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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 30/04/2026

When we used to get it, the Laurelhurst Newsletter always had a prominent (and clearly derogatory) helicopter count section. We always had choice words when reading it!

Python Software Foundation @python.org · 14/04/2026

Reposted by Dave Peck

Are you going to #PyConUS? Have you booked in our hotel block? New on the blog, some hard numbers & why we’re in a tight spot. We only have until April 24th to turn the tide, so please read, share, and book your PyCon US stay in the official block today.

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Python Software Foundation News

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 07/04/2026

I randomly visited a few of the PDSes to see what software they ran. The vast majority seem to use the Node monolith by the Bluesky team. But then there’s this: reverie.house 🏡🫧🤷‍♂️

reverie.house

Welcome to Reverie House

Dreamers across our wild mindscape call Reverie House their home between dreams. Join them, explore, and learn the secret art of dreamweaving for the benefit of all.

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 07/04/2026

Didn’t realize how uncommon it was to self-host an ATProto PDS. Apparently 99.5% of all PDSes are managed by Bluesky itself. There are only a couple thousand independent PDSes, including mine! blue.mackuba.eu/directory/pd...

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Bluesky handle directory – PDSes

Table of known independent PDSes with user counts

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 28/03/2026

Seattle’s Sound Transit Line 2 opened moments ago to much fanfare and hooo boy let me tell you there are toddlers. www.soundtransit.org/crosslake/ev...

soundtransit.org

Celebrate the new Crosslake Connection!

Opening day events start Saturday, March 28 at 9 a.m., Link service starts around 10 a.m., community events run through 2 p.m.

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 07/03/2026

i purchased fancy bear at a local bookstore and, while it arrived promptly, it was slightly damaged by a gaggle of unruly elementary school kids in the back seat of the delivery vehicle. i think there is still room for improvement in your system.

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 05/03/2026

Amoedi seems… upset! pastebin.com/LS2LpLZ7 That last sentence: “Due to selection effects, [OpenAI employees] are sort of a gullible bunch, but it seems important to push back on these narratives which Sam [Altman] is peddling to his employees.”

pastebin.com

I want to be very clear on the messaging that is coming from OpenAI and the moti - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 11/02/2026

Perhaps! Or perhaps they cook up blackmailing goofiness not to boost their valuation but because they truly *don't* fully understand the system under test. Maybe red teaming, even laughable stuff like "does it blackmail™️", is better than nothing if it helps them get less laughable down the road?

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 11/02/2026

Totally agree: surprises don't in any way imply AGI. And AGI -- sheesh, yes, what fun marketing hype. But "even today we're surprised by the behavior of large models and this merits study" is, I think, just plain facts-on-the-ground.

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 11/02/2026

They wrote the code, sure, but they trained the model's weights. It's the behavior of those weights in aggregate that can surprise.

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 19/01/2026

It seems to me to be a clever twist on the old scam: *you* will get your quoted money, but all the other suckers who hop on to the coin well after it is created are going to lose their shirts. The folks who started the whole enterprise (and tied it to your name, for visibility) stand to win.

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 13/12/2025

Thinking of you, Bruno.

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 08/12/2025

Update: the neighbors are dedicating the top shelf of their Little Free Library to ‘zines. A fresh copy of DOCTYPE and several Wizard Zines will feature prominently.

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 13/11/2025

Sending good aortic vibes your way. Be well, let's coffee soon!

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 12/11/2025

DOCTYPE looks fantastic. As a fellow old, I also had a TI-99/4A and punched in BASIC from magazines. And, uh, I still remember what the speech synthesizer module sounded like.

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Nicholas Jackson @njj4.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I am the very model of an ancient trunkless leg of stone, My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown, The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things, My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 12/10/2025

I often think about this quote scrawled on the wall of Laurie Anderson’s Four Talks installation at the Hirshhorn in DC:

“If you think TECHNOLOGY will solve your problems then you don’t understand technology AND you don’t understand your problems.”

