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The Dead Internet Theory dies, Geoffrey Litt tries to code like a surgeon, Matt Sephton thinks spreadsheets are great for UI design, Nate Meyvis advocates for front-end maximalism, Hemant Pandey thinks 9-5 employment is a great option for most, David ...
In this episode, we explore how to become an effective engineering manager—even without a technical background. We’ll unpack what the role truly entails, how to leverage your strengths in communication, strategy, and people management, and ways to bridge technical gaps ...
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 ...
The Dublin-based Irish Pub Company has designed upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries around the globe
Building a UI in Python usually means choosing between "quick and limited" or "powerful and painful." What if you could write modern, component-based web apps in pure Python and still keep full control? NiceGUI, pronounced "Nice Guy" sits on FastAPI ...
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 …), 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 ...
11Seeds are shitty little bastards. You put them in the ground. Nothing happens. You water. You watch. You pull weeds. Nothing happens. You wait. You water. You watch. Nothing happens....
It's our first Kaizen after the big Pipely launch in Denver and we have some serious mopping to do. Along the way, we brainstorm the next get-together, check out our new cache hit/miss ratio, give Pipely a deep speed test, ...
As my six-month old daughter is sprouting teeth and making mostly unsuccessful attempts to crawl, I’ve been thinking a lot about fertility. Too much of it brings one set of problems as resources inevitably become scarcer, but too little of ...
Discover 10 lesser-known CLI apps that boost productivity and add flair—like C Bonsai, a customizable ASCII bonsai tree growing in your terminal in real time.
“React’s core failure is compounded by confusing API design for which documentation is indecisive, essays are written, and correct usage is endlessly debated.”
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 haven’t already. They are, in fact, surprisingly straightforward to implement. And just like we’ve seen with ...
On the joy of making arbitrary small rules for yourself which you can break at will but which also might help you steer your own obstinate behavior a bit more...
Lifetime annotations are one of the things that distract the most new rustaceans. From my experience writing and digging into Rust codebases, lifetime (annotations) induce a cognitive load that distracts
A TUI window manager for managing multiple terminal sessions.
Five years ago, I wrote about AVIF: A New Image Format (back then). Since then, I’ve implemented WebP and AVIF support on numerous client sites for considerable performance improvements – but my own site was still serving JPEG, PNG, and ...
It’s 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 ...
If you've worked with Titanium, you know that cold working it comes with some real restrictions. What if it didn't have to be that way? Ultrasonic-assisted forming has been studied since the 1950s , with industrial application in wire ...
The joys of vibecoding.
It’s no secret that Kubernetes can be both powerful and frustrating at times. When I first started dabbling with container orchestration, I made more than my fair share of mistakes enough to compile a whole list of pitfalls. In this ...
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. 🐴 GittyUp Extras Joke See the ...
In this episode, we’ll dig into how managers can balance output, impact, and quality, set meaningful goals, and coach engineers toward growth — not just manage them. We’ll also tackle how to handle underperformance, keep top talent motivated, and build ...
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/524
When exploiting AI applications, I find myself using this technique really often so I figured I’d write a quick blog about it. I call it the “Metanarrative Prompt Injection.” You might have already used this before, and it might already ...
I respect quality software and the people who write it. And, I’ve 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 Dušan Jurkovič, known as “the poet of timber” 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 4000€ and a one-way flight to South Korea.
(Note: The Policy Working Group has completed its mission and is no longer active. This article reflects its work, accomplishments, and insights into how a working group operates.) In the complex world of Kubernetes, policies play a crucial role in ...
Whether you are running online workshops, recording audio or video, or making music, it’s worth spending some time on acoustic treatment for your room. Shit in, shit out, as they say… In my case, I wanted to improve the sound ...
In the late 1960s, a young musician was recording the sounds he played on his synthesizer onto his Revox tape recorders, when he suddenly discovered: if you connect the two tape recorders together, so that the playback head is separated ...
Topics covered in this episode: PyPI+ uv-ship - a CLI-tool for shipping with uv How fast is 3.14? air - a new web framework built with FastAPI, Starlette, and Pydantic. Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode ...
I just created a Mastodon account for Pingoo: @[email protected] Follow us to get the latest updates and technical deep dives on how we are building the fastest and most secure
I still remember that moment. Do You? For me, that was a moment I never thought I’d see. The leaders of the world, finding common ground – agreeing to limit global warming to 2°C, and aiming for 1.5°C. Everyone, finally, ...
I became a manager during a time of very significant change. The entire reason the role I was hired into existed was due to a combination of an increase in scope as well as an increase in customer expectations, and ...
I just created a Bluesky account for Pingoo: @pingoo.io Follow it to get the latest updates and technical deep dives on how we are building the fastest and most secure
How many times have you wanted to implement a feature, only to learn that your cloud provider don't offer this or that PostgreSQL extension and thus you need to bloat
A CLI tool to backup your databases, files to cloud storage.
Applying human ergonomics and design principles to syntax highlighting
p code { background: rgb(134 134 134 / 30%); border-radius: 4px; } One of the most amazing things about working on the Web is that you can have years of experience under your belt and there are still things you ...
AWS has done its quarterly housecleaning / "Googling" of its services, and deprecated what appears at first glance to be a startlingly long list. However, going through them put my mind at ease, and I'm hoping this post can do ...
A practical guide to working with AI coding agents without the hype.
When renting x86 VMs in the cloud, you generally get a single (often shared) thread per vCPU. 1 core = 2 threads = 2 vCPUs. On the other hand, ARM64
My son, who is the violinist in our family, recently told me an interesting little fact about Augustin Hadelich, one of the greatest violinists alive: it’s hard for him to enjoy other people’s performances. Not because he’s critical or dismissive ...
