phildini

Wandering.shop admin. Writer of fiction, code, and campaigns.

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2026-05-16 18:14:09 UTC

Hello #PyConUS! It's time for @npub17uu…yhdp's talk: "Switching from Sphinx to Markdown"
Come join us in Ballroom B

2026-04-21 04:10:43 UTC

There's a key technical problem over at @npub14e2…7vxj. I have blogged about it, and would appreciate reads and shares.
It's the most #CivicTech and #OpenData problem I've ever worked on.
https://meta.civic.band/archive/the-extraction-problem/

2026-03-21 08:01:55 UTC

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oh hey do you want help with that? I use Zulip and still know my way around patreon’s apis.

2026-03-21 07:31:17 UTC

Whoever at #patreon realized at 9pm on a Friday six-and-a-half years after I left that I was still a maintainer on the #python package:
Good catch, and I just want to talk, ok?
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2026-02-10 16:32:30 UTC

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thank you for the work you and your team do for the community!
If you want to chat more about my thoughts here, happy to 🙇

2026-02-10 06:58:56 UTC

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I know this is run by JetBrains and JetBrains makes IDEs, but I honestly don't know what @npub1vv8…6fhk is getting out of this that would be useful for:
- fundraising targeting
- outreach targeting
- events targeting
which are kinda what the PSF does?

2026-02-10 06:57:19 UTC

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And I have finished @npub1vv8…6fhk's survey!
This year felt... weird.
The AI focus of course makes sense, but like...
- one question on web frameworks?
- one question on DBs?
- one question on ORMS?
- no questions on desktop / app frameworks
- no questions on gaming toolkits
- no questions on DevOps toolkits

2026-02-10 06:53:29 UTC

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Yessss I have made it to the list of "normal human hobbies for humans"
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2026-02-10 06:52:02 UTC

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Ok, hwat?
- Why is HN not on the list of sources?
- Why is @npub1fcf…c6f2 not on the list of sources?
- Why is lobste.rs considered a blog?
What happened here?
(also, represent to @npub18ae…55j8 and @npub1nsp…ahke
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2026-02-10 06:46:22 UTC

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Not listing @npub1zj2…9yxm here on the @npub1vv8…6fhk survey is a miss, I bet. I don't think it's necessarily a huge percentage, but I bet it's comparable to "Linux distribution"
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2026-02-10 06:42:58 UTC

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"Which of the following AI tools that can be used for coding and other development-related activities have you ever heard about? *This question is required."
You get a shot from the Python Flask if you can diagram this sentence correctly first-go.
#python

2026-02-10 06:40:59 UTC

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2026-02-10 06:39:27 UTC

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*laughs in open source*
"laughs in startups*
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2026-02-10 06:38:22 UTC

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Chat, am I too online? #python
"Follow-up question: how many of these editors are you aware had security vulnerabilities in the past year?"
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2026-02-10 06:35:49 UTC

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I'd like to believe an editor would have sent this set of questions back. I'm going to be so, so curious how these results collate, because I work for a company who's entire _thing_ is LLM applications and I'm still not sure how to answer these meaningfully.
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2026-02-10 06:31:33 UTC

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Will this be the last year Heroku is on @npub1vv8…6fhk's survey? Kinda feels like it should be.
What should replace it, if anything?
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2026-02-10 06:29:36 UTC

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Given how strong the #python event community is, slightly surprised not to see "Events" as a category here but I think I have massive in-group bias.
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2026-02-10 06:28:35 UTC

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Rofl.
Laughs in @npub14e2…7vxj
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2026-02-10 06:27:03 UTC

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Trying to map these categories onto $DAYJOB and @npub14e2…7vxj is Fun™
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2026-02-10 06:25:14 UTC

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These are some fascinating choices, both for what's included and what's not.
Desktop development, but not mobile development? @npub17hv…2gg5 might like a word, but hell so would Kivy.
DevOps AND MLOps AND Machine Learning?
Also, is this the first year @npub1vv8…6fhk has spun "scrapers /crawlers" into their own category?
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2026-02-10 06:21:01 UTC

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I will admit to being a bit surprised that #lua isn't a top choice for other languages, making me again think I should put together a talk on "What Python Could Learn From Lua" for @npub1l9a…yneh or @npub17c5…s35h
I will be curious to see if it makes the list of "other"
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2026-02-10 06:18:58 UTC

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I almost certainly should read the Terms and Conditions, but I won't, because [@MaggieFero](https://hachyderm.io/@MaggieFero ) took it and didn't raise any red flags 😂

2026-02-10 06:17:18 UTC

I have poured myself a shot from the #python #flask and I am now ready to take the @npub1vv8…6fhk Python Developers Survey
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2025-09-02 23:01:35 UTC

Hey #Django fam do I Know anybody at Zest Health? They've got some jobs I'm interested in and are apparently a django shop.
Boosts appreciated!

2025-08-14 19:50:02 UTC

Today is my birthday. For my birthday, the universe got me: COVID and unemployment.
What I would really love to be doing is working on my civic transparency non-profit @npub14e2…7vxj
The best gift you can get me is becoming a member, or connecting me with philanthropists: https://opencollective.com/civicband
Boosts appreciated! ✨

2025-08-06 20:56:51 UTC

The #meshtastic map in Vegas for #bsideslv / #defcon is wild
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2025-07-19 01:21:24 UTC

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if municipal transparency outside New York is also interesting to you, https://civic.band is making agendas and minutes from 800 municipalities searchable and link able 🙇

2025-05-07 00:43:20 UTC

Are there nonprofits that you have donated or currently donate to that make you feel great about the donation? That you feel go beyond having a great mission to make your donation feel appreciate and impactful?
(Boosts for reach a-ok✨)

2025-03-06 18:14:04 UTC

Anyone on the #fediverse have a recommendation for an #ip lawyer with public domain experience?

2025-02-03 09:24:53 UTC

It’s not an exaggeration to say that @npub14e2…7vxj, and it’s nearly 6 million pages of searchable civic meeting docs, wouldn’t exist if Beautiful Soup didn’t exist.
I’m so glad @npub18c8…grwj is continuing to work on it and make it better
https://wandering.shop/@leonardr/113935996322582259

2025-02-02 23:35:14 UTC

Anyone out in the #fediverse a #journalist covering the #boise or #idaho beat? I'd love to talk to you if so!
https://boise.id.civic.band just went live, and that's over 500k pages of civic meeting documents -- how can I help this be useful to you?
Boosts for reach appreciated!

2024-10-22 21:39:46 UTC

Southerners saying “sweet jesus” implies the existence of dry jesus, sparkling jesus, and table jesus

2024-09-28 17:44:00 UTC

The best predicate for a thriving #OpenSource community might be a strong social safety net.
As jobs in the US get more tenuous and budgets are slashed left and right, the countries that actually take care of their citizens are going to start winning https://mastodon.social/@sitnik_en/113192536246110085

2024-08-14 00:30:40 UTC

Hey, I was the founding chair of the PSF conduct working group.
If you want to talk with someone who will tell you, in detail, how the sausage is made (without revealing names or details of incidents) I will happily explain the process, without judgement. https://mastodon.social/@glyph/112953593951374499

2024-08-04 05:36:43 UTC

Hey #django friends, if I want background tasks and I don't celery, is rq the preferred? dramatiq? I'm fine with putting redis in the stack, would prefer not to put in rabbitmq if I could avoid it, and _really_ don't want celery.