Eric Matthes / is on Nostr

Author, teacher, programmer, outdoor guy · ehmatthes.com · Python Crash Course · django-simple-deploy

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2024-06-14 19:31:43

What are people using these days for small personal projects that need to send notifications?
I have a small project that only needs to send 2 or 3 notifications a week. I started setting up Twilio, but it's a longer, slower process than the last time I used it, and seems to be much more expensive as well.
I'm happy to pay, but trying to keep costs low for such a small project. I also could use email notifications, but even Sendgrid seems to be $20/ month at the lowest level now.

2024-06-06 03:24:47

I updated simple_deploy's test suite to use uv if it's available, and fall back to pip if uv isn't available.
A uv-enabled run takes about 17.5s on my main system. A pip-based run takes about 45s.
On my Windows VM, a uv-enabled run takes about 55s. A pip-based run takes 175s.
#Python #Django

2024-05-23 18:55:43

Wow @npub1nsp…ahke, Syncthing made it *so* easy to jump back onto my desktop this morning and pick up right where I left off on the plane last night.

2024-05-21 18:34:41

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They're so fast, and my battery has not been below 75% when I get back to the hotel each day.
I haven't been coding all day long, but if I run this battery down to the point I need a charger, I should probably be heading back to the hotel anyway.

2024-05-21 18:19:59

One thing I love about modern laptops: I don't even bring my chargers out of the hotel room anymore. All-day battery life is such a nice thing to have.

2024-05-21 14:16:22

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It's kind of funny to get an actual elevator pitch from these speakers. I'm hoping to have a hallway chat with some of them later about what exactly they're hearing and thinking about AI tools and services.

2024-05-21 14:15:15

There's a finance-related conference at one of the #PyConUS hotels this week. I've been asking people with speaker badges in the elevator what they're talking about. One person:
"Artificial intelligence! There's been a lot of advances recently!"
You don't say...

2024-05-19 14:41:42

Is there anyone at #PyConUS with a background in seismology?
I'm wondering if it's possible to recognize landslides from seismic data. If so, it would help identify exactly when some landslides in our community happened.

2024-05-19 14:11:26

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My watch started repeatedly showing "incorrect password, wait 60 minutes" messages yesterday, without ever showing a password input screen.
Apparently it's a bug where it reads some surfaces as rapid password input attempts, and locks up. :/

2024-05-15 22:00:25

If you're at #PyConUs, I'll be speaking at 5pm on Saturday about using Python to build a real-time tool for monitoring landslide risk.
Hope to see some of you there!
https://us.pycon.org/2024/schedule/presentation/54/

2024-05-15 19:25:39

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Ooh, downloaded for the flight. But I *should* focus on finishing slides first.