S. Co1
@sco1.bsky.social
I'm a Boston-based Aerospace Engineer focused on test & evaluation. Otherwise just a curious explorer of the world of programming.
https://sco1.omg.lol/
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S. Co1
@sco1.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Hi there! I'm a Boston-based aerospace engineer with a focus on test & evaluation. My primary duties revolve around tooling for data processing and visualization, usually in Python or MATLAB
My extracurriculars include cats, gaming, cycling, skydiving, and powered paragliding.
My extracurriculars include cats, gaming, cycling, skydiving, and powered paragliding.
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Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
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added a cheat sheet to the official Git website
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
Git Cheat Sheet
git-scm.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
added a cheat sheet to the official Git website
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
Another little side project I finally took the time to tackle, a small helper for checking my repos for outdated GHA dependencies.
Yes, Dependabot can do this but it's a bit more noise than I need. Plus, it was fun to figure out for myself!
github.com/sco1/check-w...
Yes, Dependabot can do this but it's a bit more noise than I need. Plus, it was fun to figure out for myself!
github.com/sco1/check-w...
GitHub - sco1/check-workflow: Check GHA For Dependency Updates
Check GHA For Dependency Updates. Contribute to sco1/check-workflow development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Another little side project I finally took the time to tackle, a small helper for checking my repos for outdated GHA dependencies.
Yes, Dependabot can do this but it's a bit more noise than I need. Plus, it was fun to figure out for myself!
github.com/sco1/check-w...
Yes, Dependabot can do this but it's a bit more noise than I need. Plus, it was fun to figure out for myself!
github.com/sco1/check-w...
McMaster-Carr CS is amazing. Realized I made a mistake on an order within a minute of placing, requested a change, and they responded a minute later. It's 8pm!
"Have a question, comment or need assistance? Send us a message. We will get back to you within an hour."
They're not playing around...
"Have a question, comment or need assistance? Send us a message. We will get back to you within an hour."
They're not playing around...
September 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
McMaster-Carr CS is amazing. Realized I made a mistake on an order within a minute of placing, requested a change, and they responded a minute later. It's 8pm!
"Have a question, comment or need assistance? Send us a message. We will get back to you within an hour."
They're not playing around...
"Have a question, comment or need assistance? Send us a message. We will get back to you within an hour."
They're not playing around...
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The PSF has adopted pypistats.org, ensuring long-term stability while staying open source and community driven 🎉 Thank you to Christopher Flynn, for operating this awesome community service for 6+ years- and for continuing to maintain the project 💪🐍 pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/pypi...
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The PSF has adopted pypistats.org, ensuring long-term stability while staying open source and community driven 🎉 Thank you to Christopher Flynn, for operating this awesome community service for 6+ years- and for continuing to maintain the project 💪🐍 pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/pypi...
I've also been keeping myself entertained by going through the EA version of David Kopec's Computer Science From Scratch. It covers some really interesting topics that I mostly haven't explored before, including an NES emulator!
It's been a lot of fun & 100% recommend
nostarch.com/computer-sci...
It's been a lot of fun & 100% recommend
nostarch.com/computer-sci...
Computer Science From Scratch
You know how to write Python. Now master the computer science that makes it work.
nostarch.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I've also been keeping myself entertained by going through the EA version of David Kopec's Computer Science From Scratch. It covers some really interesting topics that I mostly haven't explored before, including an NES emulator!
It's been a lot of fun & 100% recommend
nostarch.com/computer-sci...
It's been a lot of fun & 100% recommend
nostarch.com/computer-sci...
Got a new offline-only computer at work recently and ran into some annoyances getting offline installers for my VSC plugins and Python packages, so I made some tools to help myself out!
github.com/sco1/dl-vsix
github.com/sco1/wheely-...
I'm sure things exist but it was fun to work out for myself 😀
github.com/sco1/dl-vsix
github.com/sco1/wheely-...
I'm sure things exist but it was fun to work out for myself 😀
September 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Got a new offline-only computer at work recently and ran into some annoyances getting offline installers for my VSC plugins and Python packages, so I made some tools to help myself out!
github.com/sco1/dl-vsix
github.com/sco1/wheely-...
I'm sure things exist but it was fun to work out for myself 😀
github.com/sco1/dl-vsix
github.com/sco1/wheely-...
I'm sure things exist but it was fun to work out for myself 😀
Reposted by S. Co1
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Reposted by S. Co1
🔭 APOD is 30 Years Old Today
Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh's The Starry Night by Dario Giannobile
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25061...
Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh's The Starry Night by Dario Giannobile
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25061...
June 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 APOD is 30 Years Old Today
Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh's The Starry Night by Dario Giannobile
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25061...
Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh's The Starry Night by Dario Giannobile
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25061...
breakingdefense.com/2025/06/andu...
“the service will try to ensure that there isn’t a conflict of interest between the executives coming in as lieutenant colonels and the companies they still work for”
LOL 🤦♂️
“the service will try to ensure that there isn’t a conflict of interest between the executives coming in as lieutenant colonels and the companies they still work for”
LOL 🤦♂️
Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs to commission into Army reserve, form 'Detachment 201' - Breaking Defense
“There’s an urgency to change and transform the Army and these guys [are] going to help,” said Col Dave Butler.
breakingdefense.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
breakingdefense.com/2025/06/andu...
