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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 09/09/2026

Just released the first version of my declarative mapping layer for #Python APIs that I've been scheming about for years. Check it out here! blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/09/08/i...

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 08/05/2026

This is me with mermaid. every time.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 07/05/2026

Binding function return values to variables before return is useful for debugging, though.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 03/05/2026

I got kinda jealous about all these tools having a copy/paste installer with curl | bash. Now I have one for my system bootstrapping script! All I have to run is `curl -L install.dusktreader.dev`, and I'm off and running. Don't run it, though! or you'll summon the Eldritch horror of my setup.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 02/05/2026

@realpython.com I just published a new tool you might be interested in. Have a look! blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/05/01/i...

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Introducing chill-out: ice out supply-chain attacks - the.dusktreader blog

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 01/05/2026

@pythonbytes.fm You might be interested in this new tool given how prevalent supply-chain attacks have become: blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/05/01/i...

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 01/05/2026

New tool! Ice out supply-chain attacks with chill-out: blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/05/01/i...

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 15/04/2026

@pythonbytes.fm Lately, I've been adding a demo entrypoint into my packages and giving folks a `uvx` command to try the package demo before they add it as a dependency in their projects. Seems like a nice way to show it in action first! See: dusktreader.github.io/wizdantic/#q...

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 15/04/2026

I just published wizdantic, a Python library that populates Pydantic models with a rich-based interactive wizard driven entirely by the model definition! Drop it into your CLI app and conjure structured input from thin air: blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/04/14/c...

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 04/03/2026

Dog math: if I have one ball, it fits in my mouth and thus have one ball. If I have two balls, they both fit on my mouth, and thus I have two balls. If I have three balls, one won't fit in with the others and thus I have 0 balls and must yell about this inconvenience.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 04/03/2026

I would love to see a standard arise for .agents/ for all agentic coding tools. This annoys the piss out of me: .claude .opencode .github/copilot-instructuons

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 01/02/2026

@talkpython.fm I just checked out `diskcache` this weekend to add caching in my library. I'm disappointed to find it has no updates since 2023. It doesn't provide type hints, either. I'm a bit disappointed that it was promoted when it doesn't seem to be production ready.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 03/10/2025

If you figure this out, let me know!

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 01/10/2025

Since doctors can charge us for missed visits if we are more than 10 minutes late, we should get a discount when they make us wait way past time, too. Right?

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 30/09/2025

When will devs learn to stop trashing languages they don't personally like. If millions of people are using a language it's probably not "ass", it just doesn't _please_ you. Except for PHP and Perl. Fuck them 😂

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 30/09/2025

Letting Earl go was 1000% the right move. I thought we should have tried to retain Sherman, but his price tag was reeeeeealy steep to re-sign

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 30/09/2025

Yeah, I thought letting Golden go was a huge mistake

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 25/09/2025

@brianokken.bsky.social I heard you talking about blog hosting. I used markdown files with mkdocs-material hosted on github pages. Comments enabled with giscus. I don't write near enough,but I like the setup. If you're interested: github.com/dusktreader/...

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 09/06/2025

Painkiller by Judas Priest is the most complete metal song ever written.

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Charlie Marsh @crmarsh.com · 13/05/2025

Today, we’re announcing the preview release of ty, an extremely fast type checker and language server for Python, written in Rust. In early testing, it's 10x, 50x, even 100x faster than existing type checkers. (We've seen >600x speed-ups over Mypy in some real-world projects.)

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 13/05/2025

Currently using a combination of basedpyright and my in CI and my editor. Would love to replace them both with a single, faster tool!

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 13/05/2025

I'm excited to show off the project I've been working on the last couple of weeks: Introducing Typerdrive: Develop API-Connected Typer Apps at Lightspeed blog.dusktreader.dev/2025/05/13/i... #python

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 10/05/2025

Also, learn to say "I'm sorry" without a "but"

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 11/04/2025

sqlalchemy 3.0, anyone? 😝

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 06/04/2025

I got tired of setting up #Python projects manually, so I built out a template using copier. It builds a fresh project locally AND pushes it to GitHub with a docs site on GitHub pages. Now I can bootstrap a new Python project in seconds! Check out my blog post to learn more: bit.ly/dusktreader-...

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Bootstrapping Python projects with copier - the.dusktreader blog

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

If there is one thing I hope the left learns in my lifetime, it’s that to become hegemonic, we have to become normie. We won’t convince people to dramatically change their aesthetic or cultural attitudes; we will succeed when we articulate our values in forms they are most likely to appreciate.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 04/04/2025

This is a damn good idea!

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

sunk-cost fallacy (n.) -- "the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial"

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Chris Williams☁️🐍 @mistwire.com · 03/04/2025

The crossover meme we needed today 🫠:

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 02/04/2025

Welp... got rejected after the fifth round (3 tech interviews, a takehome project, and a recruiter screening) after spending 5 weeks going through the process... on April Fools day. Really thought I had this one. After so much investment, feels like a real gut-punch. Back to the grindstone, I guess

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 01/04/2025

Something I just learned about and wrote up this week. Shebang calling uv and deps in comments a la PEP 722: blog.dusktreader.dev/2025/03/29/s...

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Self-contained Python scripts with uv - the.dusktreader blog

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 01/04/2025

This is awesome news! Thanks for all the hard work on this PEP. This is a huge step for Python packaging

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 29/03/2025

My last post motivated me to set up a blog. Check out my first post here: blog.dusktreader.dev/2025/03/29/s... #python #uv

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 29/03/2025

At first I was very skeptical about the `# /// script` syntax, but after trying this out, I'm on-board. This is so convenient! #python #uv

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 29/03/2025

Even better, I can run this script on any system that has uv installed. I don't need to worry about python versions, globally installed dependencies, or anything like that!

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 29/03/2025

Now, I just run it, it jams a bunch of test data into the api I'm testing, and drops me into a REPL where I can make additional queries.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 29/03/2025

My script goes like this: ``` #!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script # /// script # dependencies = ["httpx", "ipython"] # /// import httpx import IPython # make a few http requests to the API IPython.embed() ```

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 29/03/2025

TIL you can put uv in your shebang line of a python script, and, along with listing dependencies in a `# /// script` comment block, make your python script superpowered. I wrote a script to upsert test data to an API with httpx. Now I can run it with just `./upsert.py` right from the command line!

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 27/03/2025

really smacks of the handwringing about python 2 going unsupported. tend your own garden better.

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\t @the.dusktreader.dev · 25/03/2025

Just released v0.2.0 of drivel. A completely silly, but fun tool to get a list of metasyntactic variable names like "foo", "bar", "baz", but more fun. Try: ``` drivel give --theme=star-wars 10 ``` And see what happens. Check it out here: github.com/dusktreader/... #python

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A python package and app to provide you with metasyntactic name values - dusktreader/drivel

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 23/03/2025

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist