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... he believes it was that which really allowed it to gain momentum.

youtu.be/GXJwX3tpMe0?...

Fifteen years later Flask still has great documentation and, fortunately, others in the open source world have taken it as an inspiration. 2/2
Flask started as an Aprils Fool's joke | with Armin Ronacher
YouTube video by CultRepo
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November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes, but AI ! 🤗
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I know that once you see one yellow car that you seem to keep seeing them, but there does seem to be a (worrying) trend here.
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm inclined towards thinking that if Putin had anything useful on Trump I don't think we'd have got this far.

I'm inclined towards it being Trump's tendency to agree with whoever he last spoke to, particularly if that person is a daddy figure. Of course, his age may be a contributory factory.
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
... the keyboard shortcuts even for the odd times I do make use of the REPL. I discovered both of these new features in blog posts by Trey Hunner, thanks Trey. treyhunner.com/2024/10/addi... - treyhunner.com/2025/09/cust... .
Adding keyboard shortcuts to the Python REPL
I talked about the new Python 3.13 REPL a few months ago and after 3.13 was released. I think it’s awesome. I’d like to share a secret …
treyhunner.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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October 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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October 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
....the continuing performance improvements regardless of the free-threading, is what's going to impact most people in the short term. Miguel Grinberg has crunched the numbers blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/python-... .
Python 3.14 Is Here. How Fast Is It?
In November of 2024 I wrote a blog post titled "Is Python Really That Slow?", in which I tested several versions of Python and noted the steady progress the language has been making in terms of…
blog.miguelgrinberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I realise it's probably not a clear cut thing but is this more like two concentric circles or two disks sitting one above the other?

Either way I wonder what sort of thing goes on in the boundary between the two areas
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
For some reason that link is coming up 404 but this appears to the equivalent simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/... .
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