Python developer, author of Make Art with Python. On a mission to bring art and play to software development. Previously lead DevRel at Datadog.
Joined March 2009
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23 Sep 2024
I wrote about the generative video editor I've been working on for the past year, and the progress so far: makeartwithpython.com/blog/a…
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If the knicks could pull that comeback then openai can come back against anthropic
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Jun 11
Asked a question so dangerous they sent my ass to haiku
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Mar 23
Wonder what percentage of market price discovery is being done by LLMs at this point and whether their sycophancy might be exploitable
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Jan 23
n config options can often be replaced by k options (with k << n) where k just lets the user express what thing they want to optimize for (typically some tradeoff between latency, throughput, and cost).
This is often very hard! But a 10x better user experience.
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PSA for anyone trying to run GPT-OSS on vLLM w/ Blackwell / Hopper. Ignore the OpenAI blog post instructions and just read this: github.com/vllm-project/reci…
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20 Nov 2025
babe wake up, the next chapter of the deel espionage saga just dropped
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27 Oct 2025
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10…
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26 Oct 2025
There are a sophisticated set of enabling technologies, but the feature’s goal was incredibly simple: to capture the vitality of the world around us. The Live Photo patent has a picture of my daughter as a toddler spinning in a dress in front of our house. As with a Live Photo, the more time passes, the more endearing it’s become.
live photos hit this perfect intersection of tech & tenderness. it might be the most quietly brilliant thing apple ever made. it’s a subtle wordless trick that turns stillness into something breathing.
i just stumbled on one & it hit like a gut punch. ridiculous that all photos have a tiny slice of life before the pose, the laugh or blink right before the photo froze… it makes your chest ache hardcore esp for a memory you can never ever have again.
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23 Oct 2025
Banger line up! If you’re anywhere near sf you should go
23 Oct 2025
I'm teaming up with @samuelcolvin to launch a new meetup series, Py AI.
Our first one is November 11 in San Francisco with talks from @pydantic, @modal, @reductoai and @fastmcp.
Hosted by our friends at @pebble_bed.
Link to join below!
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Wrote this up as a blog post and decided that yes, for me it still matters
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22 Oct 2025
inkwell is a self-funded project.
if you enjoy following it's development & would like to see it become a reality - please consider leaving a tip.
16 Oct 2025
each npc is an ai persona that you can customise.
they have context of the items, scenery, characters and actions that have taken place around them.
they're still in the early stages, but this will evolve into controlling the actions they take as well.
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21 Oct 2025
One of the arguments that has been used is that LLMs are “transformative” and thus cannot be considered derivative on their training data. But in the visual domain we can very much see that these large models are in fact derivative from what they were trained on.
20 Oct 2025
OpenAI has again tightened copyright restrictions on Sora after Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston saw himself in Sora 2 generations during the launch and contacted SAG-AFTRA. They have released a joint statement.
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15 Oct 2025
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15 Oct 2025
Important info. The issue in that benchmark seems to be ollama. Native llama.cpp works much better. Not sure how ollama can fail so hard to wrap llama.cpp. The lesson: Don’t use ollama. Espacially not for benchmarks.
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9 Oct 2025
It’s such a good hack to ask if you’re accidentally being boolean in decision making. Humans have a tendency to think in all or none, but you almost always eliminate all or none decisions and find a better blend between options.
9 Oct 2025
A mistake I’ve made a bunch of times is to focus on the bottleneck X of a system for 6 months until it’s no longer a bottleneck. And then focus on the next bottleneck Y for 6 months.
What I should have done is to anticipate Y and focus on both X and Y in parallel.
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4 Oct 2025
I wonder what the Sora 2 release does to the penalties from the NY Times lawsuit
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4 Oct 2025
Does this change the math on whether or not LLMs are really as derivative as we think they are?
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28 Sep 2025
I’ve done a lot of things conventionally seen as difficult but man they don’t even register as blip relative to taking care of an aging relative
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