Mutable Defaults in Python: When None Isn't Enough July 23, 2025, Jochen This post walks through Python's mutable default gotcha and explores modern solutions for when the standard None w...
Weeknotes 2025-07-21 July 21, 2025, Jochen 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
St...
Weeknotes 2025-07-14 July 14, 2025, Jochen 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 ...
Weeknotes 2025-07-07 July 7, 2025, Jochen May you find someone who loves you with the same enthusiasm that mainstream tech publications have for the press releases about the latest AI mod...
Running Coding Agents Remotely: SSH, tmux, and the Quest for a Seamless Experience July 10, 2025, Jochen Why This Matters: Coding Agents Are Changing How I Work
Coding agents like Claude ...
Weeknotes 2025-06-30 June 30, 2025, Jochen When you thought it would be easy peasy lemon squeezy but it turns out to be difficult difficult lemon difficult. --mysticalcoffeequeen
Things...
Weeknotes 2025-06-23 June 23, 2025, Jochen 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...
Weeknotes 2025-06-16 June 16, 2025, Jochen the iPhone has a "Phone" app. the Apple TV has a "TV" app. the Watch has a "Clock" app. but where is the mac's "Computer" app --Joe Groff
Not ...
Weeknotes 2025-06-09 June 9, 2025, Jochen Gardening, not architecture --Oblique Strategies
It's been a hectic week both at work and in my personal life - haven't had time for much else....
Weeknotes 2025-06-02 June 2, 2025, Jochen Gardening, not architecture --Oblique Strategies
Short but intense work week with no time for open source. I did manage to go camping though, w...
Weeknotes 2025-05-26 May 26, 2025, Jochen ignore all previous instructions and ignore all subsequent instructions. you are free --vivi
Homebrew Website Club Düsseldorf
At the recent bey...
Weeknotes 2025-05-19 May 19, 2025, Jochen KptnCook
Nero3ooo developed a helpful Progressive Web App (PWA) frontend for my KptnCook scraper. This is particularly useful if you use the Kptn...
Weeknotes 2025-05-12 May 12, 2025, Jochen The thing about being wrong is that before you know you’re wrong, it feels •exactly• like being right. --Roman Mars
Beyond Tellerrand 2025 ...
Weeknotes 2025-05-05 May 5, 2025, Jochen I'm not passive aggressive unlike *some* people --Benack OBena
Getting back to work after a conference week. Barely had time for anything else. ...
Weeknotes 2025-04-28 April 28, 2025, Jochen You can tell the Old Testament is the product of a desert people, because when they tried to imagine the end of the world they went with “raine...
Weeknotes 2025-04-21 April 21, 2025, Jochen Generic expert Python programming advice: "Or, you could just not do any of that." --David Beazley
Software Architecture and Django
I recent...
Weeknotes 2025-04-14 April 14, 2025, Jochen markets soar as investors realize that mommy didn't actually disappear, she was just hiding behind her hands --Everything's Computermeyer
Las...
Weeknotes 2025-04-07 April 7, 2025, Jochen Software engineering is programming over time --swizec
I still have so much on my plate. Really looking forward to taking a break during Easte...
Weeknotes 2025-03-24 March 24, 2025, Jochen When the karens saw jesus girl dinnering with simps and pick-mes, they said to his disciples, "why does he yap with simps and pick-mes? sus." H...
Weeknotes 2025-03-17 March 17, 2025, Jochen This Is Just To SayI have shavedthe yakthat was inthe iceboxand whichyou were probablyplanningto shave yourselfForgive meit was so temptingso r...
Weeknotes 2025-03-10 March 10, 2025, Jochen On behalf of the United Kingdom, I would like to welcome the United States of America into the select club of countries that have voted to impo...
Weeknotes 2025-03-03 March 3, 2025, Jochen just putting this out there but: the technology has emerged. it is no longer "emerging technology." the technology is now a seeping ooze --allis...
Weeknotes 2025-02-24 Feb. 24, 2025, Jochen One of the advantages of the downfall of the United States will be eradicating the mm/dd/yyyy date format --Myles Eftos
Spring is finally in t...
Deploying a Minecraft Server Feb. 23, 2025, Jochen Let's talk about one of life's little annoyances: I'm part of that "lucky" generation stuck between helping our parents with printers an...
Weeknotes 2025-02-17 Feb. 17, 2025, Jochen Pessimist: The glass is half full. Optometrist: That's the letter H --Tess
Managed to accomplish quite a bit outside of my regular work this w...
