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My thesis for the future of software dev agents. This is a hastily written blogpost done on not a lot of sleep, so pardon poor pacing and structure and typos and mistakes but just getting it out there.
Topics covered in this episode: prek tinyio The power of Python’s print function Vibe Coding Fiasco: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/448
Stepping into management for the first time can be both exciting and overwhelming. In this episode, we explore the critical shift from individual contributor to engineering manager.
There are four cards, a simple rule, and all you’ve got to do is to work out which cards you need to turn over to see if the rule has been broken. That’s got to be easy, right? Well maybe, ...
Watch me build Arena live - a real-time collaborative coding session exploring AI-powered development workflows.
One of the first material scientists I spoke to about making things that last for thousands of years offered a compelling insight: “Everything is burning, just at different rates.” What he means is that what we perceive as aging is ...
I wrote a new bash script. And you probably shouldn't use it.
I will be in Chicago this Saturday through next week for DjangoCon US 2025 (September 8-12). I hope to see people there in person. If you can’t make it, please consider getting an online ticket. They are relatively inexpensive, you ...
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in August 2025.
Poetry is no less a mystery than anything else on earth. One or two felicitous lines can hardly stir our vanity, since they are but gifts of Chance or of the Spirit; only the mistakes belong to us. I hope ...
A TUI viewer for docker-compose.
Exactly one year ago, Jeremy Howard published a proposal to make the web more accessible to AI and, in particular, to LLMs. How many of the top one million websites adopt this approach? The proposed standard suggests creating a file ...
Topics covered in this episode: rathole pre-commit: install with uv A good example of what functools.Placeholder from Python 3.14 allows Converted 160 old blog posts with AI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website ...
Programming with proofs.
What exactly is engineering management, and why is it such a crucial role in tech organizations? In this episode, we break down the basics of engineering management—what it is, what it isn’t, and how it bridges the gap between technical ...
This is a review of a manifesto associated with a learning program.
Thanks for Joining Career Course Correction Your seat is confirmed. You’ll get a welcome email shortly with all the key details, including: Start date and time (NZDT) Zoom link for the live sessions Access to the private Signal group A ...
A few years ago, I wrote a paper on embeddings. At the time, I wrote that 200-300 dimension embeddings were fairly common in industry, and that adding more dimensions during training would create diminishing returns for the effectiveness of your ...
The styles that defined Sailor Moon personal shrines and Cardcaptor Sakura LJ icon edits and so forth reached me before Animal Crossing (I was dropped out of college before meeting the latter) and are probably most formative in my sense ...
I don’t know how much we ought to trust this source but I’d definitely believed the included myths without any sources at all, so this may be of interest to others.
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/518
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Toad Report, an irregular series where I document updates to Toad—my terminal interface for agentic coding and all things AI.
Obs.js is a tiny inline script that exposes network, battery, CPU, and memory signals to CSS and JavaScript so you can adapt to user context.
The ILC developed a database of tens of thousands of dissidents living in the Eastern Bloc and carefully targeted the books it sent. Paris became a critical hub where travelers could load up; the Librairie Polonaise, a venerable Polish bookshop, ...
A viewer for Microsoft Word .docx files in the terminal.
How can you build a website using Obsidian? From markdown to web.
The new json/v2 package is looking to be quite interesting
Running multiple Docker containers can slow down your laptop and drain your battery. In this blog, we explore Docker Offload — a game-changing feature
A 6-week program for mid-career developers who feel stuck, coasting, or drifting. Stop autopiloting. Start steering.
Went fully back to Ghostty, VS Code on the side, and Claude Code as my main driver. Here's what actually works after months of experimentation.
Topics covered in this episode: pypistats.org was down, is now back, and there’s a CLI State of Python 2025 wrapt: A Python module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching. pysentry Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode ...
Female velvet spiders exhibit a remarkable type of maternal care unique among arachnids. Upon the birth of her brood, the mother spider liquefies her internal organs and regurgitates this material as food. Once her capability to liquefy her insides is ...
What is it like to live in Macau? Working in a special administrative region of China, at the University of Macau.
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/517
Five essential perspectives that cut through AI hype: from developer evolution stages to junior learning crises, productivity reality checks, platform disruption, and MCP server pitfalls.
I’m hosting office hours on the next two Fridays in August. Office Hours Schedule Friday, August 22, 2025, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm CT Friday, August 29, 2025, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm CT Join Us These sessions are open ...
One of the neat things about AWS is that it's almost twenty years old. One of the unfortunate things about AWS is... that it's almost twenty years old The post AWS in 2025: The Stuff You Think You Know That’s ...
Risks of AI - Misinformation, power concentration, skill loss. The shift towards a bot-filled internet.
I had some misconceptions about this sneaky pseudo element.
A TUI file-sharing tool based on the LocalSend protocol.
Create a professional-looking stream brand with just a few key graphics.
Hi, my name is Peter and I'm a Claudoholic. A reflection on AI addiction, extreme work culture, and the blurry line between productivity and obsession in the age of agentic engineering.
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/516
It hit me like a lightning bolt during a casual conversation about AI safety: we’re tuning these models for adults, but kids are using them too.
In bug bounty hunting, having a short domain for XSS payloads can be the difference in exploiting a bug or not… and it’s just really cool to have a nice domain for payloads, LOL.
A thought experiment: how different would the web look if every service came with a price tag?
