I've been using GoLand and Junie, JetBrains AI coding assistant. GoLand's Productivity Guide shows that I haven't really been using the features of my IDE at all! I think in a real-world project I'd be using a combination of Junie for the boring stuff and hand coding the interesting pieces.

Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage

Join us tomorrow! 🗓️ MDCC Public Meeting - Tues 21 Oct, 7pm at Polwarth Tennis & Bowling Clubhouse Discuss Harrison Rd closure 🚧 Polwarth Junction redesign 🚶‍♀️ Tram extension 🚊 & more! Meet ward councillors & Raise any concerns 💬 at Residents' Forum. All welcome! 👋 #Edinburgh #Community

Come on then, #Edinburgh. Paris has done it. Cardiff is doing it. We can do this too. nation.cymru/news/cardiff...

So buzzing for Nae Borders next month!!! 😃 ✨️Susie McCabe ✨️Marojolein Robertson ✨️Sid Singh ✨️Chris Macarthur Boyd ✨️Mhairi Black ✨️Kim Blythe ✨️Mark Nelson ✨️Paul Black ... All for £30!! Mon along! Stand up in solidarity with @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social ❤️✊️ Tickets: booking.glee.co.uk/22899

The plane should have taken off 5 minutes ago, I have a connection at Belfast, and we haven't boarded yet. There's been no updates or announcements. Not improving my opinion of @ryanairofficial.bsky.social, I have to say.

Off to Django on the Med 🏖️, to sprint on Django (and catch up with some friends) for a few days. www.djangomed.eu

announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!

This is grim & dangerous over reach. This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent. Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

*** Glasgow folks *** This Sunday. See you there. ✊🏽 #ShutItDown #FreePalestine🇵🇸

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

No. It’s most definitely not. This is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

Pedestrianise the whole of shandon I say 😏

Another highlight from #PyConUK! Katie Bickford gives a junior's perspective on doing difficult things. Contains advice for both junior developers *and* (importantly) the senior developers working with them! This is a topic that doesn't normally get enough airtime. youtu.be/7yfGMMei0b8?...

And remember, the reason he wanted separate vaccines wasn't due to any science, but because *he'd filed a patent application for a single measles vaccine*. It was just grifting.

Go and find out why Judy is so angry!

Why on EARTH is YouTube recommending this crappy talk from @hynek.me to me??? The algorithm must be broken. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDvw...

My friend @martiell.bsky.social wanted a picture of an angry porg, so he typed "cross porg" into ChatGPT ...

On stage for an hour in front of 350 people in Manchester. Do you think they got the message? #PyConUK #PyConUK2025 @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social @amzomac.bsky.social

OH: The Spar across the road is absolute carnage.

Last chance to comment on this important junction redesign in Polwarth Closes today! Just send a short email in support to the address provided in the MCC blog. You might also like to mention that more could be done to address rat-running along Merchiston Ave merchistoncc.org.uk/community-co...

"Build big. You'll learn how to deal with technical debt because you'll make some." Sheena O'Connell @ #PyConUK

On my way to #PyConUK2025, to catch up with old friends and make some new friends. (And maybe I'll learn some new things too!)

Sounds like a great talk! (Although I'm not a huge fan of the "for humans" tag in general) If you don't have a PyCon UK ticket then you're going to have to watch the video later.

I switched Populous from CGA to VGA.

🎉🎉 PyCon UK 2025 is officially SOLD OUT! 🎉🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who grabbed a ticket 💜 We hope you’re as excited as we are, and we can’t wait to see you all in Manchester on Friday! 🐍✨ #PyConUK2025 #PyConUK #Python #TechEvents #Community #TechCommunity

I went to the @merchistoncc.bsky.social monthly meeting yesterday. It was wonderful to meet so many people who all care about their local community and environment, it was informative and well run! Next meeting is Oct 21. merchistoncc.org.uk #Edinburgh #Merchiston #Shandon #Polwarth

PyCon UK has sold out, and the waiting list is quickly getting longer! Who leaves it this late to buy a conference ticket for Friday??? 🤯

My recent blog post somehow made it into the first few minutes of the latest Abstractions podcast (which is excellent BTW) shows.arrowloop.com/@abstraction...

