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Jay miller

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Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 20h

In conversation with PyTexas Foundation, I was inspired to the accidental capitalism conversation to make this sticker. Should I make an accidental capitalism in making these stickers and selling them on Etsy?

No the answer is always no, but I s... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510151357.html

whoops I made a capitalism sticker

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 1d

No but I did make it slightly too small so the card usually falls out once or twice.

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 1d

I 3d printed a door hangar with a card slot that says "Leave your card we won't answer the door"

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 1d

I was guest on the Stats on Stats Podcast earlier this year and while I don't have any of my quotes from it just yet, you can check out the full episode on YouTube and wherever podcasts are listened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6u0KX_7U7Y

... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510141826.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 1d

I'm trying to get back into my video bag.

Here's a look at UUIDv7 in Python and Postgres.

Check out this short:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BomNR52sxg8

More videos to come in the upcoming weeks. - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510141756.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 1d

Why a PostgreSQL Event was my favorite Conference of the Year as a Python Developer (So Far) - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/pgconf-2025-md.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 3d

Did you know that UUIDv7 is also supported by Python 3.14?

I along with my colleague Alexander Fridriksson are diving into some of the new features in #postgres18. We just released our look at UUIDv7.

UUIDv7 is almost a no brainer for new proje... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510130840.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 6d

So beautiful and powerful...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icaZ7dSF8Cc - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510092258.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 6d

And the ending was just...sad.

Oh well gratz Dodgers!!

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 6d

It's been exciting watching the Phillies and Dodgers game.

I'm just thinking how I was watching this matchup last month and it was just as energetic.

Don't ask me who I'm rooting for because it hurts my soul either way. - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510092113.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 6d

New Episode of Conduit: 112: I Like Your Skillz

Jay and Kathy talk about some of the skills that others had that they wish they could possess. - http://relay.fm/conduit/112

Conduit #112: I Like Your Skillz - Relay

Jay and Kathy talk about some of the skills that others had that they wish they could possess.

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 9d

The video from the San Francisco user group is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnxu0DETukI - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510062037.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 9d

Fantastic Moments from 36th Birthday

- Eating Peruvian food with the game night crew!
- Geting an amazing virtual birthday greetings video (https://youtu.be/BioSDAgnAtU) from the BPD Crew!
- A 90 minute conversation with one of BPD's leaders whe... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202510061830.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 20d

New Episode of Conduit: 111: Human: How you doin?

Our hosts do a check in with each other in the midst of the busyness that is our summer/fall schedules.

There is also a call for your messages! Send us the skills you work on and skills that other people are great a... http://relay.fm/conduit/111

Conduit #111: Human: How you doin? - Relay

Our hosts do a check in with each other in the midst of the busyness that is our summer/fall schedules. There is also a call for your messages! Send us the skills you work on and skills that other people are great at you wish you could have.

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · 21d

Los Bravos Night and BPD's Commitment to LATAM - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/los-bravos-night-and-bpd-s-commitment-to-latam.html

players with their country flags

Jay and Andres at Render ATL hours before the Ball Game

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 12

I'm so dang proud of my leaders!

Thanks to the work from Tim Schilling, Ngazetungue Muheue, and others. We matched our fundraising from last year at DjangoCon US.

I don't think you understand how amazing that is. This year neither myself nor La... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202509112231.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 12

Mistakes In Learning PostgreSQL as a Python Developer (and Plant Person) - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/mistakes-in-learning-postgresql-as-a-python-developer-and-plant-person.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 11

New Episode of Conduit: 110: Conquering P and other letters.

We interviewed the the maker of one of Conduits favorite apps, P. - http://relay.fm/conduit/110

Conduit #110: Conquering P and other letters. - Relay

We interviewed the the maker of one of Conduits favorite apps, P.

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 8

PostgreSQL Project Ideas for Beginners - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/postgresql-project-ideas-for-beginners.html

PostgreSQL ALL THE THINGS MEME!

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 5

I use Echofeed to cross post my content so that when I inevitably break something (like forgetting I had an environment var that changed manually set my SITE_URL.), Rob will see that I broke something and make sure they they didn't mess something... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202509050840.html

Talking to Rob EchoFeed on Discord

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 5

about the same when it's available at kjaymiller.com

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 5

lol --- sorry for the message spam... I changed webhosts and my feed was like lol - let's send all the old articles... that said I totally don't know why the link was localhost... That's kinda funny

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 5

Fixing the double logging issue with a logging.filter - http://localhost:8000/blog/fixing-the-double-logging-issue-with-a-logging-filter.html

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Sep 5

I'm testing render-engine's new cli. We moved it to its own repo and it's now using click and has some nice options.

https://github.com/render-engine/render-engine-cli - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202509042212.html

GitHub - render-engine/render-engine-cli: cli for render-engine built with typer

cli for render-engine built with typer. Contribute to render-engine/render-engine-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.

Jay miller @kjaymiller.com · Aug 28

New Episode of Conduit: 109: Thinking About Things Differently

Jay and Kathy took the bonus Conduit Episode to think about how things have changed for them and how they are thinking about it. - http://relay.fm/conduit/109

Conduit #109: Thinking About Things Differently - Relay

Jay and Kathy took the bonus Conduit Episode to think about how things have changed for them and how they are thinking about it.