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On Companies Sponsoring Communities

Flamethrowers Shouldn't be controlled by those with mental health issues

7 Rules for Authentic Networking

State of Black Python Devs H2 2025

5 Years of Jaysies (2025) and Jaysies.com

Building a Circular Gift Assignment System with PostgreSQL Constraints

I vibe coded three features for my python packages and projects

[Thoughts] Carol's PyBeach Keynote and AI's Polarization Problem

Why a PostgreSQL Event was my favorite Conference of the Year as a Python Developer (So Far)

Los Bravos Night and BPD's Commitment to LATAM

Mistakes In Learning PostgreSQL as a Python Developer (and Plant Person)

PostgreSQL Project Ideas for Beginners

Don't forget about help() and vars()

I wish more folks new to OSS would question my issues

Using llm and PostgreSQL to Add Missing Tags to Blog Posts

I Am No Longer a Developer Advocate

pgvectorscale is easy to add onto pgvector

Fixing the double logging issue with a logging.filter

I'm making public notes

An IC's take on DevRel in 2025

Reflecting on 100 Episodes of Conduit

A Python Community Vet becomes a newbie at a PostgreSQL event

Shut up and Dribble

I Deleted My Twitter Account but someone is pretending to be me.

Who I think is the perfect candidate for our new opening

Systems Check for Conduit Q1 2025

Akamai Partners with Black Tech Pipeline (Maybe there is hope for Humanity)

Three Resources to Start your journey in the PostgreSQL Community

Anxiety Submitting Talks Outside the Python Community

Bambu Lab, You aren't Apple

How (A)I Messed Up My Data Gathering

My Thoughts on the PSF Grant Funding Changes

Three Moments that made 2024 🏆

On Becoming a PSF Fellow

How Long Should We Be in Charge

I made a precommit hook (it wasn't that bad)

On Being a Communicator on an Engineering Team

DjangoCon US 2025 Interview Series

Talk Ideas for 2025

Surviving the Whirlwind. A Ramble after (yet another) round of Layoffs

What I learned from a "Boring" Contribution

Good First Issues Aren't Always Good (But can be issues)

[Question] Writing Issues You Don't Want to Implement

Get System Information for Your GitHub Issues

Black Python Devs Keynote at PyCon US 2024

My New Favorite 3d Print and My Thoughts on if 3d Printing Is Worth Getting Into

Awkward End-to-End Testing with Playwright

My List of things that I took (and wish I took)to PyCon US for the Black Python Devs Booth

On Getting Your First Job in Tech (Part 1)

Personal Blogs are no longer personal when AI gets too involved

What 2 Years at Microsoft can do (with the right team)

Running a Community Booth at PyCon US or Similar Events

RANT - No more AI generated videos please

More Inclusive Language Using TextExpander

The Most Talented Developer or the Most Helpful Developer

4 Moments that Made 😎 (Jaysies 2023)

Using bat, termshot, and vhs to create snippets of code for blog posts

Making your python package CLI callable

GitHub Universe: Should I Attend in 2024

About Render Engines Themes, Subthemes, and Carve-outs

How I moderate technical panels

Website Accessibility Audit Reports via GH Actions

Arc Boost for Opening in Ivory v0

Using Python to fix my Accessibility nightmare of a website

Working in Tech because I love Money (and Tech)

Why I Do Things that Don't Scale (Very Well)

Embracing AI because I'm Lazy

Render Engine Supports Themes

My Guide to Considering a PSF Board Member

Being an Videographer and Interviewer at PyCon 2023

I'm not running for the PSF Board this year, but maybe you should

Render Engine Update June 2023 Patch

Storing My Opengraph Social Cards in Azure

Adding Social Cards to my Static Site

Fixing my Micro.blog RSS Feed (A Love Letter to Micro.Blog)

Create a Custom Query in the GitHub Issues Client

Breaking Changes Around Date Handling

chaining gh actions

Lesson Learned from Setting Up Testing for a Postgres Django App (Crash Course)

Using your `postCreateCommand`to Reduce Complexity

Introducing Super Conductor

Render Engine 2023.1.2 brings CLI, Parsers, and Begins Extensions Work and More

Enclose text in Parentheses (and Other Characters) in VIM WITHOUT PLUGINS

Azure Static Web Apps supports Python 3.11. Here's how to build yours with Azure CLI.

My Development Tools - Python 2023

Folks That Made 2022 😎 (Jaysies 2022)

Replaced Underrepresented with Historically excluded

Switching from TailwindCSS to PyTailwindCSS

Add Code of Conduct VS Code Extension now has options!

My productivity check for this quarter.

New Project 31 Tweets of Neurodiverse Encouragement

Regina Spektor is my brain put to music and I love it!

Deploying a Custom Python Static Site Generator to Azure

Make Inlay Type Hints in Python Appear/Disappear

DiversityOrgs.Tech (Beta 2)

Overtired \#278 Link Breakdown

The VICE Strategy for setting Boundaries and Rules

Introducing the TIRE Method

Generate QR Codes Using PopClip and Shortcuts

name change for diversityorgs.tech (Now Tech Diversity Orgs)

5 People That Made My 2021 📈

Benefits of a Family Gift Site

Popclip Extension Snippets

asdf, direnv and the upgrade to python 3.10

The PIT Show Post Mortem

Getting your Data into Elasticsearch, Let me count the ways

On Blizzard/Activision lawsuit

Announcing Conduit on Relay.FM

Analyzing Kickstarter Campaigns with Python

Using Bunch for Creating Newsletters

But Look at the Numbers: Using Public Data to Highlight Systemic Problems

Speaking at Juneteenth Conf 2021

Keyboard Shortcuts in Craft’s Calendar View with Keyboard Maestro

Bullet Journaling in Craft?

The PIT Show: Creating Shortcuts from Text w/ Zachary Lineman

4 Beginner Friendly Keyboard Maestro Macros (3 Actions or Less!)

Frontmatter replacing custom parser in Render Engine

Mortems: You Should Do Those

Omnifocus Resources via Joe Buhlig

Setup New Github Key

How to enable certs with CertBot and NGINX

Telling The Server User Story Through The Elastic Stack

Getting text from websites using Keyboard Maestro

How to Automate Form Filling with Keyboard Maestro (For Big Sur)

Showing the Toothfairy Icon only when my Airpods Pro are Connected

The Cost of Running with Scratched Itches

Monthly Migration February 2021

I was on a Bullet Journal Roundtable

How to Not 🌋 your Project

Introducing DiversityOrgs.Tech

My Life is a Tetris Board

TIL You can change the subject of an Email

Things I Found on the Internet Recently! (Tifotir) - 28 Dec 2020

5 People that made my 2020 🔥

Presenting Working in Modes for Better Productivity

Things I Found on the Internet Recently! (Tifotir) - 15 Dec 2020

Ask a Brit is back for Season 2

Amazing Podcasting (and Content Creation) Advice from Professional Podcasters (WIP)

Things I Found on the Internet Recently! (Tifotir) - 08 Nov 2020

The Power of Personal Freedom: David Sparks on Speaking Around Multiple Interests

Kaotica Eyeball

Steal this idea & Part 2 with Jasmine Greenaway

Changes for PIT and New Projects on the Horizon

I Was a Guest on Systematic

Elasticsearch Pinboard Script (Python)

BIPOCIT Dev Advocates Awesome List

My New Job and What that Means for All the Things I Do

How I Made My Twitch Player Appear on My Site Only When I'm Live

Don't Ban Companies, Change the Rules

The "Problem" with rewriting tasks in your Bullet Journal

Transcriptor now Supports SRT Upload and Conversion

Multipotentiality vs Mindfulness

I Was Selected as a Mentee for the First Podcast Mentorship Cohort

How I AutoUpdate My Github README using GitHub Actions in 5 Easy Steps

The Disparity of Black Shootings in NYC

SubCollections now available in Render Engine

PIT Podcast: A Surplus of Happy with Melanie C.

In Defense of the Black Multi-Potentialite

How Can White People Help Black People. What is the Real Problem

Can we fix this?

Announcing Transcriptor

Quick Productivity Tip - Walk and Talks

Quick Productivity Tip - The Upcoming Family Agenda

Fish Resources

I Can't Be the Only One Seeing This

Reinvent the Wheel (But Add Spikes to It)

Quickly Set Your Environment with Bunch and Alfred

Pigeons are Scary

Pricing People Out

Friends have been my Greatest Asset!

My Anxiety Makes Me Get Things Done

January 2019 Bullet Journal Recap

Jamie is a Form Group