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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Episode of Conduit: 108: Systems Check Summer 2025 Kathy is thinking about things with some help from doula death cards and Jay reorganized and is giving up on a lot of software (and screens) - http://relay.fm/conduit/108

New Episode of Conduit: 107: Bored as a Benefit Jay was bored while sick, and that inspired all kinds of ideas. Kathy sits in silence and it may just drive her mad. Also, Jay is not a doctor. - http://relay.fm/conduit/107

New Episode of Conduit: 106: This Is Not an Episode (But We're Sorry) You're not mistaken...this audio will be very short. And we're sorry. We'll see you in a fortnight! - http://relay.fm/conduit/106

New Episode of Conduit: 105: Is It OK to Not Plan For The Future?? Kathy is dealing with some frustrating news, and Jay is upset due to his lack of fan appreciation. But most importantly, the crew talks about planning for the now versus planning for the future. - http://relay.fm/conduit/105

Don't forget about help() and vars() - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/don-t-forget-about-help-and-vars.html

New Episode of Conduit: 104: Checking In on Checking Out The world is a little chaotic and our hosts are choosing their battles. How do they check out and still keep up with the things and people that are important to them? - http://relay.fm/conduit/104

I wish more folks new to OSS would question my issues - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/i-wish-more-folks-new-to-oss-would-question-my-issues.html

New Episode of Conduit: 103: The Privilege of Doing This Kathy and Jay are privileged to bring you an episode talking about privilege. Does privilege impact productivity? Let's find out. - http://relay.fm/conduit/103

I've been working to make my blog posts more consistent. This one uses AI to ensure I add tags to it kjaymiller.com/blog/using-l...

I Am No Longer a Developer Advocate - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/i-am-no-longer-a-developer-advocate.html

New Episode of Conduit: 102: Planning/Doing things for Me/We Kathy is a pro at contextualizing processes for clients, teams and herself. Jay changes jobs and roles so regularly that they have to change context and processes. - http://relay.fm/conduit/102

pgvectorscale is easy to add onto pgvector - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/pgvectorscale-is-easy-to-add-onto-pgvector.html

Fixing the double logging issue with a logging.filter - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/fixing-the-double-logging-issue-with-a-logging-filter.html

I'm making public notes - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/i-m-making-public-notes.html

New Episode of Conduit: 101: Systems Check Spring 2025 Jay and Kathy are back with another systems check where Jay reveals some of the changes to both tools and mindset that has them feeling more focused Kathy dives deeper into what makes her system adaptable to ad... http://relay.fm/conduit/101

An IC's take on DevRel in 2025 - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/an-ic-s-take-on-devrel-in-2025.html

Props to the @devopsdaysaustin.bsky.social organizers and volunteers who made #DevOpsDaysAustin amazing this past week! They even let me photobomb them!

Reflecting on 100 Episodes of Conduit - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/reflecting-on-100-episodes-of-conduit.html

New Episode of Conduit: 100: It's Episode 100!! Grab your tissues, it's our most guest filled episode ever. We also discuss what Conduit is, what it means to us, and how it has affected our lives. - http://relay.fm/conduit/100

A Python Community Vet becomes a newbie at a PostgreSQL event - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/a-python-community-vet-becomes-a-newbie-at-a-postgresql-event.html

Shut up and Dribble - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/shut-up-and-dribble.html

BAOVOLA Marie Anna Added to BPD Council http://blackpythondevs.com/2025-04-28-baovola-marie-anna-added-to-bpd-council/ by Jay Miller #BlackPythonDevs

Reflecting on the last two years with our BPD Leaders http://blackpythondevs.com/2025-04-26-lessons-learned-from-our-leaders/ by Jay Miller #BlackPythonDevs

WOW! 30 people at your first meetup. That's a sign that the community is there but not being served! I want to make sure that BPD is sponsoring their next conference (oh yeah they've also successfully ran a conference too!) - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202504251648.html

> I'm passionate about PostgreSQL, but did not see it around me in Madagascar. I believed a community could change that. I started one... > > - BAOLOVA Anna Maria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/baovola-gis-data/) Replace PostgreSQL with many other... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202504251630.html

Working on some postgres things to get ready for next week! Come hang out with me! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf3I...

New Episode of Conduit: 99: Expecting Expectations Kathy is back and so they discuss expectations and what to do when life falls short of them. - http://relay.fm/conduit/99

Note-to-self If you try to ingest vectors into opensearch withouth creating the index settings for them first... it will not work. Instructions for OpenSearch-RAG-Demo --> https://github.com/Aiven-Labs/preparing-data-for-opensearch-and-rag/blob... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202504161449.html

It was an honor to be the afternoon Keynote at PyTexas today. Thank you to an amazing audience for playing my silly game and vibing (no-code) with me. Reminder, if you are doing something, it is helpful! - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202504132219.html

I Deleted My Twitter Account but someone is pretending to be me. - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/i-deleted-my-twitter-account-but-someone-is-pretending-to-be-me.html

I Deleted My Twitter Account bug someone is pretending to be me. - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/i-deleted-my-twitter-account-bug-someone-is-pretending-to-be-me.html

New Episode of Conduit: 98: Presentation Advice: What is Even Happening! Kathy is away so Jay and special guest Merlin Mann take a second to talk about Jay's upcoming presentation, 3D Printing, anxieties and more. Editors Note: Many many seconds. Chaos ensues. - http://relay.fm/conduit/98

Last week, I gave a 2 hour workshop called - Terraform Ain't Terrafying! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg8wyJt5O1k I would love to give a modified version of this workshop at conferences as I have come to actually like writing terraform. - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202504021354.html

This year we're excited to welcome back to the PyTexas stage our longtime friend @kjaymiller.com as Sunday's Keynote speaker! Join us at 9am April 13 for Jay's keynote! Get your ticket below 👇

New Episode of Conduit: 97: Reducing Load with the Unicorn’s Busiest Internets Kathy and Jay share how they get a more accurate measurement of the work they have and some recent wins in the Saying No column. Also, did you know that empathy is a strong leadership tr... http://relay.fm/conduit/97

For the second time, I'm tried to use HTMX for server-sent-events and for the second time, I resorted to just doing it with 10 lines of javascript. - https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202503111639.html

New Episode of Conduit: 96: Body Grief Jay is gone, so Kathy brings in Jayne Mattingly to discuss Body Grief and how to support the world and take care of yourself. - http://relay.fm/conduit/96

Who I think is the perfect candidate for our new opening - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/who-i-think-is-the-perfect-candidate-for-our-new-opening.html

New Episode of Conduit: 95: Communicating about Communicating Kathy is a world renowned communications expert and she gives us the tips and tricks about effective communication. Oh yeah Jay is there too. - http://relay.fm/conduit/95

Systems Check for Conduit Q1 2025 - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/systems-check-for-conduit-q1-2025.html

Akamai Partners with Black Tech Pipeline (Maybe there is hope for Humanity) - https://kjaymiller.com/blog/akamai-partners-with-black-tech-pipeline-maybe-there-is-hope-for-humanity.html

With the power of PostgreSQL, Python, and claude, I: - Transposed some blog analytics by year from our company analytics service (exported to csv) - Uploaded that raw data into Postgres - Created a function that looked at each month and found th... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202502130149.html