Edinburgh's Library of Mistakes now follows me on Instagram, and I wonder if it should worry me. www.libraryofmistakes.com

💜 Huge thanks to @jetbrains.com for supporting PyCon UK 2025! 💫 Your support helps us make PyCon UK an inclusive and accessible event for all in the Python community 🐍 🌐 buff.ly/qlJh9c4 🐍 buff.ly/SVbeSvE #PyConUK2025 #Python #Community #Sponsor #TechCommunity #manchester #development

Super excited that @mxsash.bsky.social will be speaking at PyCon UK this month!

"You can buy either short sleeve or long sleeve tops. Longer sleeves are warmer in winter, but short sleeves are less likely to get stuck inside a cow." Vet school is crazy.

⭐️🛠️ Workshop spotlight! 🛠️⭐️ 💻 TDD: what it is, why it's good, and why it might just solve all your AI problems by @hjwp.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy 🛠️⭐️ Find out more here: buff.ly/pWOz56K 🎟️ Grab your ticket! buff.ly/fZ6GaUh #PyConUK2025 #Python

One of the delightful things about Critical Mass is seeing all the different kinds of bikes. Electric and acoustic. Trikes and tandems. But this particular ride is delightful because if the weather is good we'll stop out for ice cream at Portobello!

Why yes, I did infuse Aperol with chopped strawberries overnight, so I could have a Strawberry Aperol Spritz before heading out to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Yesterday I took @rebkwok.bsky.social to a bar by the sea. Over some cocktails, as the gulls wheeled above us, we spent a romantic evening talking about ... hash functions and data structure implementations.

You know how sometimes supermarket predictive models have sent baby product discounts to people who didn't even know they were pregnant yet? Android is promoting dating apps to me. I wonder if I should have a chat with my wife. 🤔

@shamrocknroll84.bsky.social & I created this & it's one of my fav pieces of work yet. Politicians & media like to scapegoat & spread hostility. But this is not the norm on our streets. When you get out & talk to folk - there's FAR more love than hate! ❤️✊🏽 I'm PROUD to be #partofthebiggerpicture🧩

I'm awake at 4:45am. 🫠 On the plus side I'm awake because my brain has decided that now is the time to draft a blog post about exception handling. So you have that to look forward to.

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege. www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...

We've got an amazing speaker lined up at #Python #Edinburgh, on 9th September. @lukasz.langa.pl is going to be talking about WebGL and PyScript! www.meetup.com/python-edinb... #pythondev #programming

Segregated cycle lanes. Now, please!

It's a huge privilege to be made a Python Software Foundation Fellow. I'm slightly embarrassed to be included in the same list as those other incredible people. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/anno...

📝✨New blog post: UKPA needs you!✨📝 The UK Python Association powers PyCon UK & supports UK #Python education & community projects. You can: 🔹Join as a member 🔹Apply to be a trustee 📝 Read the blog: 2025.pyconuk.org/2025/08/the-... 📅Trustee deadline: Sun 21 Aug 🌐 UKPA: uk.python.org #PyConUK2025

📣📣 Announcement: full PyCon UK 2025 programme is now LIVE! 📣📣 It’s here, folks! The full schedule is up, and it’s chock-full of talks, workshops & more! 🎉🐍🌟 Schedule is over here 👉 buff.ly/9UtKEOl Tickets this way 👉 buff.ly/83NpL2R #Python #TechEvents #development #manchester #PythonProgramming

Get your tickets now!

✨ A big thank you to the EuroPython Society for supporting #PyConUK2025 💚 Your involvement is helping bring the #Python community together to celebrate, learn and grow 🐍💫 🌐 www.europython-society.org 🐍 2025.pyconuk.org/sponsors/ #TechCommunity #PythonProgramming #development #Community

Visitors to #Edinburgh, do remember the ancient custom of spending £1 for every year of your life in a local, independent shop. Also, the centuries-old tradition of picking up one piece of litter for the number of letters in your full name.

📣Keynote speaker announcement: Felienne Hermans 🎉 Felienne is a researcher, teacher & communicator. Her work is driven by questioning what it means to program & be a programmer. She created Hedy, a gradual, multilingual teaching language. We’re so excited to have you join us, @felienne.bsky.social 🐍