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The 4 DIMM problem (Changelog & Friends #119)(opens in new tab)
Our old friend Lars Wikman returns to the show to discuss Linux distro hopping, Elixir, Nerves, embedded systems, home automation with Home Assistant, karate, and more.
AWS Finally Lets You Find Your Idle NAT Gateways(opens in new tab)
After years of complaints, AWS Compute Optimizer can identify idle NAT Gateways. At $35/month each plus data processing fees, finding unused gateways just got dramatically easier. The post AWS Finally Lets You Find Your Idle NAT Gateways appeared first on ...
The inner workings of Wikipedia (Changelog Interviews #668)(opens in new tab)
Let's hear how Wikipedia actually works from long-time Wikipedian, Bill Beutler! Bill has been heavily involved with this "8th wonder of the modern world" for two decades and even built a career on it, founding Beutler Ink –a digital agency ...
Why use React?(opens in new tab)
“By default, you get the dreaded hydration pattern—do all the computing on the server in JavaScript (yay!), serve up HTML straight away (yay! yay!) …and then serve up all the same JavaScript that’s on the server anyway (ya—wait, what?).”
kyanos(opens in new tab)
A simple & powerful eBPF-based network issue, analysis and tracing tool.
How to get hired in 2025(opens in new tab)
A collection of red flags in software engineers' test assignments
Happy Thanksgiving from Big W!(opens in new tab)
With Thanksgiving upon us I’m reminded that 2025 is quickly coming to a close. As you look ahead to 2026 I hope you consider Big W Engineering Solutions to help you scale up, expand your capabilities, or overcome tough challenges. ...
Local LLMs are how nerds now justify a big computer they don't need(opens in new tab)
Is the BenQ coding monitor any good?(opens in new tab)
The BenQ coding monitor does come with one major downside, but it (surprisingly) became my primary monitor as soon as I unboxed it.
What is a tech bubble anyway? (Changelog News #171)(opens in new tab)
Cedric Chin says comparisons of our current AI *maybe-bubble* to the dot-com bubble and the 2008 GFC are limiting, Matthew Prince does a post-mortem on last week's Cloudflare outage, "hl" is a fast / powerful log viewer for humans, Enthusiast ...
Python Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales (2025)(opens in new tab)
No backup, no cry(opens in new tab)
#459: Inverted dependency trees(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: PEP 814 – Add frozendict built-in type From Material for MkDocs to Zensical Tach Some Python Speedups in 3.15 and 3.16 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at ...
A Software Engineer's Guide to Agentic Software Development(opens in new tab)
I've cracked the code on breaking the eternal cycle - features win, tech debt piles up, codebase becomes 'legacy', and an eventual rewrite. Using coding agents at GitHub, I now merge multiple tech debt PRs weekly while still delivering features. ...
Prompt Injection Isn’t a Vulnerability(opens in new tab)
OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. It can be a vulnerability. But it’s almost never the root cause.
🤖 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
gitlogue(opens in new tab)
A git commit history replay tool for the terminal.
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
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.
Serial Learning: The Most Respectable Developer Addiction(opens in new tab)
Why constant learning can feel productive but quietly erode our ability to think.
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.
#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.
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, ...
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 ...