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 07/10/2025

We’ve updated t-strings.help with the latest to help you make the most of Python’s new t-strings right away. Also, if you’re doing server-side HTML, see my post about templating: davepeck.org/2025/09/22/i...

t-strings.help

t-strings: powerful new string formatting in Python 3.14

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 18/09/2025

broke my brain trying to count the entendres here

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 13/09/2025

"Truly the embodiment of trying to remember a catchy song while your brain is melting." www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiDt...

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Shai Maestro & Chris Potter - All The Things You Are

YouTube video by Shai Maestro

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 08/09/2025

solid surprise ending in that gif

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 24/08/2025

I thought it was apt. Although in another sense, I suppose it’s less loke your user agent and more like your (indie web?) blog, surfacing all your posts and other actions to the world. In any case, thanks for the great deep dive post! 🙏

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 10/08/2025

It was a beautiful morning for the Lake Union 10K! #Seattle

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 09/08/2025

Hypothesis: every typescript monorepo with a frontend, backend, and shared subpackage has its tooling misconfigured in some subtle but important way.

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 17/06/2025

I used sli.dev for PyCon to put together this deck intro-talk.t-strings.help/1 — it worked, but I found it frustrating and difficult to wrangle into submission at first. I may have made it harder than needed, though. Source for that talk is here if it’s helpful: github.com/t-strings/in...

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Slidev

Presentation slides for developers

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 16/06/2025

Do you use Astral's uv? You can try out t-strings easily, today!: > uv run --python 3.14.0b2 python >>> name = "World" >>> t"Hello {name}" Template(strings=('Hello ', ''), interpolations=(Interpolation('World', 'name', None, ''),))

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 16/06/2025

Hard for me to understand technologists with a high p(doom) when everyone *knows* that p(reliable videoconferencing) is epsilon approaching zero.

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 22/05/2025

Yes! It’s on my list. Excited to play with it…

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 21/05/2025

New financial product wanted: an S&P 499 tracker that follows every company in the index except for Coinbase. Because to heck with them, and to heck with crypto.

We will! (It’s going to take a little while for us to update the docs… lots of bits to write.)

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Thank you! Any feedback on that introduction page is *most* welcome. I still feel like we don't know how best to explain t-strings in a way that most people will have the lightbulb/a-ha moment.

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Sprint day today! If you’d like to build fun things with t-strings, or to help us write delightful documentation, please stop by room 309! #pycon #pyconus

Morning run to and from Wise County Cafe, a tasty biscuit and bottomless coffee* spot a couple miles from the convention center. * (ask me how I know)

Paul Everitt @pauleveritt.org · 18/05/2025

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We will do a Python template strings #tstrings sprint tomorrow (Monday) Room 309 at PyConUS @davepeck.org @lysnikolaou.com and Koudai

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 17/05/2025

After the t-strings open space today, a lot of people wondered how they could get in touch/stay up to date. We just stood up a (very preliminary) website with links to resources and contact information. It'll expand greatly between now and when 3.14 launches. t-strings.help #pycon #pyconus

t-strings.help

t-strings: coming soon to a Python near you

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Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 17/05/2025

T-strings open space is happening today at 11AM, room 320. Come say hi! #pycon #pyconus

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 16/05/2025

We're holding t-strings open space at PyCon tomorrow (Saturday!) at 11AM If you're interested, come say hello! #pycon #pyconus

Dave Peck @davepeck.org · 15/05/2025

For those who use TextMate grammars for syntax highlighting Python (vscode users, for instance!), here's a version that supports Python 3.14's upcoming t-string syntax: gist.github.com/davepeck/e4f... #pycon #pyconus

gist.github.com

TextMate (JSON-format) grammar for Python 3.14, with support for t-string syntax

TextMate (JSON-format) grammar for Python 3.14, with support for t-string syntax - python314.tmLanguage.json