Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
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Some news, I’ll be departing the PSF as a staff member at the end of this week.
You can read a more formal announcement over at https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/ee-departing-the-psf-staff.html, but I wanted to share on socials as well.
It has been an incredible… nearly 8 years serving as the Director of Infrastructure for the Python Software Foundation, but it is time for me to do something new.
Major Tom: "Tell my wife I love her very much."
Ground Control: "She knows."
Major Tom: "Wait, is that what she said? My last words to her are that I love her very much and her last words are 'I know'? Wow, Diane, just... wow. You know what? I'm changing my mind. Tell my wife I wish I had married her sister."
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Ever wondered how to parametrize exception testing in PyTest?
Try this:
https://borutzki.github.io/2026/01/15/how-to-parametrize-exception-testing-in-pytest.html
#DailyPythonista #python #programming #Pytest #TDD #unittest
P.S. This isn't some clever satirical subpost obliquely referring to something in the news or something I'm just weird. 🐍⚕️
Snake bites can be extra dangerous when they happen far from medical care. But what if we could make that a thing of the past?
Today I am launching an ambitious campaign to provide emergency medicine education for all snakes so that if you are bitten by a snake you know emergency care is only seconds away.
@lorenipsum Late to the game here but I recall really liking "The Weight of Ink" by Rachel Kadish.
About 6 or 7 years ago a transformer exploded near where I lived in Queens and it was a seriously crazy experience. I had no idea what was going on but the sky was lit up like an aurora. This just happened again kinda near me in I guess Medford or something (though I didn't see it) and other folks are saying it is one of the craziest things they have ever seen.
Now I'm starting to wonder exactly how expensive it would be to replicate this deliberately, and whether this could replace fireworks displays...
@PalPartaca Hace como año y medio probé varias de alternativas al Kindle Paperwhite y al final me pillé un Pocketbook Era, que me a gustado mucho. Pesa un poco más que los otros, pero me parece una plataforma mucho más abierta. Si eso te da igual, el Kobo Libra Color también me gustó suficientemente y pesa menos.
@bitecode Though also skipped tests wouldn't help with coverage metrics, and presumably would be detected by lack of coverage, no? It is a strong argument for including tests in coverage metrics: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201908/dont_omit_tests_from_coverage.html
xfail might have that problem though, which is why I exclude xfailing tests from coverage: https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/12/xfail-coverage.html
@bitecode Amateur hour. Doesn't the AI know failing tests should be marked xfail? 🤦
@CleoQc TBH I may be pushing the limits of blender technology, but I do not want some watery fruit juice, I want a thick iced fruit slurry and I don't think that is too much to ask. Somehow the açai bowl places always manage to pull it off.
@CleoQc I put milk in there, but I've made them the same way with all my other blenders and my Blendtech blender lasted 10 years (... before it set itself on fire when I was making a smoothie).
@CleoQc Glad that yours works for you, though. 😀
@CleoQc Just first-hand experience. I got a Vitamix last month and it has not once successfully made a (frozen fruit) smoothie without stalling out, in addition to the normal problem most blenders have where the contents get all bunched up and the blades spin freely.
Ok so we have learned now that Vitamix does not make good blenders. I am not sure why so many people seem to like them.
This is the one time the "just use UTC everywhere" people are right (for my time zone).
We should make days roll over around 19:00 instead of midnight. It would complicate a lot of things about record keeping for the majority of the year, but at least we would be able to have a New Year's Party at a reasonable hour.
Just got my new Lenovo P14s and the Fn and Ctrl keys are switched like they are on the Framework! Wtf? When did everyone decide to do this the wrong way?
@hugovk Despite the fact that the thing preventing a 3+-only release at this point is just me writing documentation (and thus this makes me feel very guilty), I'm kind of OK with this as a general principle.
I usually tell people not to use the parser at all. Relativedelta has a bit great UI but is a pretty good basic component. Would love the time to make everything faster, but, uh, I haven't even had time to write down how to use the things I already did so.. yeah..
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
