First time flying americanair today, at this rate, hopefully the last too… delays, crappy lounge, unhelpful staff 👍👌

mock 5.1.0 released! A backport of #python's unittest.mock, includes all the bugfixes and features from CPython main branch as of this morning! The big one in this release is the new ThreadingMock by Mario Corchero and xtreak ... pypi.org/project/mock/5…

sybil 5.0.3 released! It's a #python tool for testing examples in documentation and source code: this one bugfixes traceback trimming on the latest pytest.org releases - sybil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Well, that’s my bullshit buzzword bingo sheet complete for the year…

Well, I guess that’s what you get for giving British Airways a second chance! 🤡

testfixtures 8.0.0 released! It's a collection of #python testing helpers and mock objects - this release drops Python 3.6, adds 3.12, has improvements for TempDirectory and bugfixes for Replacer - full change log: testfixtures.readthedocs.io/en/latest/chan…

From @orchidprojectfgc: youtube.com/shorts/vPieOge… #HelpSetUpTheSummit

Rare pleasures in life: cancelling a Virgin Media ❤️ broadband contract! - Goodbye mediocre offshore call centres - Goodbye arbitrary in-contract price rises - Goodbye magic discounts only available to the retentions team!

chide 3.0.0, a tiny #python library for making sample object, released: better SQLAlchemy support with text formats, partial sample creation and more - pypi.org/project/chide/… chide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sqla… chide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/patt…

sybil 7.0.0 released! It's a #python tool for testing examples in documentation and source code: sybil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

I guess that’s what paying for a specific seat on British Airways gets you! (You know: that thing that every other airline gives you for free…) Broken storage: hope there’s no turbulence! #neverflyba

💡Biggest penny-drop of 2025: I'm starting to see "writing code" as simply exploring a problem space where "parameters" are ideas and the "output" is source code, using models like LLMs to do this instead of just writing code myself then feels quite natural.

Anyone have a RainBirdCorp LNK attached to a ESP-TM2 just die? Full details: reddit.com/r/Irrigation/c…