Prompt Injection Isn’t a Vulnerability(opens in new tab)
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Handmade holiday gifts(opens in new tab)
Selling things stresses me out. But making things is fun, so here we are. If you’re looking for holiday gifts – for yourself or others – I’d love to help out. Take my pots, please!
🤖 How I Accidentally Spent Over 62 Million OpenAI Tokens(opens in new tab)
I’ve been fighting a runaway OpenAI bill for the last few weeks. I was worried I was leaking one of my API keys in a non-obvious way, possibly in one of my public projects. Two weeks ago, I deleted all ...
How reducers work(opens in new tab)
I did a livestream about how reducers work, and now, I give it to you.
I may have just broken standup (using n8n)(opens in new tab)
An n8n automation workflow that generates daily standup updates by pulling data from Jira, Slack, and GitHub to solve the memory problem.
Should I rewrite the Python Launcher for Unix in Python?(opens in new tab)
I want to be upfront that this blog post is for me to write down some thoughts that I have on the idea of rewriting the Python Launcher for Unix from Rust to pure Python. This blog post is not ...
Rewriting SQLite: Adding a new join algorithm(opens in new tab)
I am not sure that there exists a group of bigger SQLite nerds than those of us at Turso. We use SQLite for everything.. Including for OLAP workloads where we should be using duckdb, or for services which we would ...
Python Morsels Lifetime Access Sale(opens in new tab)
NOT a swarm! (Changelog & Friends #118)(opens in new tab)
Practical AI co-host, Chris Benson, joins us to discuss the latest advancements in AI, drones, home automation, and robotic swarming tech. Chris defines "swarm" with detail/precision and it turns out that what most people are calling a swarm today is ...
Entrepreneurs and athletes(opens in new tab)
Entrepreneurs and athletes are all the same: they find the red zone and stay there until they win... or die of exhaustion. Actually, many entrepreneurs are also athletes, as if
Non-determinism and ownership(opens in new tab)
Humans and LLMs are both non-deterministic, probabilistic entities when it comes to work... but humans actually are held accountable for mistakes.
The varying strictness of TypedDict(opens in new tab)
I was writing some code where I was using httpx.get() and its params parameter. I decided to use a TypedDict for the dictionary I was passing as the argument since it was for a REST API, where the potential keys ...
Like solar, Rust is inevitable(opens in new tab)
Proofreading yesterday's analysis of Rust usage at Cloudflare made me put words on a deep feeling that I have since long time, as this blog can attest. Rust is not
The "Vibe Coding Keyboard" How I Made My Walk-and-Talk Setup Even More Awesome(opens in new tab)
So, picture this: you’re working at a walking desk, you’ve got a cool voice-to-text tool like MacWhisper running, and you want to control it all with just a couple of dedicated keys. That was the dream that led me to ...
Creating communal computers (Changelog Interviews #667)(opens in new tab)
Spencer Chang caught our attention with the alive internet theory website, but he creates all kinds of computery things to bring people together around play, connection, and creation. Spencer's experiments with computing-infused objects inspired him to create an entire line ...
How Cloudflare uses Rust to serve (and break) millions of websites at 50+ millions requests per second(opens in new tab)
Yesterday, on Novemver 18, 2025, Cloudflare deployed
gitlogue(opens in new tab)
A git commit history replay tool for the terminal.
It feels good to be online when most of the internet is down 😎(opens in new tab)
A significant portion of the web is currently down due to a Cloudflare outage. This is the second / third time that something like that happen in less than 30
Logo: Clojure+(opens in new tab)
Why is Zig so cool? (Changelog News #170)(opens in new tab)
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 ...
#458: I will install Linux on your computer(opens in new tab)
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
Serial Learning: The Most Respectable Developer Addiction(opens in new tab)
Why constant learning can feel productive but quietly erode our ability to think.
The Toad Report #3(opens in new tab)
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.
Retreat to attack (Changelog & Friends #117)(opens in new tab)
Do you like director's commentaries and extended cuts? This episode is like that, but for this week's News. We go deep on the alive internet theory, Meshtastic mesh networks, Zstandard compression, the FDE job explosion, React's seemingly perpetual dominance, and ...
