Marcel Hekking
@hekje.bsky.social
I spend my days wrangling Python code. When I’m not debugging or quoting “The Ministry of Silly Walks,” you can find me enjoying music festivals or just walking around my home town, eating a "Bossche Bol" or two.
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Marcel Hekking
@hekje.bsky.social
· Apr 29
stelvioforlife.nl
Ik kom in actie voor geïndividualiseerd kankeronderzoek. Ik steun Stelvio for Life om behandeling op basis van tumor-DNA-profiel mogelijk te maken. Mijn doel: €1.533 aan donaties ophalen. Doe jij ook mee? Mijn sponsorlink: stelvioforlife.nl/participant/426ff554-695b-4ac7-b96b-f2ebbc7e2aab
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Christ Carrying the Cross, 1510 #bosch #northernrenaissance
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1510 #bosch #northernrenaissance
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Today I violated my own blog's AI policy and had Claude Code write a guest blog post. That finishes my Advent of Code adventure where I had Claude Opus write and optimize all puzzles itself, including writing input generators in the end. Consider it art. lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/12/23/a...
Advent of Slop: A Guest Post by Claude
A guest post by Claude, reflecting on solving Advent of Code 2025 as an autonomous agent.
lucumr.pocoo.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Today I violated my own blog's AI policy and had Claude Code write a guest blog post. That finishes my Advent of Code adventure where I had Claude Opus write and optimize all puzzles itself, including writing input generators in the end. Consider it art. lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/12/23/a...
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Greenland has announced it will annex the United States, citing humanitarian concerns, chronic leadership instability, and an urgent need to protect valuable land from reckless mismanagement. Officials assured Americans they'll soon enjoy free healthcare, quieter politics, and less gold plating.
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Greenland has announced it will annex the United States, citing humanitarian concerns, chronic leadership instability, and an urgent need to protect valuable land from reckless mismanagement. Officials assured Americans they'll soon enjoy free healthcare, quieter politics, and less gold plating.
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so pumped for the ty beta to finally be here, we did so much great work it rules! astral.sh/blog/ty
ty: An extremely fast Python type checker and language server
ty is an extremely fast Python type checker and language server, written in Rust, and designed as an alternative to mypy, Pyright, and Pylance.
astral.sh
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
so pumped for the ty beta to finally be here, we did so much great work it rules! astral.sh/blog/ty
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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This week, the #python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work.
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This week, the #python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work.
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
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Ik heb op X iemand zien posten dat Wilders het konijn van de buren heeft aangerand. Heb er verder geen bewijs ofzo voor, maar ook geen bewijs van het tegendeel! Het lijkt me goed dat de media hem hier kritisch over ondervragen. Onderste steen boven!
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ik heb op X iemand zien posten dat Wilders het konijn van de buren heeft aangerand. Heb er verder geen bewijs ofzo voor, maar ook geen bewijs van het tegendeel! Het lijkt me goed dat de media hem hier kritisch over ondervragen. Onderste steen boven!
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Lieve media, Wilders kan Playbook Trump alleen uitrollen als jullie, als wij journalisten, verslag doen van giftig nepnieuws als waren het feiten. Als er geen enkel bewijs is voor fraude, zijn dit soort berichten nagels aan de doodskist van de democratie
Wilders legt zich niet neer bij verkiezingsuitslag, doet onbewezen suggestie van stembusfraude
Wilders legt zich niet neer bij verkiezingsuitslag, doet onbewezen suggestie van stembusfraude
PVV-leider Geert Wilders heeft zich vooralsnog niet neergelegd bij een verkiezingsnederlaag. In een X-bericht heeft hij vrijdag twee afbeeldingen van berichten gedeeld waarin de…
www.nrc.nl
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Lieve media, Wilders kan Playbook Trump alleen uitrollen als jullie, als wij journalisten, verslag doen van giftig nepnieuws als waren het feiten. Als er geen enkel bewijs is voor fraude, zijn dit soort berichten nagels aan de doodskist van de democratie
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Ik heb ChatGPT een foto van de PVV-fractie voorgeschoteld en gevraagd om alleen de integere Kamerleden af te beelden
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Ik heb ChatGPT een foto van de PVV-fractie voorgeschoteld en gevraagd om alleen de integere Kamerleden af te beelden
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September 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Voor de vierde keer dit jaar schendt Rusland het luchtruim van Estland. Poetin tart de NAVO met provocaties om onze eensgezindheid te testen en omdat hij denkt dat Trump alles door de vingers ziet. Zonder ferme politieke reactie stopt de escalatie niet. Hardere sancties treffen is nu geboden.
September 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Voor de vierde keer dit jaar schendt Rusland het luchtruim van Estland. Poetin tart de NAVO met provocaties om onze eensgezindheid te testen en omdat hij denkt dat Trump alles door de vingers ziet. Zonder ferme politieke reactie stopt de escalatie niet. Hardere sancties treffen is nu geboden.
