Ephes Blog

I guess you've heard some bad jokes about Fibonacci sequences?

Well, this one is as bad as the last two you heard put together.

--Kit Yates

Still got a ton of work ahead of me, and it probably won't let up until the holidays. I did manage to update the django-cast documentation a bit though. It's not as detailed as I'd like, but at least the structure is better now. Over the weekend I played around with VibeTunnel and Wispr Flow, which were really interesting. It still feels weird dictating to my phone or laptop, but I probably just need more practice to get used to it. We also recorded a new podcast episode about data science that should be out soon.

Articles

• Happy 20th birthday Django! | From me as well 🥳!
• How to Migrate your Python & Django Projects to uv
• NuxtLabs joins Vercel | wtf?
• Reflections on OpenAI | interesting bits about the codex project in there
• OpenAI's gold medal performance on the International Math Olympiad | gdm probably did it first, but yeah
• Welcoming The Next Generation of Programmers | Yep. I can also name the person who brought me into Python.
• SVGs that feel like GIFs

Software

• Backlog.md - Markdown‑native Task Manager & Kanban visualizer for any Git repository | Interesting approach
• opencode - similar to claude code, but open source
• VoiceInk - write at the speed of thought | similar to Wispr Flow but open source

Videos

• Agentic Coding with Claude Code | Cool stream 😎! Thinking hard about doing this by myself again..

I don’t use em dashes because I’m an AI. I use em dashes because I’m pretentious --Jason Lefkowitz

This has been a hectic summer, and there's not much I can do about it. I pushed out a new release of django-cast that fixes gallery navigation issues with duplicate images and speeds up tox execution, along with several other development infrastructure improvements. After spending over two months with Claude Code, I figured it was worth exploring some alternatives. Since I'd already tried codex and found it didn't quite measure up to Claude Code, I gave gemini-cli a shot. It's marginally better than codex, but still not in the same league. It'll probably be a while before the competition catches up.

Since I often run Claude Code in yolo --dangerously-skip-permissions mode, I've been thinking about how to manage the multiple instances I typically have running concurrently. I ended up writing a short blog post about the quirks of juggling them all.

I may have also inadvertently agreed to write a blog post about running Django in an Electron shell. This could make for a good holiday project, I suppose.

Articles

• Modern Node.js Patterns for 2025
• Hyprland - modern compositor with the looks / omarchy| the year of the linux desktop will come!
• Remote MCP support in Claude Code
• Reflections on 2 years of CPython’s JIT Compiler: The good, the bad, the ugly

Software

• strudel - live coding music / demo | should do more live coding, but have not time
• I’m trying to help a client pick a good UI framework they can start their product with, but ultimately grow into their own design system and component library | 🧵
• Browser MCP | I usually use playwright mcp but this one is said to be not as context hungry?
• gitingest - Turn any Git repository into a prompt-friendly text ingest for LLMs | Usually I have a custom entrypoint for this in my projects..
• wisprflow - use dictation as a keyboard | on device asr on iOS and macOS, works pretty good
• shadcn - build your component library

May you find someone who loves you with the same enthusiasm that mainstream tech publications have for the press releases about the latest AI model --Tom

Work's been keeping me busy, but I did manage to get the new podcast episode out – this one's about data class builders. Meanwhile, I've been doing some serious housekeeping on django-cast:

• Switched over to a proper src layout
• Now using the uv build backend
• Ditched black, isort, and flake8 in favor of ruff

Articles

• I wish the term "vibe coding" was taken more seriously by engineers... | 🧵
• Tools: Code Is All You Need | Yes, resonates with my experience very well.
• So you want to serialize some DER?
• Using Playwright MCP with Claude Code | Very token hungry, but sometimes necessary
• In modern mathematics we take it for granted that there is a consensus standard of truth that virtually all mathematicians subscribe to... | 🧵

Software

• Hooks - Customize and extend Claude Code’s behavior by registering shell commands | Nice!

Video

• Agentic Coding: The Future of Software Development with Agents | yep
• I can't sleep gud anymore - A Practical Guide to Agentic Computering | ok, interesting
• Mastering Claude Code in 30 minutes | If you only have 30 minutes 😀
• uv: Making Python Local Workflows FAST and BORING in 2025 | Super Video!

When you thought it would be easy peasy lemon squeezy but it turns out to be difficult difficult lemon difficult. --mysticalcoffeequeen

Things have been absolutely hectic lately, but I still managed to squeeze in some open source work and record a new Python Podcast episode.

Kptncook: We've got a new release out! After fixing the API login URL, it's finally possible to get access tokens again – huge win! Massive shoutout to jkreutzfelds for the reverse engineering work that made this happen.

django-indieweb: I've added a new Micropub endpoint that actually lets you post content to your site. For my own homepage, there's now this handler that enables posting to my Wagtail-based blog, and I've been testing it with Quill. Even better – there's proper documentation now!

Articles

• Things to avoid in JavaScript | Haha, didn't know about the "Holy Trinity" of loose comparisons 🤣
• Anthropic: How we built our multi-agent research system | Ok, looks interesting
• Animating zooming using CSS: transform order is important… sometimes | Oh, I have to add a zoom feature for my galleries and images 😍
• The Brute Squad | Quite long.. should I pass it to an LLM to summarize it for me?
• 🤖 Building with AI: A Summer Reading Collection | Really good articles (especially if you are interested in claude code)

Software

• Welcome to the Natural Number Game | interactive theorem prover
• Remote MCP support in Claude Code
• Gemini CLI | Need to try this too

i am proud to announce that i have finally mastered the art of “meditation”. every morning, i sit cross-legged, stare blankly at my phone screen, and silently plot against anyone who’s ever crossed me. it’s bringing me just absolute shitloads of inner peace --JA Westenberg

Had a packed week of work, but finally managed to get outside for a bit at the end of the week. Felt great to get some fresh air!

Homebrew Website Club

Went to the local Homebrew Website Club meetup this week. Spent some time working on django-indieweb. I'll probably be pushing more updates to this package soon – need something to show off at future HWC meetings! 😄

PyDDF

Gave a talk about MCP at our local Python user group. Here are the slides if anyone's interested.

Claude Code

The more I use Claude Code, the more edge cases I'm discovering. Ran into an interesting bug this week with a JavaScript heap memory error, which I reported here.

I've also noticed Claude Code sometimes ignores the guideline to stay within its starting directory. In one case, it cleverly escaped by writing something to /tmp and using that as a jumping-off point. Another time, I accidentally deleted its working directory while it was running (oops!), and instead of finding its way back to the original folder, it ended up wandering off somewhere it shouldn't have been.

Despite these quirks, I'm actually really impressed overall. I expected way more rough edges for something this new. And honestly? It's been a lot of fun to use!

Articles

• The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication
• Claude Code SDK | nice!
• Open Source Carbon Footprints shownotes | lots of useful links!
• Cut Django Database Latency by 50-70ms With Native Connection Pooling | Since I'm not deploying to the cloud, I don't have the huge database connection latency issues this solves. Still, it's a handy trick to know about for when you need it.

Software

• A CLI tool for analyzing Claude Code usage from local JSONL files.
• IndiePass - open source micropub client

Videos

• How to solve a Python mystery | Really good talk

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