Happy Reading Thursday! 🪁
TSBT #59 is live: "A Thousand Times Over."
This AI special features:
🤖 Real-world AI experiments
🏥 A surgeon’s tips for fixing AI disasters
📈 Staying ahead of the curve
Plus, why The Kite Runner is the soul of it all.
👇
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To live. To build. To miss the bus and learn anyway. 🚌
New TSBT #58 is out:
✅ The Optimisation Trap
✅ Architectural Silence
✅ Why "slow" beats "hurry"
✅ Scaling for the long haul
Read it here: veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt58-cat...
To live, to love, to thrive, and to build better software. 🛡️
The latest issue of The Storyteller's Byte is out, and it's short, sweet, and packed with architectural goodness.
Read it here: veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt57-mar...
Happy Reading Thursday!
New TSBT Issue dropped:
Architecture isn't what you think
AI fixed something unexpected (not code speed)
MCP authorization that matters.
Also: complexity traps, AI bubble talk, API-first, losing the human element
8 minutes read:
veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt56-mor...
Happy New Year Folks 🎉🎊🎉
To kick it up to a great start have a read of my latest issue of the Storyteller's Byte Tales issue 55! The first 2026 issue 😃.
Its short, its sweet and its full of possibilities!
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Surviving the end-of-year fatigue, with a side of Django 6.0. 🦄
The latest issue of The Storyteller's Byte is short, sweet, and packed with updates from Django 6.0, Git 3.0 and more.
Before you "circle back next year," take a moment to read &recharge
Link: veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt54-hap...
I have been reflecting on how creative work evolves. This week’s Storyteller’s Byte Tales was inspired by American Fiction and its Red vs Blue Label metaphor.
Creativity has seasons. Growth isn’t linear.
Plus: Advent of Code, Git UI, layoffs & more.
🔗 veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt53-sec...
Happy Reading Thursday! ☕️
We are applying the subtle art of deduction to our daily tech challenges.
Read the full story and resources here: veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt52-221...
Happy Reading Thursday! 📚
New issue up: Oxford wandering, Blackwell's bookshop, PSF standing firm on principles, PyPI growth, security insights, and dev resources that actually help.
Read here: veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt51-oxf...
I am leading a hands-on workshop on the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—the open standard turning LLMs into powerful, agentic tools in Python. (Bring your laptop!)
🗓️ Tuesday, November 19th
⏰ 6:30 PM
📍Ramen Club/Space
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Happy Reading Thursday!
Time to level up your week with the new issue of The Storyteller's Byte Tales!
Ready to find your next great read?
Click below to grab the whole issue and cherry-pick the stories that best fit your interests.
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Apply to speak at our next meetup 😃😃😃
Join us at Kraken for our Django London meetup on November 11th!
There is also an additional slot available! You might be our next speaker!
Apply through the link in the comments.
Come have fun with us s on the next one as a speaker!
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✨ Happy Reading Thursday! ☁️
It’s a great day to catch up on the latest issue of my newsletter, TSBT49: Code To Cloud
Have a read and enjoy!
🔗 veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt49-cod...
The panelists on stage with Velda conveniently blocking Natalia along with Kudzayi checking his phone before introducing everyone
Time for the #DjangoCon panel! We'll have @webology.bsky.social, @rachellcalhoun.bsky.social, @veldakiara.bsky.social, @bajoran.engineer, @nessita.bsky.social, Peter, and Tim talking about 20 years of Django
@djangocon.us
Chicago downtown, sunset, the lake
Happy Reading Thursday! 📚
The latest issue of #TSBT48 includes:
🧠 Resources on data structures & system design
⚙️ Apache Kafka insights
🛡️ Recommended boundaries to protect your time at work
🦇 And yes, a little Batsy spice.
Have a read and enjoy!
veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt48-sky...
Happy Reading Thursday! ✨
It's newsletter day! 🚀
The latest issue of my TSBT newsletter is live.
This week's issue features resources on: software architecture & Conway's Law, Python releases & performance myths, among others.
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🍫 When Life Gives You Cacao… Make Chocolate!
Happy Thursday! Another fortnight, another TSBT issue.
This week’s issue covers technical articles on SEO, abstractions and opportunities to be more involved.
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Had an incredible time at EuroPython '25 in Prague! From my talk on ORMs to helping with the Rust summit and celebrating Django's 20th birthday, it was a fantastic week.
I’ve shared all the highlights and more in my latest newsletter!
Link in comments!
🎉 Excited to announce our first keynote speaker for DjangoCon US 2025: Carson Gross!
Carson is the creator of HTMX and will be sharing insights on "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology" - applying Nintendo Game Boy designer Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy to web development.
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Happy Thursday! Another fortnight, another issue of
"The Storyteller's Byte Tales" is here
This latest issue explores how art is what you make it to be, and it's packed with resources.
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Happy Reading Thursday!
Another beautiful week to read the latest issue of my newsletter. The newsletter now has 100 subscribers;
This week's issue highlights explicit content on CTO best practices, how Kubernetes works internally, Python monitoring, and much more.
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🎉 Celebrating a fantastic milestone for The Storyteller's Byte Tales! I just hit 100 subscribers, and I am incredibly grateful for every single one of you.
Reaching this first big milestone is a huge motivator.Thank you!
If you haven't subscribed yet, (link in comments)
Here's to the next 100! 🚀
