John Scolaro
@johnscolaro.bsky.social
Software enjoyer and computer nerd.
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I wrote a little post explaining how to make loads of fake money on the #ByBit #testnet. It might be useful if you're writing a bot to trade on #ByBit for any reason.
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/how-to-...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/how-to-...
How to make money on the ByBit Testnet
An article listing a number of tips for how to make money on the ByBit testnet, and some quirks of this specific test exchange.
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July 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I wrote a little post explaining how to make loads of fake money on the #ByBit #testnet. It might be useful if you're writing a bot to trade on #ByBit for any reason.
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/how-to-...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/how-to-...
Anyone else in Brisbane seeing a lot of #eekas #graffiti lately? I have, so I made a page of all the tags I see while walking around.
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/who-or-...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/who-or-...
Who or What is Eekas?
A mysterious and prolific Brisbane-based grafitti artist.
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July 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Anyone else in Brisbane seeing a lot of #eekas #graffiti lately? I have, so I made a page of all the tags I see while walking around.
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/who-or-...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/who-or-...
A classic issue newer developers fall into is overuse of getattr() in #Python. You can read my thoughts on the matter here.
"getattr" is bad
A plea for Python developers to stop using getattr so often
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June 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A classic issue newer developers fall into is overuse of getattr() in #Python. You can read my thoughts on the matter here.
Have you ever wanted to visualise your personal #UberEats data? Well now you can: johnscolaro.xyz/projects/ube...
Uber Eats Data Visualiser
Explore your eating habits, spending trends, and more.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Have you ever wanted to visualise your personal #UberEats data? Well now you can: johnscolaro.xyz/projects/ube...
May 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I saw this on the discover page of #sora and it piqued my interest. I've been enjoying watching the different "trends" as people discover new prompts that yield interesting results, but I've never seen anyone experiment with QR code generation before.
#openai #image-generstion
#openai #image-generstion
April 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I saw this on the discover page of #sora and it piqued my interest. I've been enjoying watching the different "trends" as people discover new prompts that yield interesting results, but I've never seen anyone experiment with QR code generation before.
#openai #image-generstion
#openai #image-generstion
I finished reading "The Will of the Many" yesterday and here is my review of it. What a fantastic book!
#thewillofthemany
#hierarchyseries
#thewillofthemany
#hierarchyseries
Review: The Will of the Many
A review of "The Will of the Many" by James Islington
johnscolaro.xyz
April 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I finished reading "The Will of the Many" yesterday and here is my review of it. What a fantastic book!
#thewillofthemany
#hierarchyseries
#thewillofthemany
#hierarchyseries
Who would win in a fight between a Jellyfish and a Platypus? I used AI to simulate a round robin fighting competition between all animals.
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/llm-fig...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/llm-fig...
LLM Fight Club
Using technology to answer important questions like: Who would win in a fight, X or Y.
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April 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Who would win in a fight between a Jellyfish and a Platypus? I used AI to simulate a round robin fighting competition between all animals.
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/llm-fig...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/llm-fig...
Here is what the distribution of Google Maps reviews looks like for restaurants in #Brisbane. I'd be curious to see how it differs for different cities around #Australia or the world.
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Here is what the distribution of Google Maps reviews looks like for restaurants in #Brisbane. I'd be curious to see how it differs for different cities around #Australia or the world.
Want to try a new restaurant in #brisbane? Check this out:
johnscolaro.xyz/projects/bri...
I used Google maps data to find Brisbanes most popular!
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I used Google maps data to find Brisbanes most popular!
Brisbane's Best Restaurants - 2025
I do some data analysis to find Brisbane's best restaurants.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Want to try a new restaurant in #brisbane? Check this out:
johnscolaro.xyz/projects/bri...
I used Google maps data to find Brisbanes most popular!
johnscolaro.xyz/projects/bri...
I used Google maps data to find Brisbanes most popular!
That feeling when you accidentally use the right keywords. Thanks benevolent Google. #seo #googlesearchconsole
March 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
That feeling when you accidentally use the right keywords. Thanks benevolent Google. #seo #googlesearchconsole
In my time as a software engineer, I've seen a lot of variables called "data". Can we please stop?
'Data' sucks
The most consistently bad variable name.
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March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In my time as a software engineer, I've seen a lot of variables called "data". Can we please stop?
Business idea: restaurant reviews, but somehow on the AT protocol so people own their reviews instead of giving it to Google.
March 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Business idea: restaurant reviews, but somehow on the AT protocol so people own their reviews instead of giving it to Google.
My partner and I tried to find the cutest #pokemon cards in Japan. I wrote more about it here:
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/buy-cut...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/buy-cut...
March 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My partner and I tried to find the cutest #pokemon cards in Japan. I wrote more about it here:
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/buy-cut...
johnscolaro.xyz/blog/buy-cut...
Do you think #brisbane has too many suburbs? If so, you might enjoy my unhinged rant about this problem.
Brisbane has too many Suburbs
And my personal quest to remember all 190+ of them
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January 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Do you think #brisbane has too many suburbs? If so, you might enjoy my unhinged rant about this problem.
January 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Think you know the suburbs of #Brisbane? Prove it: johnscolaro.xyz/projects/so-...
So you think you know Brisbane?
A game where you attempt to guess Brisbane's suburbs using a map of adjacent suburbs.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Think you know the suburbs of #Brisbane? Prove it: johnscolaro.xyz/projects/so-...
Melinoë keeps ripping on the sirens for their terrible singing, but it actually slaps?
December 29, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Melinoë keeps ripping on the sirens for their terrible singing, but it actually slaps?
How come there weren't any eshay wizards in the Harry Potter movies? #harrypotter
December 21, 2024 at 3:25 AM
How come there weren't any eshay wizards in the Harry Potter movies? #harrypotter
I think we can all agree that the animation of #arcane season 2 was incredible, but holy cow the story for the end of it made zero sense and ruined it for me.
Everyone just talked in witty quips, and there was no explanation for why anything was happening.
It looked pretty though.
Everyone just talked in witty quips, and there was no explanation for why anything was happening.
It looked pretty though.
December 2, 2024 at 8:41 AM
I think we can all agree that the animation of #arcane season 2 was incredible, but holy cow the story for the end of it made zero sense and ruined it for me.
Everyone just talked in witty quips, and there was no explanation for why anything was happening.
It looked pretty though.
Everyone just talked in witty quips, and there was no explanation for why anything was happening.
It looked pretty though.