Mahmoud Hashemi @mahmoud@qoto.org

The fracturing of social media channels in realtime #PyBay

Folks travelled from near and far, and we're so happy each and every one is here. ❤️

#PyBay

That was my first #PyBay and it was great! Learnt a ton and had lots of great chats with Pythonistas. Thanks to all the organizers and volunteers!

Shout-out to @chrisjrn for the cursed knowledge that I (and you!) could have python 1.6 on your device RIGHT NOW with @conda 💖 I promise I'm not getting EXCLUSIVELY bad ideas from #pybay but the bad ideas I'm getting sure are fun!

This feels like Winter Soldier activation phrase for @glyph specifically.

We are all in incredible danger right now.

#PyBay @chrisjrn

I'm headed to San Francisco to speak at @pybay on September 21st.

See you there!

Register now at https://pybay.org

I got 50% off discount codes in the next post.

And, for members of PyLadies only, I have special code that unlocks free conference registration!

Watch and read more.

#pybay #python #publicspeaking #PyLadies

Just converted two packages to use UV in dev workflows when available, @hynek's cached uv actions¹ on CI, and PyPI trusted publisher² to automatically publish builds for new tags. Feels like stepping into an entirely different world. 😅

So 2 down and 20-ish to go? 🤪

¹: https://github.com/hynek/setup-cached-uv
²: https://docs.pypi.org/trusted-publishers/using-a-publisher/

Here are my slides from the Language Summit:

Should Python adopt CalVer?
https://hugovk.github.io/python-calver/

#PyConUS #PyCon #Python #CalVer #CalendarVersioning #LanguageSummit

Another week, another update: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-update-100453962

Since I already posted a bunch about https://glyph.im/patrons/ this week, I'll keep it brief. If you like my writing at <https://blog.glyph.im/> or any of my #python #opensource libs & tools, such as Fritter, DBXS, Automat, TokenRing, PINPal, Encrust, SponCom, DateType, python-docstring-mode, streamrandom, MOPUp, QuickMacHotKey, QuickMacApp, horsephrase, etc, and would like to support me continuing more of that work, consider signing up.

I think this is why GenAI sounds so much like a cryptocurrency scam to a lay audience. When Microsoft launched the Xbox they didn't spend hours talking about the wafer lithography they used for the GPU, they just told you about video games. The iPhone announcement talked about listening to music and using a web browser, the relative merits of capacitive and resistive touchscreens. But Blockchain and GenAI hype both have this obsession with minor details that really should not be user-visible.

I learned about glom (https://github.com/mahmoud/glom) by @mahmoud two days ago,

At that point, I felt that kind of approach is good for CLIs but was unsure if I'd put it in my code.

Today I was working on a deeply nested JSON and decided to try it out and it was so good. It made the code much easier to read and manage.

#Python #JSON

Heh, I just noticed that it looks like virtualenv seems to use the “COVID-time” version of #calver: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/changelog.html

Version 20 starting in 2020, still version 20 now… 😛