Django/Python guy. Tip your servers and normalize your Unicode. he/him Angry politics and other non-tech parts of me are at @ubernostrum.bsky.social Elsewhere: https://www.b-list.org/ https://infosec.exchange/@ubernostrum https://github.com/ubernostrumhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mlyrczrjvk2yBLIMP #PyConUS16 May 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyrczrjvk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mlu7ogdiqk2sHave arrived at #PyConUS. Now to find food and relaxation.15 May 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu7ogdiqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mlhpdnxzck2bGood news! Started a new job recently, which means a new work laptop and time to mess around with configuration, and as a result figured out a Python-in-Emacs setup I’m happy with again (after elpy, my previous go-to, went unmaintained and started having compatibility issues with newer Python).10 May 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhpdnxzck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3ml4vf4j3sc2hI got an uptick in people emailing to tell me I’m wrong about something and was confused until I found out I was apparently near the top of HN yesterday.05 May 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4vf4j3sc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mkluahmwqs2eBUDGET HACK: You *could* pay an "AI" company to have their LLM tools delete your production database. But did you know you can also just run the DROP DATABASE statement yourself, for free? Follow for more valuable tips!29 Apr 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkluahmwqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mk2gvjarns2hGet ready for comments and log messages about “Kill the Boer”, I guess. https://www.reuters.com/technology/spacex-says-it-has-option-acquire-startup-cursor-60-billion-2026-04-21/22 Apr 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2gvjarns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mj3hhncwdk2vNew blog post: I got tired of having repetitive arguments explaining why I think it’s OK to be skeptical of LLMs for coding, so I wrote six and a half thousand words on the topic that I will be referring people to from now on. https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2026/apr/09/llms/09 Apr 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3hhncwdk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mhqpmn37dk2jNew blog post: Rewriting a 20-year-old #Python library https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2026/mar/23/20-year-library/23 Mar 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqpmn37dk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mhoqrtcov22hSo, given the state of air travel, how are people planning to get to PyCon US this year? Is this going to be the year of Amtrak to the conference?22 Mar 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhoqrtcov22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mhgrphxpn22xIf you’re looking for a nice, modern, featureful #Python package and environment manager, may I suggest PDM? And maybe also toss some funding their way. pdm-project.org https://pdm-project.org/19 Mar 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgrphxpn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/b-list.org/post/3mf6e7delqk2fI saw that NYT bit about LLMs being great at extracting and converting data and building an app, and I can't help thinking: "For you, the day an entire data-browsing app was built quickly before your eyes was the greatest software experience of your life. But for me, it was a Tuesday. In 2008."19 Feb 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:4ipgwlucisab5aeduqjgarm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6e7delqk2f