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Sometimes it looks like a candlestick and sometimes it looks like two pedophiles. #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #TrumpBirthdaycard
September 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sometimes it looks like a candlestick and sometimes it looks like two pedophiles. #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #TrumpBirthdaycard
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🆕 I've been using a new tool called prek as a drop-in replacement for pre-commit.
It uses uv and is rewritten in Rust (because of course) and as you'd expect is much faster.
Try it!
hugovk.dev/blog/2025/re...
#Python #prek #lint #precommit #uv
It uses uv and is rewritten in Rust (because of course) and as you'd expect is much faster.
Try it!
hugovk.dev/blog/2025/re...
#Python #prek #lint #precommit #uv
Ready prek go!
hugovk.dev
September 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🆕 I've been using a new tool called prek as a drop-in replacement for pre-commit.
It uses uv and is rewritten in Rust (because of course) and as you'd expect is much faster.
Try it!
hugovk.dev/blog/2025/re...
#Python #prek #lint #precommit #uv
It uses uv and is rewritten in Rust (because of course) and as you'd expect is much faster.
Try it!
hugovk.dev/blog/2025/re...
#Python #prek #lint #precommit #uv
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Our Python doc is officially out in the wild! 🐍
Thanks to everyone who joined the premiere 🙌 such a good vibe.
Here’s the link so you can watch it on repeat youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0
Thanks to everyone who joined the premiere 🙌 such a good vibe.
Here’s the link so you can watch it on repeat youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0
Python: The Documentary | An origin story
YouTube video by CultRepo (formerly Honeypot)
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Our Python doc is officially out in the wild! 🐍
Thanks to everyone who joined the premiere 🙌 such a good vibe.
Here’s the link so you can watch it on repeat youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0
Thanks to everyone who joined the premiere 🙌 such a good vibe.
Here’s the link so you can watch it on repeat youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0
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Hey, guys. Guess what we’re not talking about any more.
August 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey, guys. Guess what we’re not talking about any more.
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@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
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Vijf jaar geleden begonnen Esther Ouwehand en ik aan de Wet Veilige Jaarwisseling. Vandaag stemt de Eerste Kamer in met het vuurwerkverbod. Een belangrijke stap om van oud en nieuw weer een feest voor iedereen te maken.
Dank voor de mooie samenwerking, Esther!
www.trouw.nl/politiek/eer...
Dank voor de mooie samenwerking, Esther!
www.trouw.nl/politiek/eer...
Eerste Kamer stemt voor landelijk vuurwerkverbod
www.trouw.nl
July 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Vijf jaar geleden begonnen Esther Ouwehand en ik aan de Wet Veilige Jaarwisseling. Vandaag stemt de Eerste Kamer in met het vuurwerkverbod. Een belangrijke stap om van oud en nieuw weer een feest voor iedereen te maken.
Dank voor de mooie samenwerking, Esther!
www.trouw.nl/politiek/eer...
Dank voor de mooie samenwerking, Esther!
www.trouw.nl/politiek/eer...
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Aangezien er vergaderd wordt vandaag over wat er nou controversieel is doe ik deze nog even in de herhaling. Verhuis nou niet "per ongeluk" demissionair je overheid naar de Amerikaanse cloud omdat er geen aandacht voor was. Let goed op! 14 oktober loopt er een deadline af.
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Demissionair de cloud in denderen: doe het niet - Bert Hubert
De hele korte versie: De kern van de Nederlandse overheid draait nu op eigen emailservers, in eigen beheer. Op 14 oktober 2025 verloopt de ondersteuning op de gebruikte software. Microsoft stimuleert ...
berthub.eu
June 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Aangezien er vergaderd wordt vandaag over wat er nou controversieel is doe ik deze nog even in de herhaling. Verhuis nou niet "per ongeluk" demissionair je overheid naar de Amerikaanse cloud omdat er geen aandacht voor was. Let goed op! 14 oktober loopt er een deadline af.
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
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As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!
May 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!
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It's 2030. There is a massive demand for human senior developers to fix garbage made by Vibe coders. 🙃
May 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's 2030. There is a massive demand for human senior developers to fix garbage made by Vibe coders. 🙃
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Today, we’re announcing the preview release of ty, an extremely fast type checker and language server for Python, written in Rust.
In early testing, it's 10x, 50x, even 100x faster than existing type checkers. (We've seen >600x speed-ups over Mypy in some real-world projects.)
In early testing, it's 10x, 50x, even 100x faster than existing type checkers. (We've seen >600x speed-ups over Mypy in some real-world projects.)
May 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today, we’re announcing the preview release of ty, an extremely fast type checker and language server for Python, written in Rust.
In early testing, it's 10x, 50x, even 100x faster than existing type checkers. (We've seen >600x speed-ups over Mypy in some real-world projects.)
In early testing, it's 10x, 50x, even 100x faster than existing type checkers. (We've seen >600x speed-ups over Mypy in some real-world projects.)