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Going to get a whole lot of messages on my next podcast where I called Elasticsearch the first mainstream search engine 🙈 I know Solr came first but I feel like Elasticsearch made it cool.

My cat just walked across my keyboard and I think she wrote a valid Perl script.

So funny. Register for VibeCon at 127.0.0.1:8080/register

Rust programmers are like the vegans of programmers.

Whenever faced with a problem, sometimes I think, “I’ll ask my family for help.” Then, I have two problems.

At Reddit, they added a "name pronunciation" field in Slack, so I filled it out with: राजीव

I hate devops with a passion that defies description.

What’s your favorite Debussy song and why is it Clair de Lune?

The metronome I listen to beats inside of my chest. It’s built to last, but analog at best. ❤️

You know how every friend group has a weird friend? Well, mine didn’t.

I’m of the Ready, Fire, Aim school of software design. If you’re a fellow #Python programmer, here’s why you might consider it too: youtu.be/UANN2Eu6ZnM?...

“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It's today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.

Unpopular opinion: Docker is for people who don't know how to manage their dependencies. kennethreitz.org/essays/2016/...

I wish I still had an optical drive, just because lasers are cool.

This makes me happy. youtube.com/shorts/HLaWO...

Are you a #Python newbie and wondering where to get started? Check out our Python for Beginners page: www.python.org/about/gettin...

"There are then innumerable suns, and an infinite number of earths revolve around those suns, just as the seven we can observe revolve around this sun which is close to us." Cosmic pluralist Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy #OTD in 1600. 🔭

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this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….

“Think simple thoughts.” — @fayemiller.bsky.social

In #Python, @classmethod can used to create alternate constructors for making objects in other ways. Here's a simple example:

TechCrunch going in hard!

Do you use trailing commas in #Python? I do! They make adding items and swapping items easier, avoid accidental implicit string concatenation, and they make diffs shorter.

@archive.org is such an amazing project. It blows my mind that I can still see my college website from August 2000: web.archive.org/web/20000815... Donate to the Internet Archive! archive.org/donate

Python has won the title of ‘TIOBE’s Programming Language of the Year 2024’. This award is given to the programming language with the highest increase in ratings in one year. Python gained a whopping 9.3% in 2024: www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/... #Python #TIOBE

@scottmccloud.bsky.social -- How can I find your introduction to Google Chrome? I tried searching on Google for "filetype:pdf Scott McCloud Google Chrome" and I couldn't find it... Also, you're brilliant, and thank you for all that you do. ❤️

macOS feels like I’m using my computer. Linux feels like my computer is using me.

@antirez.bsky.social — Check this out: api.spool.video/v1/lolwut/5 Thank you for being a good computer scientist and a good artist and a great person.

Coding is writing words, but the words do something.

“Things in general when they start to fix them get worse before they get better.” — Steve Jobs

90% of an electric guitar is: - how the neck feels in your hand - how the pickups sound - if it looks cool and you feel cool playing it

Underrated search relevance methodology - Tuning sprints (gather a few broken queries, label them, improve them, repeat) Get into a ritual of label, tune, measure, repeat...

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Alan's Law: We do work. We don't talk about doing work. Raj's Corollary: Design docs are the new UML. They didn't work then, and they don't work now. @runyaga.bsky.social @softwaredoug.bsky.social

The old bull and his young son stood atop a mountain and looked down at a prairie, and there were many cows grazing on the grass. The son said excitedly, "Dad, I'm going to run down this mountain and fuck a cow!" And the dad responded calmly, "No, son. We're going to walk down, and fuck them all."

"The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and weak."