Becoming an adult feels like slowly being pushed into a managerial position you didn't really want. --MostlyHarmless

Had some fun with unicode .̵̨̞̹̞̳̼̱͉̻̱̤̯̳͈̹̔̓̔̋̄͐̽̽̓́̐̈̈́͘.̸̹̮͇̞͆̽͒̋̎̆͌̋͝.̷̤̘̇͂̓̾͒̀͒̌̓̚͝͝.̶̰͉̔͒͗͘͝͠.̶̩͈̼͉̱͎̤̱̝̏̀̎.̴̡̢̛̯̳̘͖̄̃̃͝ͅ.̷̧̫̬͖̯̣͈̟̑̎̔̐̈́̆͆͋̓͑̂͘͝.̷͈̤̭͉̞͇̲̥̏̌̀̂́͛.̵͈̗͔̠̼̮̟͉̖̖̣̘͋͑̽͛̑̑͛͗͝.̴͕̦̙̀̒̈͆͊͂̓̌͌̕͜.̶̡̨̳̝͓͚̲͇͖̥͓̄͂͆̀̏̑̒̃̄̽̿̍͘͝.̷̢̪͂͑̈̀̾̅̀̐̀̈́͛͂̍̕͝͠.̵̧̭̩̠͇̱̙͔̤̱̻̖̙͈̟̬͊̽̓̆̚.̵̦͎͚͍̍̈͂͑͂̓̌͘.̸̛̣̲͎͒̂̏͋͂͆͗̆̀̀̂͛.̶̢̡̗̥̳̪̖̯̪̥̯̤͇̜̻̟͊̔̀.̷̧̡̱͉̙̜̜̰̱͇͑͛͘͜.̸͙̰̮̦͇̬̞͓̰̗͋͑̀̎̍̍͆̌.̶̗͈̩̼͒.̴̨̦͙̝̜̻̹͙͙̻̓̈̽̉͑̆͆̚͘ͅ.̴̢̥̰̪̪̖͕̺̪̜͐̈́̋̐̒.̴̛̦̺̤͖͙̳̗̣̠̥̪̊̾͒̒̚.̵̢̯̞͔̗̗͖̞͎̉͊̾͆́̈́̾̌͝.̵̻͕̗͔͍̜͈͎͓͋̾́̍͑̀̈͠.̸̡͆̓̄͑̉̋.̷̛̫͙́͆̈́͗̈́̃̾͐͗͂̀̚͝.̷̪͖͚̹͈̝̦̫͇͇̞̈͆̄̃̏̈́̍̌͜͠ for work last week. For open source, I

created a new django-cast release mainly fixing some bugs:

• Fixed a bug that caused the detail page link to be rendered twice on an episode detail page
• Fixed a caching bug in the feed generation that caused the wrong feed to be served
• Fixed broken galleries missing an id
• Fixed rendering of relative episode detail links for podcast feeds that were not clickable in podcast clients

Spent some time outside - this week had the first really warm days this year 🌤️.

Articles

• Low maintenance software | Ack
• TIL: pip-tools Supports pyproject.toml | Oh, didn't know about this!
• Styled | webcomic
• Minecraft in der Familie mit jüngeren Kindern spielen - Wege zum Ziel | Habe keine Zeit zu Spielen!
• Are LLMs useful?
  • Claude and ChatGPT for ad-hoc sidequests
  • Building and testing C extensions for SQLite with ChatGPT Code Interpreter
• Make your terminal nice | Yep, starship is really nice
• Welcome our new Fellow - Sarah Boyce | Congrats Sara! 🥳
• Django: Write-up on optimizing the system check framework | Just used it last week 😁

Videos

• Accessibility testing training | Djangonaut Space 2024, session 1 | Edge, really? Really good video!
• A closer look at the blocks field | I'm interested in how this might be different compared to Wagtail..
• General Ben Hodges (Ret.): The West Needs Strategic Clarity | Jake Broe Podcast (E023)

Software

• Robox is a simple library with a clean interface for exploring/scraping the web or testing a website you’re developing | Really nice API
• Kid Pix | Drawing app for kids from 1989 for Macintosh reimplemented in Javascript
• PyKidos - Python playground in Javascript
• django-simple-deploy - Initial Django deployments made easy | Need to have a closer look at this
• DiskCache: Disk Backed Cache | Might come in handy if redis has to be avoided
• Watchman - A file watching service | Got a new release after 6 years, yay!
• Mastodon
• We sent out the “Intent to Ship” for `view-transition-class`!

Weeknotes

• Weeklog for Week 11: March 11 to March 17 | Johannes

Podcasts

• uv - The Next Evolution in Python Packages? (Talk Python To Me) | Ok, I think I should at least try it
• 21st Century Databases with Gwen Shapira (Happy Path Programming) | Kafka gets a new database based on postgres? Ok, I think I'll try to stay out of kafkas blast radius for a bit longer 😄
• Django’s Evolution - Jacob Kaplan-Moss (Django Chat) | Good episode. I agree on this whole "Django didn't have a frontend story for a long time. But with htmx it now has." point. That's why I'm now interested in CSS and web design. It's now possible to build complete products using just Python / Django. Additional shownotes.