Hynek Schlawack
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Hynek Schlawack
@hynek.me
Pythonista & PSF fellow 🐍🏆, Gopher 🐹, blogger 📝, speaker 📢, YouTuber 📺. ❤️ nuance & outcomes, 🗣️🇨🇿🇩🇪🇺🇸

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Paddling into the 1st Advent
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I've been less the 24h at a hotel that has a Spectrum internet connection and I already know why everybody hates it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In 2020, after it became clear I'm unlikely to die of COVID, I've switched my perspective from fear to fascination.

I looked around & ~enjoyed~ experiencing unprecedented times. Couldn't change them, so I channeled my inner Willink & make the best out of it.

Today, I feel similarly about AI. 1/2
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Turns out you can end up at Denny's even on thanksgiving (because you failed to make reservations in time)!
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
shots fired:

> it's abundantly clear that the talented folks who used to work on the product have moved on to bigger and better things, with the remaining rookies eager to inflict some kind of bloated, buggy JavaScript framework on us in the name of progress. Stuff that used to be snappy is now slu
Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg ⚡ Zig Programming Language
ziglang.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
TFW a volcano on your island erupts but you're stuck at 4,200m (13,800 ft) on another volcano full of space nerds. :(
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
there's a Starbucks on Henry Street here #iykyk
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
hanging out with new frens #mantaRay #hawaii #sealife
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
meine brand iz vorking 🥺
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
whoever is waging war on Xmas is getting their ass whipped
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
your bug report is very important to me; please stand by
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
2025 was a wild ride for me. It was absolutely amazing & I'm not sure I'll be able to top my non-YT (sorry 🙈) output but I was also permanently stressed out as fuck.

So now, after giving one of my most important speeches for some of the most important people in my life, I'm collapsing to human goo.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
discord finally got their shit together 🥲
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
why thank you github for sending me three emails explaining what a pull request is
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Hynek Schlawack
A day's worth of work 💪
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
OMG my The Bear opinion isn't fringe 🥲

I LOVE S1. I've made SO many ppl watch it.

I also liked S2.

I absolutely HATED S3. It felt like the writers got too much artistic freedom after their (well-deserved!) success & I had to watch them artistically jerking-off on TV.

slate.com/culture/2024/06/th
The Bear Is Not a Good Show
When the series premiered on FX, it was smart and thoughtful television. Not anymore.
slate.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reposted by Hynek Schlawack
Have you been considering donating, but worried that we might be running out of space? Worry not! A new challenger appears! @Yhg1s has committed ANOTHER $5000 match, raising our total matching funds to $17,000, which (modulo a few additional receipts I need to process) means we are down to 43%.
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Affinity going to shit as expected would've been so much easier to stomach if Apple wouldn't be neglect-killing Pixelmator at the same time. :( We went from two alternatives to zero.

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October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Since Bartender's fancy features got super janky (if your Apple menu suddenly opens without doing anything: that's Bartender's triggers), I finally made the jump to Ice which is open source and lets somewhat sleep better at night. Better late than never. icemenubar.app/
Ice - Menu Bar Manager
Ice is a powerful menu bar management tool. While its primary function is hiding and showing menu bar items, it aims to cover a wide variety of additional features to make it one of the most versatile menu bar tools available. - Ice - Menu Bar Manager
icemenubar.app
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
lol so in order to add any kind of 2FA to a Twitch account, I have to give them my phone number and agree to "Twitch may use your phone number to call or send text messages for informational purposes."

How much 2FA goodwill have thirsty companies like this destroyed?
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM