Brett Cannon / is on Nostr

#Python core developer; dev manager for the Python experience for #Microsoft #VSCode (although opinions my own, etc., etc.); snarky #Canadian

Sponsor: https://github.com/sponsors/brettcannon/
Blog: https://snarky.ca
GitHub: https://github.com/brettcannon/
Notes: https://opensource.snarky.ca

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2024-09-16 17:46:27

I've seen multiple posts today around uv installing Python for you. Now, for those that don't know, those Python builds come from https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone , not python.org.
Now my question is do people care that the Python builds are not from python.org? Would it just be a preference to get builds from python.org? Or it is a showstopper for folks?
I ask because I was thinking of tackling this issue, but if people don't care then I have other packaging things to put my time into post lock files.

2024-09-06 20:08:14

If you are or have been an Exercism user, they could use some financial help: https://exercism.org/blog/september-2024-restructure .
I just donated $50 since I'm currently doing the Gleam track.

2024-09-05 04:41:04

While uv has been getting a lot of attention lately (and I'm not saying Astral doesn't deserve it), don't forget all the projects that came before it and continue to be maintained. For instance, PEP 723 was first implemented by pipx, we all know what came before `uv pip`, Hatch has a unified UX, etc. And all of these projects are written in Python, so while maybe not as fast as uv, they do run everywhere Python can.

2024-08-31 22:11:56

https://bsky.app/profile/snarky.ca
I decided to join Bluesky to try it out and join the country of Brazil over there. 😉 If you happen to be over there, please let me know what your profile is over there.
I do appreciate I can use my own domain as my username to make it obvious that it's me w/o having to run my own infrastructure like I would for the same result on Mastodon. I'm also interested in their approach to moderation. Lastly, I appreciate it's a public benefit LLC.

2024-08-29 23:15:37

Starting after Labour Day my role at work is changing! I will be going back to being an IC and I will be working on #Python in general, packaging stuff, internal consulting around Python, and keeping #WASI for #VSCode working.
Back to more coding! 😊

2024-08-29 17:31:31

I don't know how new this is, but @npub19rt…adh9 accepts donations: https://login.vivaldi.net/profile/donations .
I'm now giving them $5/month to directly support the browser I'm using -- since I'm a Kagi user and thus Vivaldi doesn't make any money off of me -- and I'm still giving $5/month to @npub1nvf…cpws to work towards more browser engine diversity.

2024-08-25 13:51:56

I don't know if I will ever publish it, but writing the outline for a blog post about how to respond to a conduct warning was definitely cathartic (summary: take a deep breath, learn from the feedback, apologize, and move on)

2024-08-20 21:00:01

Asking moderators to debate moderation actions publicly feels like it's destined to have an outcome that's as fair as Socrates' trial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Socrates

2024-08-19 20:46:47

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This is why I have an emoji in my name on LinkedIn

2024-08-15 17:22:41

For #Django developers using #VSCode , the pre-release of the #Python extension has support for Django tests!
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/73#issuecomment-2291629074
If you can, please help us test it before we ship this live.

2024-08-14 03:11:31

If you want to delete your Best Buy Canada account (their privacy policy update says 3rd party sellers can give my data to data brokers), it seems you have to use https://privacyportal-ca.onetrust.com/webform/6d0f84db-4990-42e0-a979-33e77454100a/bb4e8b38-8178-4191-b9b3-e71a521179d3 . Got that from calling their support centre.

2024-07-30 18:57:22

It's always worth evaluating if your beliefs have shifted along with society.
I think some people hold beliefs that were considered progressive in the past (this could be a decade or more ago), but society has either caught up and so it's now mainstream, or has even surpassed those beliefs and made them conservative. And I think some people don't take well to having this pointed out and thus effectively being told they are not as progressive as they thought they were / used to be.

2024-06-22 23:36:51

During my parental leave I learned two new programming languages. One of them was #ReScript and I wrote up my impressions of it: https://snarky.ca/my-impressions-of-rescript/ .

2024-05-18 19:29:22

Do you look at a project's trove classifiers to tell what Python versions are supported (e.g. does it support Python 3.13 yet)?