I'm guessing a garage door cable isn't supposed to look like this...

@webology a while back we chatted about using an agent to take some kind of action, and retry based on the logs/errors it saw. Do you have a link handy with more information about that?

I did not expect the Spurs to only win one game that series.

Can we rebrand sprints at conferences? I think we may benefit from a more accurate marketing term.

My two suggestions:
- Free-laboring
- Contribution days

Is there a recent feature to expire trusted publisher registrations that's been used at least once? I can't find a mention of it in the docs. An email was sent indicating a release had to be cut in the next 5 days or the pending trusted publisher would expire. However, I'm pretty sure this was used to publish a release back in March.

https://docs.pypi.org/trusted-publishers/

#Python

@ehmatthes Regarding the latest issue of Mostly Python, did you try benchmarking with 3.14t with free threading?

https://www.mostlypython.com/batching-api-calls/

Thank you #PyConUS for the wonderful first-time experience! I had a ton of fun and enjoyed getting to know so many new people. It's great having a bunch of faces to put to names. And I appreciate everyone's tolerance of my introducing myself with "hi I'm Tim, I follow you on the internet" 😁

And shout out to all the organizers and staff who put on the event! I'm grateful for everything you did to give us the space to collaborate effectively 🥰

@ehmatthes there's a 60 Minutes segment by Brian Anderson on birding and politics in Columbia.

"Bird watchers, birders as they call themselves, ..." 😁

Show me the difference!

I literally can not keep Billy Ray Cyrus and Kid Rock separate. I'm convinced it's the same person.

We've reached the final step. About 10% are done done.

#PyConUS prep is coming along nicely. Folding is complete. Now need to stamp, press cut, glue and compress.

That was not a good look by Geno there... Yikes

The COOSS law: The further you dive into community organizing in open source, the more communication platforms you end up joining.

Or as @webology may put it, "Do you want to buy nitro? ⛽🔋"

@treyhunner I've really been enjoying the book recommendation "Factfulness". Good call!

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@pycon/116223833185927442

I'm super excited (and nervous) to present alongside my friend @Rachell to talk about one of our favorite things, @djangonaut!

If you're interested in making contributing to open-source more sustainable and more diverse, please find us that week! #PyConUS

Learning new things is hard! A quick update on my venture into learning the violin 🎻

https://www.better-simple.com/personal/2026/02/16/learning-the-violin/

I recently read the book "Accelerate: the science behind DevOps" and discovered my understanding of continuous deployment was incorrect. Branches should only live for about a day (open-source has an exception).

It's been fun considering how this small change would change how a team builds a product and how the culture would be impacted.

The book is worth a read if you're interested in improving your team/org's performance.

https://www.better-simple.com/book-reports/2026/02/09/accelerate/

#BookReport #DevOps

@djangonews is a wonderful resource for the #Django community. I'm always excited to read the latest edition. This week's included some love for https://django-antipatterns.com

The site includes extra context on JsonResponse(safe=) which clarifies why it's important. Thankfully, browsers have gotten better to the point where this feature (and antipattern) can be removed!

https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/02/06/a-riskier-jsonresponse/

I could use some #django help. I'm looking to run an extra migration operations when a custom model field is added/removed/changed. Does anyone have a pointer on where to look?