a reminder that as a tech worker, there are probably some valid ways you can "use your skills" to aid people in this crisis but many times what you need to do is just open up your wallet and distribute $$$

Where do Python folk hang out to chat these days? I’m getting back into Python full-time and I’d like to catch up on all the new best-practices 🙂

David Wolever This is worth celebrating! I recommend stopping by Hynek Schlawack's blog to get a taste of what's current and what's still reliable. e.g., hynek.me/articles/pytho… hynek.me/articles/packa… hynek.me/articles/pytho…

.Amazon Web Services regularly publishes solutions on their blog to relatively common problems. They invariably involve half a dozen unique services, one of which is always Lambda, strung together in wildly complex ways. I call these solutions the "Go Fuck Yourself" option.

Python buds: got any plans this weekend? The fantastic Montréal-Python community is hosting a hackathon to work on (useful!) COVID-related projects: montrealpython.org/en/2020/04/mp-…

Is there a way software or data analysis could help your community respond to COVID? The fantastic Montréal-Python community would love to work on your project this weekend! More details here: montrealpython.org/en/2020/04/mp-…

Blur Tools for Signal: A new way we hope to make Signal more helpful for everyone on the street right now. signal.org/blog/blur-tool…

What is your favorite glue or tape? We need contenders for our fully subjective showdown starting Feb. 1!

This competition will be a bonding exercise.

Round one is complete and the people have chosen: BSI Cyanacrylate Gel. E6000 gained a lot of ground overnight but it was not enough.

Today we ask the age old question: SCIGRIP #4 Acrylic Solvent Cement or Gorilla Glue? Don't vote out of brand loyalty, use your heart.

I am **very slowly** cracking the "remote student participation activity" puzzle Currently working on a four-channel model of what is needed. You need all four channels, or it falls apart (based on experience)

Witchcraft: I made a Minecraft server in Bash and I survived it sdomi.pl/weblog/15-witc… (this is a very technical post, going really in-depth. if that's not your jam, check out the source code: git.sakamoto.pl/domi/Witchcraft)

#PyConUS2022 Pablo Galindo Salgado With the new PEG parser, now the SyntaxError is able to provide more helpful error messages! It tells you: '{' was never closed 👏🏻

#PyConUS2022 Pablo Galindo Salgado AttributeError has also been problematic. Ever seen the error 'NoneType' is not subscriptable? In Python 3.11 it tells you which one it is!

LAST WEEK FOR TIX! To fuel the hype cycle (for what is a hackathon but a miserable little pile of hype), we're counting down past projects starting with 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. (2020) A GPS tool with "getting warmer" voice navigation, but only to Dufferin Mall. hackstupid.com