Peter Shinners
@shredwheat.bsky.social
{Tech + Python + Gaming + VFX}
@julianhofer.eu Thanks for "Scripting Is More Fun With Nushell", helped me a bunch with ideas on what a clean language should look like.
julianhofer.eu/blog/2025/nu...
julianhofer.eu/blog/2025/nu...
Scripting is More Fun With Nushell
julianhofer.eu
September 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
@julianhofer.eu Thanks for "Scripting Is More Fun With Nushell", helped me a bunch with ideas on what a clean language should look like.
julianhofer.eu/blog/2025/nu...
julianhofer.eu/blog/2025/nu...
Been toying with a new home server and different authentication schemes. Then, out of nowhere, comes Pocket ID with their 1.0 release which completely blows me away. Amazing. This project is so well put together and implemented. Add to cart; star; like; subscribe with the bell!
pocket-id.org
pocket-id.org
Pocket ID
pocket-id.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Been toying with a new home server and different authentication schemes. Then, out of nowhere, comes Pocket ID with their 1.0 release which completely blows me away. Amazing. This project is so well put together and implemented. Add to cart; star; like; subscribe with the bell!
pocket-id.org
pocket-id.org
The Python builtins I frequently use probably have no valid type hint definition. If they do I suspect they are an unreadable monster. I really like most of these builtin functions, which perhaps confirms I dislike type hints? I'm ok with that. #python
March 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The Python builtins I frequently use probably have no valid type hint definition. If they do I suspect they are an unreadable monster. I really like most of these builtin functions, which perhaps confirms I dislike type hints? I'm ok with that. #python
Hot take. Linux distributions are merely attempts to solve the problem of building and maintaining C and C++ projects. Each distro is a different take on how to solve this one problem. #linux #programming
March 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hot take. Linux distributions are merely attempts to solve the problem of building and maintaining C and C++ projects. Each distro is a different take on how to solve this one problem. #linux #programming
I'm starting to believe many of SQL gotchas and pitfalls actually come from the design of Python's dbapi v2 (which is the general way I access SQL). Digging through the layers of `mysql.connector` has me thinking this could be so much nicer. Pondering something lighter weight... #python #sql
February 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reminiscing a vendor with a Python json api. They parsed json with `true=True; false=False; null=None; eval(text);` They also wrote the json line by line with `print` statements so it had invalid corner cases. They were quite proud of this and defended it for several releases. #python #horror
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great Python Uv article that reflects my experiences as I dip my own toes in. Thankfully it doesn't care about "speed" and "performance" like most of the worthless comments I see. www.bitecode.dev/p/a-year-of-... #python #uv
A year of uv: pros, cons, and should you migrate
Yes, probably.
www.bitecode.dev
February 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Great Python Uv article that reflects my experiences as I dip my own toes in. Thankfully it doesn't care about "speed" and "performance" like most of the worthless comments I see. www.bitecode.dev/p/a-year-of-... #python #uv
Sharing my quick article on Python UI library Rio and its oklab color handling.
dev.to/shredwheat/c...
dev.to/shredwheat/c...
February 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Sharing my quick article on Python UI library Rio and its oklab color handling.
dev.to/shredwheat/c...
dev.to/shredwheat/c...
It's astonishing that every step and procedure on the Azure tutorial pages is broken. It seems like statistically at least one operation would work? No. #azure #fail
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
Deploy a Flask or FastAPI web app as a container in Azure App Service - Python on Azure
An overview of how to create and deploy a containerized Python web app (Flask or FastAPI) on Azure App Service.
learn.microsoft.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It's astonishing that every step and procedure on the Azure tutorial pages is broken. It seems like statistically at least one operation would work? No. #azure #fail
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
Decades with Python have me locked in on spaces for indentation. Lately I've been thinking if I tried tabs I'd probably enjoy that. But that's a crazy path I dare not entertain. #python
January 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Decades with Python have me locked in on spaces for indentation. Lately I've been thinking if I tried tabs I'd probably enjoy that. But that's a crazy path I dare not entertain. #python
The mark of an excellent programming language; is the standard library an idiomatic example of using the language. This might be why I think of languages like C++ as festering garbage while Python is doing a fairly decent job. Does this model fit other languages of your choice? #programming
January 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The mark of an excellent programming language; is the standard library an idiomatic example of using the language. This might be why I think of languages like C++ as festering garbage while Python is doing a fairly decent job. Does this model fit other languages of your choice? #programming
Gaming 2024 Quick Hot Take (2 of 2)
My most overrated game for 2024 was **Baldur's Gate 3**. I have never stumbled into a game that punishes creativity and despises the player's time and interest. I retired from savescumming games decades ago. Rage!
My most overrated game for 2024 was **Baldur's Gate 3**. I have never stumbled into a game that punishes creativity and despises the player's time and interest. I retired from savescumming games decades ago. Rage!
January 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Gaming 2024 Quick Hot Take (2 of 2)
My most overrated game for 2024 was **Baldur's Gate 3**. I have never stumbled into a game that punishes creativity and despises the player's time and interest. I retired from savescumming games decades ago. Rage!
My most overrated game for 2024 was **Baldur's Gate 3**. I have never stumbled into a game that punishes creativity and despises the player's time and interest. I retired from savescumming games decades ago. Rage!
Gaming 2024 Quick Hot Take (1 of 2)
My underrated game of 2024 was **Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown**. This pacing and playstyle are perfectly dialed in. I was literally exclaiming out loud at the quality skills, battles, and exploration. Masterpiece!
My underrated game of 2024 was **Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown**. This pacing and playstyle are perfectly dialed in. I was literally exclaiming out loud at the quality skills, battles, and exploration. Masterpiece!
January 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Gaming 2024 Quick Hot Take (1 of 2)
My underrated game of 2024 was **Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown**. This pacing and playstyle are perfectly dialed in. I was literally exclaiming out loud at the quality skills, battles, and exploration. Masterpiece!
My underrated game of 2024 was **Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown**. This pacing and playstyle are perfectly dialed in. I was literally exclaiming out loud at the quality skills, battles, and exploration. Masterpiece!
Trying my hand at posting short technical articles. Wrote up an introduction for Rio that feels like a good start. dev.to/shredwheat/m.... (more to follow?) #python #rio
Minimal Rio Intro
In early November I saw a release announcement for Rio (https://rio.dev), an upcoming Python library...
dev.to
January 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Trying my hand at posting short technical articles. Wrote up an introduction for Rio that feels like a good start. dev.to/shredwheat/m.... (more to follow?) #python #rio
Toyed around with www.blockbench.net. Looks like I won't be quitting my day job just yet. I was more excited about this tool before I got started. Perhaps its time to try my hand at Blender and see what I can figure out.
December 20, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Toyed around with www.blockbench.net. Looks like I won't be quitting my day job just yet. I was more excited about this tool before I got started. Perhaps its time to try my hand at Blender and see what I can figure out.
This made my night. Fantastic work @localthunk.bsky.social #balatro
December 19, 2024 at 4:44 AM
This made my night. Fantastic work @localthunk.bsky.social #balatro