Al Sweigart
@alsweigart.bsky.social
Author of "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" and other books. Mostly harmless. he/him
If any college student wants to overturn the tables of credit card companies trying to sign up students on campus, I will pay your legal fees.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If any college student wants to overturn the tables of credit card companies trying to sign up students on campus, I will pay your legal fees.
When push comes to shove, capitalism will always side with fascism over democracy. But that doesn't mean it won't try to make a few bucks both ways.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
When push comes to shove, capitalism will always side with fascism over democracy. But that doesn't mean it won't try to make a few bucks both ways.
The Economist: We Demand To Be Taken Seriously
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Economist: We Demand To Be Taken Seriously
Every Republican supports this. Some support it silently, but most support it enthusiastically.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Every Republican supports this. Some support it silently, but most support it enthusiastically.
Oh, so the internet is, like, DOWN down.
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oh, so the internet is, like, DOWN down.
I made an ascii art moon phase tracker that runs whenever I open a new terminal window, and it makes me aware of the passage of time more than any calendar. github.com/asweigart/as... and github.com/asweigart/as...
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I made an ascii art moon phase tracker that runs whenever I open a new terminal window, and it makes me aware of the passage of time more than any calendar. github.com/asweigart/as... and github.com/asweigart/as...
This Alan Dershowitz?
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This Alan Dershowitz?
David Graeber escreveu "Bullshit Jobs" em 2018. pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G...
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
David Graeber escreveu "Bullshit Jobs" em 2018. pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G...
It's important to recognize the purple/blue gradient text of AI-generated web apps so you can have an appropriate level of skepticism:
November 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's important to recognize the purple/blue gradient text of AI-generated web apps so you can have an appropriate level of skepticism:
The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939.
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939.
Grocery stores throw out far more food than is shoplifted.
"Why don't shoplifters just take the food from the dumpster then?"
Because they have cameras on the dumpsters and security will be sent out when they see them on the monitors.
This isn't new. Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939:
"Why don't shoplifters just take the food from the dumpster then?"
Because they have cameras on the dumpsters and security will be sent out when they see them on the monitors.
This isn't new. Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939:
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Grocery stores throw out far more food than is shoplifted.
"Why don't shoplifters just take the food from the dumpster then?"
Because they have cameras on the dumpsters and security will be sent out when they see them on the monitors.
This isn't new. Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939:
"Why don't shoplifters just take the food from the dumpster then?"
Because they have cameras on the dumpsters and security will be sent out when they see them on the monitors.
This isn't new. Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939:
Asking people to cancel their Washington Post subscription is not an extreme position. Abolishing ICE and closing down Guantanamo Bay is not an extreme position. Ostracizing the guy with the Nazi tattoo on his chest from the Democratic Party is not an extreme position.
October 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Asking people to cancel their Washington Post subscription is not an extreme position. Abolishing ICE and closing down Guantanamo Bay is not an extreme position. Ostracizing the guy with the Nazi tattoo on his chest from the Democratic Party is not an extreme position.
A person with a Nazi tattoo on their chest is 1) a bad person and 2) not a good person.
Make racists afraid again. The only thing they should be running for is their goddamn lives.
Make racists afraid again. The only thing they should be running for is their goddamn lives.
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A person with a Nazi tattoo on their chest is 1) a bad person and 2) not a good person.
Make racists afraid again. The only thing they should be running for is their goddamn lives.
Make racists afraid again. The only thing they should be running for is their goddamn lives.
Yes they are French. Here's a photo of Grandma Sweigart wearing them.
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Yes they are French. Here's a photo of Grandma Sweigart wearing them.
Ten years ago today: 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ten years ago today: 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
I've finished a presentable version of ButtonPad, but simple GUI framework for Python desktop apps. Built on tkinter so it has no major dependencies, it lets you make a grid of buttons/labels/images/text boxes (like a streamdeck or drum machine). pypi.org/project/Butt...
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I've finished a presentable version of ButtonPad, but simple GUI framework for Python desktop apps. Built on tkinter so it has no major dependencies, it lets you make a grid of buttons/labels/images/text boxes (like a streamdeck or drum machine). pypi.org/project/Butt...
Copilot seems to have stopped working in the last few days? Now it won't even enable the Accept/Keep buttons after it applies its suggestions. Have people seen this before?
October 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Copilot seems to have stopped working in the last few days? Now it won't even enable the Accept/Keep buttons after it applies its suggestions. Have people seen this before?
I vibe-coded a GUI toolkit in Python. The LLM seems really, uh, cautious with all these try/except statements. The source file is full of stuff like this: Catch an exception and print an error message, and catch any exceptions that might happen while printing the error message.
October 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I vibe-coded a GUI toolkit in Python. The LLM seems really, uh, cautious with all these try/except statements. The source file is full of stuff like this: Catch an exception and print an error message, and catch any exceptions that might happen while printing the error message.
I was playing around with AI art to generate those mindless "corporate memphis" style graphics. When I asked it to turn it into a photorealistic drawing, the man and woman turned argumentative, the other woman obviously doesn't want to be there, and the black guy was cropped out almost entirely.
October 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I was playing around with AI art to generate those mindless "corporate memphis" style graphics. When I asked it to turn it into a photorealistic drawing, the man and woman turned argumentative, the other woman obviously doesn't want to be there, and the black guy was cropped out almost entirely.
My first test of the Grok Code Fast 1 model for AI-assisted coding... did not go well.
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
My first test of the Grok Code Fast 1 model for AI-assisted coding... did not go well.
I've come up with a new game. I ask AI to create an image of some Python code, and you point out all the mistakes in it:
October 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I've come up with a new game. I ask AI to create an image of some Python code, and you point out all the mistakes in it: