I bet! My first thought was Macbeth without Macbeth. Is that a silliness too far? I think Lady M can carry it.

Great to see you putting your intersecting skills to excellent use!

Defragged zebra where the stripes have been concatenated to the front half of its body.

Paul just contributed "Four Mules for Sister Sarah"

For a 15% tariff: The Green Nautical Mile

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How did this happen so fast? Get your skates on if you're hoping to speak at PyCon UK in its new Manchester venue in September. CfP closes THIS SUNDAY, 11th May at 23:59.

There's a lot of talk about 'vibe coding' at the moment. Andrej Karpathy's tweet that introduced the term is often mentioned. I suspect, however, that many people who are promoting the idea in the context of commercial product development may not have read the whole tweet.

🚨 Heads up, Pythonistas 🚨

Something exciting is coming and you won’t want to miss it...PyCon UK 2025 Call for Proposals is opening soon! 🚀🐍

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👀 Stay tuned 👀

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It kinda got sidelined for the way it was done as part of BDUF. A sad case of the industry throwing out the baby with the bath water

As an oldie I have to mention that software architect was a much more common title before agile took off. Right back to punched card days. #nordevcon25

"In the 1950s and 60s computers were pretty cringe, to be honest" Closing keynote today at #nordevcon25. They landed men on the moon though!!!

I've applied the "rule of two feet" at #nordevcon25 : if you find yourself in a conference talk that wasn't the right choice for you, MOVE. Having misjudged which was the talk for me personally (no shade on the talk, just a poor fit for me) I made a choice which made me really happy 😀

"If you think keeping up with the Kardashians is hard you should try keeping up with JavaScript frameworks" @chrisoldwood.bsky.social #nordevcon25

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So what you're saying is...

When I say "giant bag" I mean, of course, a giant bagful of tea bags, and not one giant teabag

After a recent purchase of a giant bag I'm in more danger of OutOfYorkshireTeaStorage.

It occurs to me devs who "just wanna write code"* - and don't want to get involved with product strategy, architecture, testing, UXD, ops etc - are putting themselves in direct competition with LLMs.

* And who *doesn't* like being told what to do, amirite?

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Emperors are going to be feeling the winter chill, too.

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)

New Year, New PyCon UK! We're excited to announce that PyCon UK 2025 will be held in Manchester from 19th to 22nd September 2025. Expect a full program of talks, workshops, and sprints for all Pythonistas. We look forward to seeing you there! #PyConUK2025 #PythonProgramming #Pythonista

I must have been a good girl this year because I got what I wished for :-)

All I want for Christmas is a working water supply!

P enjoyed it when he had time to sit down quietly with it.

Streaky white clouds in a blue sky over water

Welcome to Bluesky, me!