Amethyst 🌸

@chrisjrn.fyi brake me off a piece

Pete Tiger, a ginger barn cat, is standing between an aisle of black drapes, looking through the gap at some light that is emerging from right-of-screen

Friday.

* Read the program: pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2026/fe...
* Purchase a/an ticket: pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-20...
* Be excited about attending #NBPy 2026 and learning all of the things
* Barn cat

I wrote some words about @northbaypython.org's 2026 program for our email subscribers. This is really/truly going to be such a great event and you should consider getting a ticket

buttondown.com/northbaypyth...

People keep telling me to treat LLMs as junior devs, as if "a junior dev who is structurally incapable of learning from mistakes" isn't a working definition of hell.

@chrisjrn meanwhile my monthly bill is doubling even though I use ~0kWh of net energy every month 🤪

https://pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2026/schedule/ 👀👀

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@amethyst it's true. we have never had this lineup before!

RE: https://social.northbaypython.org/@NorthBayPython/116160855393050907

Please come join us, this year’s line up is unprecedented

North Bay Python 2026 April 25th – 26th, 2026

it is a GOOD MORNING to buy a #NBPy ticket

You may not be attending #NBPy until next month, but we still need to make plans, and knowing how many of you to expect can really help!

https://pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-2026/

@glyph as someone who was banging the drum of single payer m4a, I'm overwhelmingly *relieved* those chucklefucks aren't in charge of my insurance right now...

😮‍💨

RE: https://nkantar.social/@nik/116138877984532619

BE LIKE NIK

BUY A TICKET

IMPROVE YOUR day

A fortune cookie fortune that reads “Stay informed about current technology trends.”

But what if that’s the problem

RE: https://social.northbaypython.org/@NorthBayPython/116065613273359858

Time running out, propose harder please

hello

we will accept more proposals should you have them

make our program gooder: https://pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2026/cfp

@chrisjrn.fyi depends on whether you like pain I guess

@chrisjrn.fyi spend some time working on cars and you'll be simultaneously happier and more angry

This is a good video, brant.

RE: https://mas.to/@zzt/116045651572809856

Why* I’m so damn grumpy lately

*one of the uncountable number of reasons at least

@glyph but “upscaling” just doesn’t sell as well with gamers compared with big flashy brand-specific acronym and partnerships with AAA titles 🤪

@chrisjrn it's been pretty bad at the “hub" part too

hello

we're running a conference soon, we would like it if you'd submit a talk idea or two. our form closes sometime after friday

ok thanks

https://pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2026/cfp

Today is a great day to propose a talk for @NorthBayPython

It doesn’t need to be perfect. But it does need to be submitted!

CFP ends on February 13th. Don’t let it pass you by!

https://pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2026/cfp

Capital owners in tech have very successfully sold rich laborers on the idea that they should act and vote more like bosses than like laborers, and seldom have I seen this idea play out in a more heartless manner than watching techbros talk about AI. Owning a home makes you well off, but it […]

I'm saying that *even if you are rich*, you almost certainly need a union, and you damn well ought to be fighting for labor rights. That you may not be rich in the future, and you damn well should be fighting against oppressive poverty. That wage stagnation may soon leave you unable to afford […]

@glyph I would assume they’re building the followers so they can see the account onward and future owner can turn on the conversion taps. And the account migration flow means nobody will see the old posts on the new account, but most of the followers will be migrated to the new account.

@glyph hmm, will that be before or after the 2038 bug?

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pythonbynight/116014650130007487

Yes please. More proposals. Send all the proposals!

#NBPy

Confirmation screen for North Bay Python 2026. It reads, "Congratulations, you’ve submitted your proposal! You can continue to make changes to it up to the submission deadline, and you will be notified of any changes or questions."

Had an idea.

I turned in a proposal.

I think you could too.

@NorthBayPython

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@miketheman/116008792409955286

When I say TOTP is phishable and webauthn (“passkeys”) isn’t, this is a real-world example of what I am talking about