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You probably heard about me because I am the founder of the Twisted python networking engine open source project. But I’m also the author and maintainer of several other smaller projects, a writer and public speaker about software and the things software affects (i.e.: everything), and a productivity nerd due to my ADHD. I also post a lot about politics; I’d personally prefer to be apolitical but unfortunately the global rising tide of revanchist fascism is kind of dangerous to ignore.

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tylerdave, to random
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The better the conference, the harder the Post-Conf Mood Dip.

If my current feelings are any indication of how this one is going to go, this has been a really good

glyph,
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@tylerdave oof, this is extremely real. You can stave it off by going to the sprints, but they don’t last forever :)

chrisjrn, to random
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I think I just heard @Yhg1s suggest that we could avoid Py4K by swapping to Calver 👀👀👀

glyph,
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@chrisjrn @Yhg1s look I am okay with py4k but we can’t go higher than 5k, I don’t want to get new DisplayPort cables just to use a current Python

glyph,
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@chrisjrn @Yhg1s I thought that’s what I was replying to, have I misread the bit

glyph,
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@chrisjrn @Yhg1s also hey I am a professional influencer now, I don’t “repeat my own jokes”, I “workshop material”

glyph, to random
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Twisted birds of a feather session at at 1PM in room 308, which is to say, 25 minutes. See you all there!

glyph, to random
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Reminder: I will be hosting an open space for a round table discussion about how you interact with SQL (ORMs? SQLAlchemy Core? SQLGlot? Raw SQL? How do you organize your queries?) in room 315 at 10AM (25 minutes from this toot), or however long it takes to get from the plenary room to the open space area. Tell your friends, boost for reach, since the relevance is time sensitive.

glyph,
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@durin42 in literature as in life, databases can be good or they can be bad

glyph,
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@durin42 there was a lot of discussion of the distinctions between what application developers want and what data engineers want, but it’s difficult to capture in a brief post

glyph, to random
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Do you have a headache right now? There is no better feeling in the world than not having a headache.

(I do not, right at this moment, have a headache, and I am savoring that fact.)

carnage4life, to random
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I’ve had mixed feelings about manager readme. On one hand I do a verbal version in my first meeting with new collaborators to let them know I communicate directly but mean well.

OTOH, the power dynamic as a manager can read as a list of flaws your team has to put up with.

glyph,
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@carnage4life it’s a good idea, but this is a bad way to do it. “I am bad at X” — what am I going to do with that, if X is part of your core job function? “I struggle with X, so I find it helpful if my reports do Y to accommodate that” okay if Y is reasonable perhaps I can do that. If this guy is just shit at finishing projects then my only move is to expect he won’t finish projects and I will have to move on from the team.

glyph, to random
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The schedule is packed tight at so finding slots for these was tough, but I have put 2 open space sessions on the board for tomorrow:

Twisted BoF: 5/19 1PM in room 308. Let’s talk about how you are using Twisted, the PSF’s fiscal sponsorship, Treq, Klein, Pydoctor, the next decade of Twisted development, or whatever is on your mind

SQL might be Good?: 5/19 10AM in room 315. Let’s talk about the pros & cons of ORMs, SQLAlchemy, and raw SQL in your applications.

glyph,
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I would love to hear from you if you if these sessions are interesting, always good to have specific topics or prompts in mind ahead of time.

joelle, to random
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If you’re at , and you’re neurodivergent, I’ve scheduled an open space at 10:00 (well, just after the main session finishes, so probably more like 10:10 or however it takes to walk across the huge convention center) in 321 (the room furthest from the action, as best suited for neurodivergent folk!).

There’s no agenda, we’ll just get to meet with each other, exchange some contact info if desired, and talk (or type or whatever!).

I hope to see neurodivergent folk tomorrow!

glyph,
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@joelle thank you so much for organizing this! It was a wonderful experience being in a room with a diverse group of neurodivergent pythonistas!

tilde, to random
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What the heck is "default opt-in"? Is this corporate consent-subversion talk for "opt-out"? Just say "opt-out". mastodon.social/

RE: mastodon.social/users/arstechnica/statuses/112457773374003138

glyph,
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@tilde my read is that it’s the opposite and the headline writer is trying to avoid giving the impression that “slack depends opt-out” would give; ie that slack opted us all out of something

glyph, to random
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Yaaaay, Twisted shout-out at the PSF keynote as we are a new PSF fiscal sponsoree this year. Hype to be mentioned right next to @NorthBayPython

glyph,
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Check us out at https://twisted.org, where you can try out this new feature by giving us money to maintain and improve Twisted. https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=44

glyph, to random
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The difference between “continuous deployment”, “continuous delivery” and “continuous integration” is the difference between the eternal torments of sisyphus, tantalus and prometheus, respectively

glyph,
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@bitprophet wow, if so, I super do not remember it. lmk if you find a link :)

glyph, to random
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Does anyone happen to know if it is possible to get a projector for an open space at ? I have some ideas that involve discussions of code where it would be useful if a participant could share their screen with a larger group.

glyph,
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If not I am contemplating how local screen sharing might work if the group is too big to crowd around a single person’s laptop

glyph,
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@mariatta thank you, always nice to get a very authoritative answer:)

glyph,
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@matt a good concern to raise!

glyph,
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@Yhg1s no worries, I have more ideas than I can possibly fit into the conference, so I can skip over these with no issue :)

glyph,
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@matt Also: sorry to hear you won’t be there.

rimu, to random
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@glyph That's interesting. I moved from Mac to Linux because as a programmer I feel more free and empowered there. But I see now that only some people would have the time, interest and skill to exercise that.

What about a Mac gives you agency? Is it the usability?

glyph,
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@federicomena I am doing part of that rhetorical work here ;-). But a big part of the problem here is that the structures in the free desktop world are balkanized and hostile. It is beyond my capabilities to convince anyone in a decision-making capacity to do the things that need doing to make this happen, and I think that it’s largely a lost cause at this point. Anyone who believes that Linux can be a viable desktop competitor is extremely welcome to prove me wrong, though

glyph,
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@federicomena sure

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