“the service will try to ensure that there isn’t a conflict of interest between the executives coming in as lieutenant colonels and the companies they still work for”
LOL 🤦♂️
“the service will try to ensure that there isn’t a conflict of interest between the executives coming in as lieutenant colonels and the companies they still work for”
LOL 🤦♂️
www.chcoc.gov/content/meri...
"Going forward, to implement Executive Order 14170, all Federal job vacancy announcements graded at GS-05 or above will include four short, free-response essay questions"
Complete laughable insanity.
"Going forward, to implement Executive Order 14170, all Federal job vacancy announcements graded at GS-05 or above will include four short, free-response essay questions"
Complete laughable insanity.
Merit Hiring Plan | CHCOC
www.chcoc.gov
May 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
www.chcoc.gov/content/meri...
"Going forward, to implement Executive Order 14170, all Federal job vacancy announcements graded at GS-05 or above will include four short, free-response essay questions"
Complete laughable insanity.
"Going forward, to implement Executive Order 14170, all Federal job vacancy announcements graded at GS-05 or above will include four short, free-response essay questions"
Complete laughable insanity.
I can’t believe it’s the end of May and I have to turn the heat back on ⛄️
May 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I can’t believe it’s the end of May and I have to turn the heat back on ⛄️
I used to really look forward to reading VSCode’s release notes, now it’s all just Copilot. Sad.
May 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I used to really look forward to reading VSCode’s release notes, now it’s all just Copilot. Sad.
Continuing on my "fun hooks on a lark" journey, had an idea to make a hook to check a package's supported Python versions and fail if an EOL Python release is supported. Still have some things I'd like to work on but initial functionality was pretty straightforward!
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
GitHub - sco1/pre-commit-python-eol: A pre-commit hook for enforcing supported Python EOL
A pre-commit hook for enforcing supported Python EOL - sco1/pre-commit-python-eol
github.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Continuing on my "fun hooks on a lark" journey, had an idea to make a hook to check a package's supported Python versions and fail if an EOL Python release is supported. Still have some things I'd like to work on but initial functionality was pretty straightforward!
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
The Snowy Owls of Logan Airport
YouTube video by Anna Miller Multimedia
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"You Trusted Us Before—Let’s Reconnect"
Just what I was hoping to hear from my student loan provider 🙄
I'll pass, thank you. Last thing I want to do is reminisce about being crippled by student loan debit until my mid-30s.
Just what I was hoping to hear from my student loan provider 🙄
I'll pass, thank you. Last thing I want to do is reminisce about being crippled by student loan debit until my mid-30s.
May 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"You Trusted Us Before—Let’s Reconnect"
Just what I was hoping to hear from my student loan provider 🙄
I'll pass, thank you. Last thing I want to do is reminisce about being crippled by student loan debit until my mid-30s.
Just what I was hoping to hear from my student loan provider 🙄
I'll pass, thank you. Last thing I want to do is reminisce about being crippled by student loan debit until my mid-30s.
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pleased to hear the penguins have won the trade bargains
April 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
pleased to hear the penguins have won the trade bargains
Threw together a quick hook to help me remember to start swapping my license metadata around now that the license classifiers have been deprecated by PEP639.
Seems to work alright for my own stuff so far!
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
Seems to work alright for my own stuff so far!
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
GitHub - sco1/pre-commit-pep639: A pre-commit hook for PEP639 compliance
A pre-commit hook for PEP639 compliance. Contribute to sco1/pre-commit-pep639 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Threw together a quick hook to help me remember to start swapping my license metadata around now that the license classifiers have been deprecated by PEP639.
Seems to work alright for my own stuff so far!
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
Seems to work alright for my own stuff so far!
github.com/sco1/pre-com...
Reposted by S. Co1
I'm bored, so have a look at this! A future main site feature to show IBM's key keyboard-related dates and events. Feel free to let me know what you think, though bear in mind it's WIP (content nor styling/layout is finished!)
sharktastica.co.uk/wip/timeline
sharktastica.co.uk/wip/timeline
A timeline of IBM keyboard history
A timeline of notable events in IBM & family keyboard history
sharktastica.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm bored, so have a look at this! A future main site feature to show IBM's key keyboard-related dates and events. Feel free to let me know what you think, though bear in mind it's WIP (content nor styling/layout is finished!)
sharktastica.co.uk/wip/timeline
sharktastica.co.uk/wip/timeline
Microsoft I am begging you please stop injecting Copilot into every facet of my electronic existence.
April 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Microsoft I am begging you please stop injecting Copilot into every facet of my electronic existence.
I picked a terrible time to start pricing out a new home networking setup. Guess I'll just multiply everything by 1.5 🫠
April 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I picked a terrible time to start pricing out a new home networking setup. Guess I'll just multiply everything by 1.5 🫠
Does reporting SMS spam ever actually produce results? I’ve gotten 4 of these fucking unpaid toll messages today alone…
March 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Does reporting SMS spam ever actually produce results? I’ve gotten 4 of these fucking unpaid toll messages today alone…
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End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.
March 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.