James Abel

Is it just me, or are Claude Code subscription tokens super loss leaders? Or does pay-as-you-go have high margins? $100 subscription usually gets me through the week, but if I need to pay-as-you-go I burn $20 in less than an hour.

Thanks to the incredible support of our sponsors, we’re able to offer Community Access tickets and make PyBay more accessible to members of our community who might not otherwise be able to attend. Community Access tickets: pybay.org/get-tickets/ (please boost for visibility)

SF Python meetup is back at Sentry, Wed Sept 9! We're talking Ducks and Data! See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

One of my favorite features of AI is that it admits when it's wrong, rather than leaning into confirmation bias.

🐍 📢 💻 🎤Talk proposal submissions for our _11th_ annual Python conference, PyBay 2026, have been extended to July 26! The conference will be Oct 3, 2026 in San Francisco. pybay.org/speaking/cal...

Reminder: SF Python July 29th @ GGU Running Python fully sandboxed with Wasm - Syrus Akbary Agent Memory Is Not One Thing - Melanie Warrick www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve... See you there!

I snagged an open space at pycon. Check it out if you’re into using pytest for system testing: pytest for system tests S-3 - Friday May 15, 11:00 AM PDT I’ll demo pytest-fly (github.com/jamesabel/py...)

Heading to PyCon US! If you want to meet up LMK!

Claude Code Hack: occasionally tell Claude Code to do a deep code review. Even if it generated all the code. It'll find issues, and often even bugs. It doesn't do this automatically (at least not yet).

Reminder: SF Python meetup is this Wed. Thanks to @sentry.io for hosting! Lineup: Migration from On-Prem Messaging System to The Cloud: What, How and Why - Tom (Ran) Tao Artificial Neurons: The Small Math That Explains The Big Models - Tyler Suard www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

This Wednesday is SF Python meetup at @sentry.io ! We'll have one talk from Evan Kohilas and in the spirit of the holidays plenty of time for networking and announcements. See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

I need a pubsub that scales to zero using AWS basic managed services and boto3 (Python). The consumer is a long-running Python desktop application. Apparently the best (only?) way is to create it from SNS+SQS.

🐍 PyBay 2025 Spotlight: Aastha “Why Your Async Code Might Be Slower — and How to Fix It” Asyncio can speed up apps, but misuse often makes Python slower. Want to hear more? Join us at PyBay 2025! 📍 Date/Location Oct. 18th in San Francisco, CA 🎟️ Tickets buff.ly/jbRsUye 🎤 More Talks: buff.ly/IcKhzwP

I finally experienced Python editable installs and they're pretty cool.

Looking forward to SF Python meetup July 16! We'll have "t-strings: A how-to guide" from @jyouyang.bsky.social and "Testing Flask and Quart Apps with Pytest and Playwright" from @pamelafox.bsky.social ! See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

Another great SF Python meetup this Wednesday! See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

SF Python Meetup is Wednesday at @sentry.io ! See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

I had a great time talking about pgvector at the SF Python meetup tonight! Here are my slides: pamelafox.github.io/my-py-talks/... And a not-as-interactive version of the talk recorded here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHU... (Live audiences are so fun!)

This Wednesday is another great SF Python meetup at Gel (formerly EdgeDB)! Pamela Fox will give a talk on "PostgreSQL pgvector for Pythonistas" and Cody Maloney will present on "Remember to .close() file-like objects". See you there! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

Hi! Just a quick reminder that we continue to look for presentations for SF Python meetup. Please submit here: bit.ly/sfpython-cfp . Thanks!

The value of #OpenSource #oss www.hbs.edu/ris/Publicat...

AI that should be mainstream but apparently isn't: - Personal AI wiki. Take misc. docs (text, MD, Word, PDF, PPT, etc.) and build a prompt-able (servable/exportable) webpage. - Consumer fire robots. Assess what prevention needs to be done & do it (clear brush, etc.).

SF Python meetup is tomorrow (Mar 12) at GGU! 2 great talks and hanging out with other pythonistas! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

www.meetup.com/pyowa-iowa..... Python meetup in Iowa!

If your mutual aid budget has any room, help my friend's family rebuild after the fire? They have lived in Altadena for 3 generations. www.gofundme.com/f/help-3rd-g...

Test like you're testing in quality. Code like you don't have any tests.

www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve... My Python Journey: From Machine Learning to Full-Stack - Astha Singh Thakur Prompt engineering & social justice: what we know so far - @annthurium.bsky.social Issue Resolution in Python - Tillman Elser Journey to the center of `read()` - Cody Maloney Thanks @sentry.io

It’s a yoke. enron.com/pages/the-egg

Next SF Python Meetup is Jan 8! www.meetup.com/sfpython/eve...

I keep trying to find a good definition of entropy, but all the answers seem so random.

I was today years old when I realized a Hanning window is from Julius von Hann. The Hamming window is named after Richard Hamming. There is no Hanning person per-se in this context. #SignalProcessing #DSP

I'm experimenting with switching from PyQt to PySide. No show stoppers so far! License is part of the motivation. I do prefer Signal to pyqtSignal :)

Here's my next tiny-but-convenient Python package: ismain. Instead of the not-so-pretty if "__name__" == __main__: ... Do this instead: from ismain import is_main if is_main(): ... github.com/jamesabel/is...

I'll be posting mainly about tech (for example: computer architectures, application analysis, testing, ML/AI, design automation, and Python) and music (with an emphasis on bass guitar, live sound, and recording). Here we go ...

is this thing on?