One of my favorite features of AI is that it admits when it's wrong, rather than leaning into confirmation bias.
James Abel
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HW and SW Engineer (former Intel PE - ISA, uarch, DSP, EDA, ML), Python (SF Python meetup), musician (Bass) www.abel.co
I'm seeing Claude Code doing "try/except Exception ..." a lot. Even Fable 5. It does narrow the except if I tell it to. This is not production worthy code out of the box, IMHO. Let's be careful out there.
🐍 📢 💻 🎤Talk proposal submissions for our _11th_ annual Python conference, PyBay 2026, have been extended to July 26! The conference will be Oct 3, 2026 in San Francisco. pybay.org/speaking/cal...
PyBay 2026 - 11th Annual Bay Area Python Dev Conference
11th Annual Python developer conference - longest running on the US West Coast. Join us in San Francisco!
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Reminder: SF Python July 29th @ GGU Running Python fully sandboxed with Wasm - Syrus Akbary Agent Memory Is Not One Thing - Melanie Warrick www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve... See you there!
I snagged an open space at pycon. Check it out if you’re into using pytest for system testing: pytest for system tests S-3 - Friday May 15, 11:00 AM PDT I’ll demo pytest-fly (github.com/jamesabel/py...)
Reminder that SF Python Meetup “PyCon US Preview” is Monday, May 11th 5-8pm @ Github. See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
SF Python At GitHub - PyCon US Previews!, Mon, May 11, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup
Please register here: [https://ti.to/sfpython/may-11-2026-sf-python-github](https://ti.to/sfpython/may-11-2026-sf-python-github) After a couple months off from logistical
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Claude Code Hack: occasionally tell Claude Code to do a deep code review. Even if it generated all the code. It'll find issues, and often even bugs. It doesn't do this automatically (at least not yet).
Reminder: SF Python meetup is this Wed. Thanks to @sentry.io for hosting! Lineup: Migration from On-Prem Messaging System to The Cloud: What, How and Why - Tom (Ran) Tao Artificial Neurons: The Small Math That Explains The Big Models - Tyler Suard www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
SF Python January at Sentry, Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup
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This Wednesday is SF Python meetup at @sentry.io ! We'll have one talk from Evan Kohilas and in the spirit of the holidays plenty of time for networking and announcements. See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
SF Python December at Sentry, Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
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I need a pubsub that scales to zero using AWS basic managed services and boto3 (Python). The consumer is a long-running Python desktop application. Apparently the best (only?) way is to create it from SNS+SQS.
🐍 PyBay 2025 Spotlight: Aastha “Why Your Async Code Might Be Slower — and How to Fix It” Asyncio can speed up apps, but misuse often makes Python slower. Want to hear more? Join us at PyBay 2025! 📍 Date/Location Oct. 18th in San Francisco, CA 🎟️ Tickets buff.ly/jbRsUye 🎤 More Talks: buff.ly/IcKhzwP
I finally experienced Python editable installs and they're pretty cool.
Looking forward to SF Python meetup July 16! We'll have "t-strings: A how-to guide" from @jyouyang.bsky.social and "Testing Flask and Quart Apps with Pytest and Playwright" from @pamelafox.bsky.social ! See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
Python t-strings and Testing Flask & Quart Apps w/Pytest & Playwright, Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
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Another great SF Python meetup this Wednesday! See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
SF Python Meetup at Gel, Wed, Jun 11, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
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SF Python Meetup is Wednesday at @sentry.io ! See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
SF Python At Sentry, Wed, May 14, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
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I had a great time talking about pgvector at the SF Python meetup tonight! Here are my slides: pamelafox.github.io/my-py-talks/... And a not-as-interactive version of the talk recorded here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHU... (Live audiences are so fun!)
pgvector for Python developers | POSETTE 2024
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This Wednesday is another great SF Python meetup at Gel (formerly EdgeDB)! Pamela Fox will give a talk on "PostgreSQL pgvector for Pythonistas" and Cody Maloney will present on "Remember to .close() file-like objects". See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
SF Python Meetup at EdgeDB/Fal.ai, Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Want to learn more about Python and meet other Pythonistas? Fal.ai/EdgeDB: [128 Spear St, San Francisco, 4th floor](https://maps.app.goo.gl/wFvZvrVyAbsYn5JJ7) Please regi
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Hi! Just a quick reminder that we continue to look for presentations for SF Python meetup. Please submit here: bit.ly/sfpython-cfp . Thanks!
Talk Proposal Submission Form for SF Python
Are you excited to share your latest discoveries, ideas, hacks, or projects with the SF Python community? If so, we invite you to submit a proposal for a lightning talk (5 minutes), short talk (15 min...
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AI that should be mainstream but apparently isn't: - Personal AI wiki. Take misc. docs (text, MD, Word, PDF, PPT, etc.) and build a prompt-able (servable/exportable) webpage. - Consumer fire robots. Assess what prevention needs to be done & do it (clear brush, etc.).
SF Python meetup is tomorrow (Mar 12) at GGU! 2 great talks and hanging out with other pythonistas! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
www.meetup.com/pyowa-iowa..... Python meetup in Iowa!
Creating a Weather App in Your Terminal with Python, Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
Big announcement - Pyowa is returning in 2025! Our first event will be on Tuesday, January 28th from 5:30-7pm, hosted at Source Allies. Our guest speaker, Mike Driscoll wil
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If your mutual aid budget has any room, help my friend's family rebuild after the fire? They have lived in Altadena for 3 generations. www.gofundme.com/f/help-3rd-g...
Donate to Help 3rd Gen Altadena Family Rebuild After Eaton Fire, organized by Solaris Noire
My brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and kids (21, 12, 10, a… Solaris Noire needs your support for Help 3rd Gen Altadena Family Rebuild After Eaton Fire
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Test like you're testing in quality. Code like you don't have any tests.
www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve... My Python Journey: From Machine Learning to Full-Stack - Astha Singh Thakur Prompt engineering & social justice: what we know so far - @annthurium.bsky.social Issue Resolution in Python - Tillman Elser Journey to the center of `read()` - Cody Maloney Thanks @sentry.io
Python I/O performance, AI/LLMs, and a Journey, Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
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Next SF Python Meetup is Jan 8! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...
Python I/O performance, LLMs, and a Journey, Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
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I keep trying to find a good definition of entropy, but all the answers seem so random.
I was today years old when I realized a Hanning window is from Julius von Hann. The Hamming window is named after Richard Hamming. There is no Hanning person per-se in this context. #SignalProcessing #DSP