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Just released the first version of my declarative mapping layer for #Python APIs that I've been scheming about for years. Check it out here! blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/09/08/i...

I got kinda jealous about all these tools having a copy/paste installer with curl | bash. Now I have one for my system bootstrapping script! All I have to run is `curl -L install.dusktreader.dev`, and I'm off and running. Don't run it, though! or you'll summon the Eldritch horror of my setup.

@realpython.com I just published a new tool you might be interested in. Have a look! blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/05/01/i...

@pythonbytes.fm You might be interested in this new tool given how prevalent supply-chain attacks have become: blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/05/01/i...

New tool! Ice out supply-chain attacks with chill-out: blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/05/01/i...

@pythonbytes.fm Lately, I've been adding a demo entrypoint into my packages and giving folks a `uvx` command to try the package demo before they add it as a dependency in their projects. Seems like a nice way to show it in action first! See: dusktreader.github.io/wizdantic/#q...

I just published wizdantic, a Python library that populates Pydantic models with a rich-based interactive wizard driven entirely by the model definition! Drop it into your CLI app and conjure structured input from thin air: blog.dusktreader.dev/2026/04/14/c...

Just released a new version of typerdrive! Added files manager and refactored cache to use diskcache (for now). Check it out! github.com/dusktreader/...

@talkpython.fm I just checked out `diskcache` this weekend to add caching in my library. I'm disappointed to find it has no updates since 2023. It doesn't provide type hints, either. I'm a bit disappointed that it was promoted when it doesn't seem to be production ready.

Since doctors can charge us for missed visits if we are more than 10 minutes late, we should get a discount when they make us wait way past time, too. Right?

When will devs learn to stop trashing languages they don't personally like. If millions of people are using a language it's probably not "ass", it just doesn't _please_ you. Except for PHP and Perl. Fuck them 😂

@brianokken.bsky.social I heard you talking about blog hosting. I used markdown files with mkdocs-material hosted on github pages. Comments enabled with giscus. I don't write near enough,but I like the setup. If you're interested: github.com/dusktreader/...

Painkiller by Judas Priest is the most complete metal song ever written.

Today, we’re announcing the preview release of ty, an extremely fast type checker and language server for Python, written in Rust. In early testing, it's 10x, 50x, even 100x faster than existing type checkers. (We've seen >600x speed-ups over Mypy in some real-world projects.)

I'm excited to show off the project I've been working on the last couple of weeks: Introducing Typerdrive: Develop API-Connected Typer Apps at Lightspeed blog.dusktreader.dev/2025/05/13/i... #python

I got tired of setting up #Python projects manually, so I built out a template using copier. It builds a fresh project locally AND pushes it to GitHub with a docs site on GitHub pages. Now I can bootstrap a new Python project in seconds! Check out my blog post to learn more: bit.ly/dusktreader-...

If there is one thing I hope the left learns in my lifetime, it’s that to become hegemonic, we have to become normie. We won’t convince people to dramatically change their aesthetic or cultural attitudes; we will succeed when we articulate our values in forms they are most likely to appreciate.

sunk-cost fallacy (n.) -- "the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial"

The crossover meme we needed today 🫠:

Welp... got rejected after the fifth round (3 tech interviews, a takehome project, and a recruiter screening) after spending 5 weeks going through the process... on April Fools day. Really thought I had this one. After so much investment, feels like a real gut-punch. Back to the grindstone, I guess

My last post motivated me to set up a blog. Check out my first post here: blog.dusktreader.dev/2025/03/29/s... #python #uv

Just released v0.2.0 of drivel. A completely silly, but fun tool to get a list of metasyntactic variable names like "foo", "bar", "baz", but more fun. Try: ``` drivel give --theme=star-wars 10 ``` And see what happens. Check it out here: github.com/dusktreader/... #python

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

Planet Definitions xkcd.com/3063

Made some more updates to my resume site. Now hosted on my domain. Check it out! (and play with the buttons) cv.dusktreader.dev

Bitcoin: backed by the full faith and credit of rich people think it's neat

Writing cover letters is a hassle while job hunting. Given how many you need, I see no way around using AI to help. So, I created smart-letters, a python CLI app that helps you generate, refine, edit, and render cover letters to PDFs. Check it out here! github.com/dusktreader/... #python #openai

You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man; a weak man's idea of a strong man; a coward's idea of a brave man. The events in the oval office today showed once again what a mendacious, craven, small man our president is

Progressives desperately need to get better at strategic optics: * Use slogans that are honest and excite the base * Reclaim patriotism and American iconography * Orient protests around mainstream liberal ideas * Build around charismatic leadership with a will to act

Starting my day off with some aggression. All this shit going on in D.C....I think we all need to start using our mouths for war now. open.spotify.com/track/6rkeaQ...

@crmarsh.com Are there any plans to add support for building python from source using the `uv python` command? I think a lot of people are hesitant to switch from pyenv because of the very small edge cases where a pre-built version might not work on their system.

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

Somebody saw the term “prophylactic measures”. I’ll bet where that’s where this came from. These people are intensely stupid.

Sitting in my local watering hole, and it took me a solid half hour to realize they were playing a 90's station. My brain was just vibing like, "yep, this is the kind of music modern folks listen to."

Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people

stages of debugging

Found an article that articulates (heh) all the reasons I am still very sad that Python adopted TOML for its project config files. #python hitchdev.com/strictyaml/w...