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sethmlarson, 11 days ago to random

This is a /really/ great read about how software needlessly requiring always-on and fast internet are failing users: https://brr.fyi/posts/engineering-for-slow-internet

glyph, 19 days ago to random

PyCon is a magical experience, but maybe even more magical is multi-gig wired ethernet at home. Many things about the conference and the hotel were very thoughtfully put together but 0.3Mbps internet wasn't one of them

studiop, 20 days ago to random

Back home from #pyconus where across the street the church bells play music a couple times a day. Right now it's Battle Hymn of the Republic, or as I learned from @brainwane (and am singing along in my head), "the union makes us strong"

studiop, 21 days ago to random

As I head home from #pyconus, I want to note a great improvement over last year. I remember speaking with the caterers in SLC and being told the (very large amount of) leftover food was going to be thrown out. I mentioned this in the feedback survey that it would be nice if we could find a way to donate excess food next year. This year I saw signs indicating leftover good would be donated. I have no idea if what I wrote had anything to do with this, but I'm glad to see it either way.

mariatta, 23 days ago to random

Will check out the sprints hopefully later today but now I'm going to Waffle House with my family. Don't judge me.
#guiltypleasure #pyconus

fedora, 30 days ago to fedora

Fedora CoreOS is great for the server use case, but it might be tricky for someone new to it. How does it use rpm-ostree? What is Butane? What are Ignition files? But once you get going, it might be your new favorite way to manage a homelab (and more)!

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/unlocking-the-power-of-fedora-coreos/

#Fedora #CoreOS #Linux #OpenSource

frameworkcomputer, 5 months ago to random

Collab?

molly0xfff, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

• enter password for password manager
• verify from email that it's me signing in from a "new location" (VPN)
• use security key
• use password from manager to sign into actual service
• complete image CAPTCHA
• receive text message with 2FA code
• unlock phone with fingerprint to get code
• access service

mariatta, 7 months ago to random

In conversations with friends/professional colleagues, there's room for making mistakes. If I misspoke about something, I realized it the next day, I could correct myself and they'll accept that.

In job interviews, I find it there is no room for mistakes. If I misspoke, the interviewers take note of that and deduced: "she misspoke about this, she must not be prepared enough, great devs don't do that". I just never have the opportunity to correct myself after the interview.

Just me or normal?

hynek, 7 months ago to random

“And so now we find ourselves in a situation where all these asshats with 20k followers and a Stripe account are now running their Twitter account as a business. And this has led to a slow and inevitable decline from authenticity to some version of marketing (look at my content!) and sales (follow me!).”

chef kiss

https://www.coryzue.com/writing/authenticity-and-engagement/

davidism, 7 months ago to random

I have a lot of things I want to write about, that I think others would find insightful. I still don't have a blog. I need to make a blog, but it's yet another project on my long todo list. I love open source, but sometimes the drama really makes it hard to balance with my job and life. I wish it were all easier.

chrisjrn, 9 months ago to random

I'm extremely proud of the 2024 #NBPy website. Why? Because it exists! 10 months in advance!

We were still showing the 2019 website for 5 months after we announced our 2023 conference, when we could have been providing information to people who wanted it.

So for next year, we have a website that you can read. It'll have information as it comes to hand. It'll have colour and branding… eventually.

AlSweigart, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

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treyhunner, 11 months ago to python

I wish #Python's string replace method allowed specifying "count" as a keyword argument.

>>> text = "Hello? Python?"
>>> text.replace("?", "!", count=1)

I find that more explicit than this:

>>> text.replace("?", "!", 1)
'Hello! Python?'

But the replace only allows positional arguments 🐍😢

treyhunner, 11 months ago to django

What should you do if you need to run code "in the background" with #Django?

I recommend using a task queue. Specifically, I'd use Celery.

Here's a common Celery use case: whenever new users signup they need a welcome email. That could take seconds, so we'll do it in the background!

We'll define a send_welcome Celery task and in our signup view we'll call send_welcome.delay(user.‍id)

This adds a task to the queue for Celery process to pop off & handle.

#DjangoJune

glyph, 1 year ago to random

For me Windows is at best a device driver for a GPU. I cannot imagine anything I would want less on this platform than "AI" integration. The Windows search is already flaky enough at just launching the thing I want to launch (literally the only 4 things I type there: Python, Steam, Windows Update, Terminal).

studiop, 1 year ago to random

After almost 2 weeks of #pycon I finally have time to make a post (after @edrogers made a very convincing case to join).

I had an incredible amount of anxiety going into this as I was going by myself to a big event full of strangers, but less than 5 minutes after walking in the door to register, I had a group of friends and I hope to keep those relationships going into the future.

People back home have asked me how it's been and all I can say is: best decision I've ever made! Thank you all!