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what a time to be alive

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

you don't get PRs like this every day 🤗

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

a project I've been hacking together: discono.me if on mobile you can tap the bottom right for zen mode: discono.me/?zen=true so its easier to see the graph

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

pro-tip: if you want to get your feet wet contributing to OSS python projects, learn how type-hinting works! there is a never-ending supply of type-incomplete python libraries where the limiting factor is likely maintainer bandwidth it helps users / maintainers / LLMs to grok things!

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

holy hell this doechii goes so hard

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

at least Gemini can convey this in terms that I can understand like, you know how more money is less money? yea ... same

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

For people who really love early software, Marvin 3 is now on the main branch. This will effectively be ControlFlow 2, replacing Marvin’s entire engine with CF’s agentic one (and Pydantic AI). No Pypi releases yet.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

them: ai scares me me: you wanna know what scares me

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

We’re building a new static type checker for Python, from scratch, in Rust. From a technical perspective, it’s probably our most ambitious project yet. We’re about 800 PRs deep!

submitted 26 days ago • 34 comments

gm

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

my platform team watching me open PRs to the helm chart

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

not saying that you _should_ do this .... i am just saying that you _can_ ....... in <40 lines that pass pylance strict if I run it, it outputs: { "title": "The Matrix", "release_year": 1999, "actors": [ "Keanu Reeves", "Laurence Fishburne", "Carrie-Anne Moss" ] }

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

never gets old (I'll get used to it eventually)

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

being cynical is so much easier than being optimistic i know, i know - cliché. but its a constant battle and the more you think you know, the more justified you feel in being cynical optimism != naiveté spongebob "I'm ready!" type shit! ruthless optimism 2025! tend your garden!

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

patorjk.com/software/taag believe it or not, I _just_ (in 2025) learned this existed. so fun makes for a fun GET / response do you all have things in this vein tucked away? pls share another example: patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&h=1&f=Slant%20Relief&t=x-%3Ey

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

January 22nd is Day 1 of the @prefect.io Summit. It'll just be me, you, and a few thousand of our closest friends.* prefec.tv/40jcabD (*like engineering leaders from Cisco and Runway)

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments