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Iâve 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 ...
An n8n automation workflow that generates daily standup updates by pulling data from Jira, Slack, and GitHub to solve the memory problem.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
So, picture this: youâre working at a walking desk, youâve 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 ...
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 ...
A git commit history replay tool for the terminal.
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 ...
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
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.
Why constant learning can feel productive but quietly erode our ability to think.
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 ...
Iâm 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, Iâll be working on some community/open source projects if anyone wants to ...
After reading1 the recent news about the unsurprising lack of diversity in podcasting â â64% of the hosts of the most popular US podcasts of 2024 were menâŚShows with video...
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 ...
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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
I'm looking for a new job.
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 ...
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AI is a pain in the back.
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.)
another talk I am giving at Mastra's TypeScript AI conf today https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NnQ3H5Bki3vWRRJdVXoCFJ5dsNKH9QrC-eEQ2Z8olck/edit?usp=sharing
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 ...
This is a personal account of my experiences taking weight loss medication. Quite a departure from my usual content.
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 assârespectfully. Then they'll teach you how to be a better person. Their career includes systems, sales, and many other facets of business, ...
Parse, convert & preview images, videos & markdown in your terminal.
Attention isnât infinite, and yet modern development culture behaves like it is. A quiet rebellion against meetings, pings, and performative productivity.
Topics covered in this episode: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program A Binary Serializer for Pydantic Models T-strings: Python's Fifth String Formatting Technique? Cronboard Extras Joke See the full show notes for this ...
Solving the One Thing That Keeps Me Up at Night in Software Development One of the only real things in software development that keeps me up at night is...
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/526
Welcome to the second issue of The Toad Report. If you are new here, Toad is a universal interface for AI I am currently building.
Using the superuser elastic API keys to access the Elasticsearch API is not recommended. The API key is often used by remote clients on remote systems. Any attacker who might get access to the token, can compromise the entire Elasticsearch ...
If there is one thing that Iâve learned in my roughly 30 years of working with design tools, it is that they come and go and that you should always stay curious and be open and ready to learn something ...
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in October 2025.
It is now Anno Domini 2025, and for some reason, people keep trusting email. That needs to stop. Letâs talk about whyâbut first, letâs talk about why Iâm telling you this now. All things happen in cycles, including grifting. And ...
Here are my Default Apps 2025, which builds from my Default Apps 2024 and Default Apps 2023 posts. đ¤ AI Coding Assistant: Claude Code + GitHub Copilot CLI + Codex âď¸ Automation: Hammerspoon đ Backups: Backblaze đ Bookmarks: Raindrop.io đ ...
A terminal tool for managing cron jobs locally and on servers.
Humans love stories. Maybe that is because for thousands of years, stories were the way information was preserved and passed on to others, to the next generations. Maybe because they create community and collective culture. Maybe because they capture our ...
I have to confess that I am not reading that many books these days. Most of the time, I resort to listening to them in audio form. But every once in a while, a book comes along that is just ...
âReactâs mobile strategy inherently drives teams toward platform capture. The web offers an alternative: no gatekeepers, no platform fees, direct distribution.â
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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 ...
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/525