📅 Office Hours for November(opens in new tab)
I’m 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, I’ll be working on some community/open source projects if anyone wants to ...
My new business + tech podcast(opens in new tab)
After reading1 the recent news about the unsurprising lack of diversity in podcasting — “64% of the hosts of the most popular US podcasts of 2024 were men…Shows with video...
Needy programs(opens in new tab)
We used to use software; now software started to use us
DO repeat yourself! (Changelog Interviews #666)(opens in new tab)
Prolific software blogger, Sean Goedecke, joins us to discuss why he believes software engineers need to be involved in the politics of their organization, how to avoid worry driven development, what is "good taste" in software engineering, where agentic coding ...
podliner(opens in new tab)
Podcasts in any terminal. Fast, clean, offline.
The academic-hobbyist divide in fish keeping(opens in new tab)
Reddit and other online sources of aquarium info are both vexing and all hobbyists really have access to. Reddit is dominated by a lot of people who just repeat “rules” with no concept of whether they have any validity or ...
#457: Tapping into HTTP(opens in new tab)
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
Hire Me in Japan(opens in new tab)
I'm looking for a new job.
This new AI role is exploding (Changelog News #169)(opens in new tab)
A new AI-led tech role has emerged with a massive increase of job postings, Corey Quinn explains why younger devs won't tolerate pain in the AWS, Thomas Ptacek makes the case that you should write an agent, Paul Kinlan goes ...
MCP Servers for Python Devs(opens in new tab)
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/527
PETaflop cluster(opens in new tab)
AI is a pain in the back.
A poem delivered by my 2.5 year old that encapsulates parenthood(opens in new tab)
My 2.5 year old Nadia told me some lovely sentiments as we walked today.
Outside sad is better than inside sad(opens in new tab)
I was feeling sad and overwhelmed and unmoored yesterday so after work I didn’t go to the gym or get groceries or any of the other things I should do. Instead I...
#define: sheer resistance (Changelog & Friends #116)(opens in new tab)
On this seventh iteration of our award-worthy game show filled with obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery: past winners battle to determine the champion of champions. (Also, Adam.)
The Impossible Triangle of LLM Infra(opens in new tab)
another talk I am giving at Mastra's TypeScript AI conf today https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NnQ3H5Bki3vWRRJdVXoCFJ5dsNKH9QrC-eEQ2Z8olck/edit?usp=sharing
My journey leaving corporate America for consulting(opens in new tab)
A lot of people were surprised at my decision to leave the corporate world. I was at a great company, led an amazing team, and had just cleared some very significant hurdles on the product my team supported. When I ...
A Developer’s experience with weight loss injections(opens in new tab)
This is a personal account of my experiences taking weight loss medication. Quite a departure from my usual content.
Looking Forward with Tim Banks(opens in new tab)
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 ass—respectfully. Then they'll teach you how to be a better person. Their career includes systems, sales, and many other facets of business, ...
Now—November 2025(opens in new tab)
Six months later
The world of open source metadata (Changelog Interviews #665)(opens in new tab)
Andrew Nesbitt builds tools and open datasets to support, sustain, and secure critical digital infrastructure. He's been exploring the world of open source metadata for over a decade. First with libraries.io and now with ecosyste.ms, which tracks over 12 million ...
Rust is eating the world: From embedded firmware to cross-platform applications, databases and big servers(opens in new tab)
Many reasonable people like to repeat the mantra "You should use the right tool for the job", but what if there was a single tool that enabled developers and organizations
Evaluating Fable’s pay-per-project offering(opens in new tab)
mcat(opens in new tab)
Parse, convert & preview images, videos & markdown in your terminal.
Death by a Thousand Pings(opens in new tab)
Attention isn’t infinite, and yet modern development culture behaves like it is. A quiet rebellion against meetings, pings, and performative productivity.
Building cities(opens in new tab)
I go back and forth with periods of writer’s block for this blog / microblog / whatever this is. But I think I’m back again. This time, my focus is going to (mostly) be on life outside of the digital ...