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Kim van Wyk
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A South African happy husband, lapsed Electronic Engineer, software/DevOps/data engineer (mainly in Python for the last few years), proud member of the North Durban Lions club & all-round geeky type fellow.

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sheena-oconnell.bsky.social
Many of you may know that the #PSF had to pause its grants program this year, affecting many small, under-resourced communities that rely on it heavily.

One such community is
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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@iamstan.elmo.sh as a contribution to your tour of Durban coffees, this is excellent. A bit hard to get though, its from the Bidvest lounge at King Shaka domestic departures.
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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za.pycon.org
10 DAYS to go! PyCon Africa 2025 lands in Johannesburg, South Africa! Ready to code, learn & connect? 🌍✨
🎟️ Buy ticket now: za.pycon.org/tickets
#PyConAfrica2025 #PyConAfrica #PyConZA
September 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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sheena-oconnell.bsky.social
As you might know by now, I'm quite involved in this year's #PyConAfrica. There are a lot of interesting things happening. Even if you are not in Africa and wont be able to join our event in person, you might be interested in some of the things we are doing.

www.sheenaoc.com/articles/20...
August 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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za.pycon.org
✨ We are excited to welcome Kim van Wyk as a speaker at 🐍 PyCon Africa 2025
“You are not your code - unsolicited advice from a no-longer-new developer)”
🗓 Oct 08–12, 2025
📍The Wanderers Club, Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦
#PyConAfrica #PyConAfrica2025 #PyConZA
August 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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cheriepriest.com
none of us really have anything, but our voice
amybrown.xyz amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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za.pycon.org
The #PSF has paused its grants. #PyConAfrica needs your support to continue opening doors for the community! Even small donations help. Buy a donation ticket here: www.quicket.co.za/events/3216...
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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za.pycon.org
Tune in to our livestream for a fun-packed experience with an incredible guest lineup! Don't miss out!
za.pycon.org/friends-of-...

#FriendsOfPyConAfrica #Python #PyConAfrica #PyConZA
August 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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garius.bsky.social
Its Friday! Have a short story!

Like magic and/or trains? This one is for you... authory.com/JohnBull/An-...
An Incident at Queen's Cross
As she passed through the high iron gates into bustling Queen’s Cross station, Charlie smiled. The popular press still insisted Paddington was the best looking station in London, but Charlie wasn’t co...
authory.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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nedbat.com
Every June I dig this up: hachyderm.io/@nedbat/1105...
Ned Batchelder (@nedbat@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 1 image Do you have interns at work this summer? They may find this helpful (created by a summer intern at edX a few years ago):
hachyderm.io
June 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
kimvanwyk.co.za
I've always thought this was brilliant and a great introductory insight into stats techniques I know very little about:
April 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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outonthemoors.bsky.social
Against a white background: 1/5 (in black) 2/5 (in black) 1/5 (in red) 1/5 (in blue)
April 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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bruno.rocha.social
Finally, a good alternative for Semantic Versioning!

Pride Versioning
February 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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slightlycaustic.bsky.social
A joke doesn’t become a dad joke until it’s full groan.
June 11, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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amandaknox.com
Believe it or not, Google, I would actually like to compose a sentence all by myself with my human brain.
January 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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mujib.bsky.social
I bet the majority of murders in Buddhist monasteries are premeditated.
January 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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francesmeh.reviews
employers tell you to spend the company’s money as if it were your own and ok well i would not buy microsoft teams
January 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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vickiboykis.com
Programming for about ten years
What made programming finally "click" for you? Hey guys, what was the one thing you learned that made programming finally "click" for you? I'm struggling right now and looking for ideas to improve and become a better programmer.
January 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
kimvanwyk.co.za
I can highly recommend Greg's books - this one was both fascinating and very funny.
gregjenner.bsky.social Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Jan 1
Happy New Year! If your new year's resolution was to read more books, or learn more stuff, well... rejoice!

My book ASK A HISTORIAN - in which I answered 50 genuine questions from the public - is only 99p on Kindle. It's funny, easy to read, and wide-ranging. Ta! www.amazon.co.uk/Ask-Historia...
January 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
kimvanwyk.co.za
A PSA for my fellow braaiers (possibly mainly South Africans) - the next time you expect to have space on the braai, get some baby marrows and/or baby gem squashes and/or pattypans, trim the ends and split down the middle to expose the inner flesh. 1/2
December 31, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
Just when you thought the AI hype train had run out of stupid ideas, here comes futuristic AI coca-cola from the Year 3000 (I dont recall this in the Busted song!) www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands...
December 30, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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garius.bsky.social
ADVENTURER: Dragon! We are here for your gold! Prepare to die!
DRAGON: My gold?
ADVENTURER: Yes! We climbed this great mountain, swam it's flooded caverns and-
DRAGON: Fair enough
ADVENTURER: Wait, what?
DRAGON: It's yours
ADVENTURER:
DRAGON: How are you carrying it out of here?
ADVENTURER: Um... /1
December 30, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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lanewinree.com
Didn't live up to the hype? It's because countless engineers and IT professionals worked around the clock for several years to update code, get patches in place, and test, test, and test and repeat for literal YEARS

My dad worked insane hours December '99 to ensure everything was patched and ready
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Dec 28
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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lucia11.bsky.social
Merry whatever this is, everyone.
December 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM