String Formatting Technique? Cronboard Extras Joke See the full show notes for this ...
Solving the One Thing That Keeps Me Up at Night in Software Development One of the only real things in software development that keeps me up at night is...
The Balanced Engineer Newsletter November 2025 ā¢ Issue # 41 Before we get to the good stuffāa change I'm making! After reflecting on what's sustainable (and what energizes me), I'm moving to a monthly newsletter. This lets me spend realā¦
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Welcome to the second issue of The Toad Report. If you are new here, Toad is a universal interface for AI I am currently building.
Using the superuser elastic API keys to access the Elasticsearch API is not recommended. The API key is often used by remote clients on remote systems. Any attacker who might get access to the token, can compromise the entire Elasticsearch ...
If there is one thing that Iāve learned in my roughly 30 years of working with design tools, it is that they come and go and that you should always stay curious and be open and ready to learn something ...
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in October 2025.
It is now Anno Domini 2025, and for some reason, people keep trusting email. That needs to stop. Letās talk about whyābut first, letās talk about why Iām telling you this now. All things happen in cycles, including grifting. And ...
Here are my Default Apps 2025, which builds from my Default Apps 2024 and Default Apps 2023 posts. š¤ AI Coding Assistant: Claude Code + GitHub Copilot CLI + Codex āļø Automation: Hammerspoon š Backups: Backblaze š Bookmarks: Raindrop.io š ...
Humans love stories. Maybe that is because for thousands of years, stories were the way information was preserved and passed on to others, to the next generations. Maybe because they create community and collective culture. Maybe because they capture our ...
I have to confess that I am not reading that many books these days. Most of the time, I resort to listening to them in audio form. But every once in a while, a book comes along that is just ...
āReactās mobile strategy inherently drives teams toward platform capture. The web offers an alternative: no gatekeepers, no platform fees, direct distribution.ā
The Dublin-based Irish Pub Company has designed upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries around the globe
Topics covered in this episode: Cyclopts: A CLI library The future of Python web services looks GIL-free Free-threaded GC Polite lazy imports for Python package maintainers Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at ...
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In 1977, NASA launched two spaceships carrying two golden records into the void of interstellar space. The Voyager Golden Records contained instructions for playing its contents, finding Earth in the cosmos (oh my ā¦), as well as images, a variety ...
My gut feeling tells me that not that many people have yet heard of or used the linear() easing function, one of the most exciting newer additions to CSS. Looking at the stats in the State of CSS survey, this ...
Discover 10 lesser-known CLI apps that boost productivity and add flairālike C Bonsai, a customizable ASCII bonsai tree growing in your terminal in real time.
āReactās core failure is compounded by confusing API design for which documentation is indecisive, essays are written, and correct usage is endlessly debated.ā
Claude Skills are the approachable AI tool I didn't know I needed.
Now that cross-document view transitions are gradually making their way into modern browsers, now seems like the perfect time to explore them, if you havenāt already. They are, in fact, surprisingly straightforward to implement. And just like weāve seen with ...
Five years ago, I wrote about AVIF: A New Image Format (back then). Since then, Iāve implemented WebP and AVIF support on numerous client sites for considerable performance improvements ā but my own site was still serving JPEG, PNG, and ...
Itās the early nineties. Legendary comic book artist Frank Miller had just broken away from the major publishers, after creating titles like Daredevil: Born Again, Ronin, and The Dark Knight Returns. He was now working with the then-young Dark Horse ...
The joys of vibecoding.
Topics covered in this episode: djrest2 - A small and simple REST library for Django based on class-based views. Github CLI caniscrape - Know before you scrape. Analyze any website's anti-bot protections in seconds. š“ GittyUp Extras Joke See the ...
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For a while now there has been a persistent "gallows humor" meme about missing out on the generational wealth that will result in AI:
I respect quality software and the people who write it. And, Iāve invested years of my life in working on becoming one of these people (even if the journey has been long and hard and has involved lots of YAML). ...
Built in 1899 by the Czech architect DuÅ”an JurkoviÄ, known as āthe poet of timberā for his woodwork, the cottage and hotel are a lively combination of Czech-Slavic heritage and the Art Nouveau style of the time. The fairy tale-esque ...
Starting a new chapter of my life, beginning with my 4000ā¬ and a one-way flight to South Korea.
Whether you are running online workshops, recording audio or video, or making music, itās worth spending some time on acoustic treatment for your room. Shit in, shit out, as they sayā¦ In my case, I wanted to improve the sound ...
