James Ouyang
@jyouyang.bsky.social
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so painfully sf (spotted in noe valley)
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
so painfully sf (spotted in noe valley)
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Check out all the talks from @pybay.bsky.social 2025 from this YouTube playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(They'll be up on PyVideo.org soon too, a website which archives talk recordings from many Python conferences)
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(They'll be up on PyVideo.org soon too, a website which archives talk recordings from many Python conferences)
PyBay 2025 - YouTube
PyBay is the largest python regional conference in the San Francisco Bay area - and 2025 was PyBay's 10th Anniversary! PyBay was held on Saturday, 18 October...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Check out all the talks from @pybay.bsky.social 2025 from this YouTube playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(They'll be up on PyVideo.org soon too, a website which archives talk recordings from many Python conferences)
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(They'll be up on PyVideo.org soon too, a website which archives talk recordings from many Python conferences)
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Datasette 1.0a20 is out, with an entirely new SQL-powered permissions system. This is by far the most ambitious project I've attempted with the help of coding agents (Claude Code and Codex CLI) - notes on how it works and what I learned along the way:
simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/4/d...
simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/4/d...
A new SQL-powered permissions system in Datasette 1.0a20
Datasette 1.0a20 is out with the biggest breaking API change on the road to 1.0, improving how Datasette’s permissions system works by migrating permission logic to SQL running in SQLite. …
simonwillison.net
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Datasette 1.0a20 is out, with an entirely new SQL-powered permissions system. This is by far the most ambitious project I've attempted with the help of coding agents (Claude Code and Codex CLI) - notes on how it works and what I learned along the way:
simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/4/d...
simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/4/d...
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The Steering Council has accepted PEP 810 (explicit lazy imports) for Python 3.15!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports
Dear PEP 810 authors. The Steering Council is happy to unanimously[1] accept “PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports”. Congratulations! We appreciate the way you were able to build on and improve the previ...
discuss.python.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Steering Council has accepted PEP 810 (explicit lazy imports) for Python 3.15!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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Me yelling at the umpires that because Ohtani was taken out as a pitcher he has to be taken out as a hitter too
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Me yelling at the umpires that because Ohtani was taken out as a pitcher he has to be taken out as a hitter too
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The announcers keep saying that both teams are almost out of pitchers, but they’re forgetting that pitchers and catchers report soon.
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The announcers keep saying that both teams are almost out of pitchers, but they’re forgetting that pitchers and catchers report soon.
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This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
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I do think we have a pretty good chance of turning gambling into a genuine popular moral crusade 19th century style, because it's becoming a social evil that's destroying young men's lives in particular but also making sports coverage really shit.
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I do think we have a pretty good chance of turning gambling into a genuine popular moral crusade 19th century style, because it's becoming a social evil that's destroying young men's lives in particular but also making sports coverage really shit.
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🚀 PyBay 2025 is tomorrow, Saturday October 18th! 🎉
We can’t wait to see everyone there for a full day of talks, hallway conversations, and Python-powered fun! 🐍
Grab your coffee, your laptop, and your curiosity. We’ll see you bright and early! ☕💻✨
We can’t wait to see everyone there for a full day of talks, hallway conversations, and Python-powered fun! 🐍
Grab your coffee, your laptop, and your curiosity. We’ll see you bright and early! ☕💻✨
October 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚀 PyBay 2025 is tomorrow, Saturday October 18th! 🎉
We can’t wait to see everyone there for a full day of talks, hallway conversations, and Python-powered fun! 🐍
Grab your coffee, your laptop, and your curiosity. We’ll see you bright and early! ☕💻✨
We can’t wait to see everyone there for a full day of talks, hallway conversations, and Python-powered fun! 🐍
Grab your coffee, your laptop, and your curiosity. We’ll see you bright and early! ☕💻✨
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Whichever way history turns, I have a feeling that this will be a historic photo
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Whichever way history turns, I have a feeling that this will be a historic photo
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For the Mid-Autumn Festival, I translated the 17th century failson, epicure, and memoirist Zhang Dai's account of the annual Mid-Autumn singing competition on Tiger Hill in Suzhou. www.burninghou.se/p/mid-autumn...
Mid-Autumn, Tiger Hill, Late Ming
"Everyone was perfectly silent, even the mosquitoes."
www.burninghou.se
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
For the Mid-Autumn Festival, I translated the 17th century failson, epicure, and memoirist Zhang Dai's account of the annual Mid-Autumn singing competition on Tiger Hill in Suzhou. www.burninghou.se/p/mid-autumn...
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Lou Seal doing CPR at the ballpark is just a little too on the nose for the state of the Giants today
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September 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Lou Seal doing CPR at the ballpark is just a little too on the nose for the state of the Giants today
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🧡 Thank you to the Python Software Foundation for being a Bronze Sponsor of PyBay 2025!
👍 Like this post to show PSF your support
🔁 Share this post to tell your colleagues about PyBay
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay2025 #Python #ThankYouSponsors
👍 Like this post to show PSF your support
🔁 Share this post to tell your colleagues about PyBay
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay2025 #Python #ThankYouSponsors
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🧡 Thank you to the Python Software Foundation for being a Bronze Sponsor of PyBay 2025!
👍 Like this post to show PSF your support
🔁 Share this post to tell your colleagues about PyBay
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay2025 #Python #ThankYouSponsors
👍 Like this post to show PSF your support
🔁 Share this post to tell your colleagues about PyBay
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay2025 #Python #ThankYouSponsors
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Here is my talk from @pyconau.bsky.social titled "Skill Issue" and with the most perfect thumbnail possible: youtu.be/ND_SPnOynvg
"Skill Issue" - Benno Rice (PyCon AU 2025)
YouTube video by PyCon AU
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Here is my talk from @pyconau.bsky.social titled "Skill Issue" and with the most perfect thumbnail possible: youtu.be/ND_SPnOynvg
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some muni heritage weekending
September 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
some muni heritage weekending
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🚨 Time to get off the fence for PyBay 2025! 🚨
Late Bird pricing for PyBay 2025 kicks in on October 4th. That means you only have a few days left to grab your ticket at the current price.
Why wait? Check this Thread 🧵 to get your ticket now!
Late Bird pricing for PyBay 2025 kicks in on October 4th. That means you only have a few days left to grab your ticket at the current price.
Why wait? Check this Thread 🧵 to get your ticket now!
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨 Time to get off the fence for PyBay 2025! 🚨
Late Bird pricing for PyBay 2025 kicks in on October 4th. That means you only have a few days left to grab your ticket at the current price.
Why wait? Check this Thread 🧵 to get your ticket now!
Late Bird pricing for PyBay 2025 kicks in on October 4th. That means you only have a few days left to grab your ticket at the current price.
Why wait? Check this Thread 🧵 to get your ticket now!
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I had the privilege to work with Joseph H Condon at Bell Labs. (To us he was just "Joe"). His father was Edward U Condon, an important physicist who in time was head of the US's National Bureau of Standards, back when the US government cared about such things....
September 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I had the privilege to work with Joseph H Condon at Bell Labs. (To us he was just "Joe"). His father was Edward U Condon, an important physicist who in time was head of the US's National Bureau of Standards, back when the US government cared about such things....
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🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Bernát Gábor “What's new in Python packaging?”
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Bernát Gábor “What's new in Python packaging?”
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
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🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Brett Slatkin “Do It Yourself: Demystifying the Magic of Dataclasses”
dataclasses feel like magic, but they aren’t! Learn how to build their key features yourself, when to use them, and the advanced code-gen tricks that make them work.
Details ITT
dataclasses feel like magic, but they aren’t! Learn how to build their key features yourself, when to use them, and the advanced code-gen tricks that make them work.
Details ITT
September 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Brett Slatkin “Do It Yourself: Demystifying the Magic of Dataclasses”
dataclasses feel like magic, but they aren’t! Learn how to build their key features yourself, when to use them, and the advanced code-gen tricks that make them work.
Details ITT
dataclasses feel like magic, but they aren’t! Learn how to build their key features yourself, when to use them, and the advanced code-gen tricks that make them work.
Details ITT
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Blogged: Fine-tuning a VLM for art history in hours, not weeks
iconclass-vlm generates museum catalog codes (fun fact: "71H7131" = "Bathsheba with David's letter"!)
@hf.co TRL + Jobs = magic ✨
Guide here: danielvanstrien.xyz/posts/2025/i...
iconclass-vlm generates museum catalog codes (fun fact: "71H7131" = "Bathsheba with David's letter"!)
@hf.co TRL + Jobs = magic ✨
Guide here: danielvanstrien.xyz/posts/2025/i...
danielvanstrien.xyz
September 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Blogged: Fine-tuning a VLM for art history in hours, not weeks
iconclass-vlm generates museum catalog codes (fun fact: "71H7131" = "Bathsheba with David's letter"!)
@hf.co TRL + Jobs = magic ✨
Guide here: danielvanstrien.xyz/posts/2025/i...
iconclass-vlm generates museum catalog codes (fun fact: "71H7131" = "Bathsheba with David's letter"!)
@hf.co TRL + Jobs = magic ✨
Guide here: danielvanstrien.xyz/posts/2025/i...
Bestseller from @ebakerwhite.bsky.social just dropped wait no
(Pre-order your copies, y'all! Out 9/30)
(Pre-order your copies, y'all! Out 9/30)
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bestseller from @ebakerwhite.bsky.social just dropped wait no
(Pre-order your copies, y'all! Out 9/30)
(Pre-order your copies, y'all! Out 9/30)
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JMW Turner visited Fingal’s Cave on the Scottish island of Staffa in 1831 to record scenery for Lord of the Isles, an illustrated collection of poems by Sir Walter Scott. Fingal’s Cave was named after the hero of the poems of Ossian, a pastiche of northern myths and legends
August 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
JMW Turner visited Fingal’s Cave on the Scottish island of Staffa in 1831 to record scenery for Lord of the Isles, an illustrated collection of poems by Sir Walter Scott. Fingal’s Cave was named after the hero of the poems of Ossian, a pastiche of northern myths and legends
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Context for gerrymandering debate
“How responsive/congruent is state policy with state public opinion” is one of the most studied poli sci questions
Red & blue states both passed more 'extreme' policy in recent decades. Blue state policy shifts were aligned with state opinion. Red states’ weren’t
“How responsive/congruent is state policy with state public opinion” is one of the most studied poli sci questions
Red & blue states both passed more 'extreme' policy in recent decades. Blue state policy shifts were aligned with state opinion. Red states’ weren’t
August 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Context for gerrymandering debate
“How responsive/congruent is state policy with state public opinion” is one of the most studied poli sci questions
Red & blue states both passed more 'extreme' policy in recent decades. Blue state policy shifts were aligned with state opinion. Red states’ weren’t
“How responsive/congruent is state policy with state public opinion” is one of the most studied poli sci questions
Red & blue states both passed more 'extreme' policy in recent decades. Blue state policy shifts were aligned with state opinion. Red states’ weren’t
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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...
@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
Want to learn more about Python and meet other Pythonistas?
Please register here: [https://ti.to/sfpython/jul-16th-sf-python-sentry?source=meetup](https://ti.to/sfpython/j
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July 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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...
@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...