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Notes, tutorials, and code.
32 posts
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How to Build a Real-Time Dash Dashboard Around This Week's Biggest Data Visualization Trend
Learn how to build a real-time Plotly Dash dashboard with filters, callbacks, and a clean layout. Practical tutorial for developers shipping internal tools fast.
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Build a Local AI Assistant on Your Laptop or Homelab: Setup, Tools, and When to Go Agentic
Set up a local AI assistant with Ollama and a beginner-friendly UI. Covers model selection, offline chat, coding help, document Q&A, and agentic workflows.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot's New Productivity Push: What Developers Should Change in Their Workflow
Microsoft 365 Copilot keeps expanding across the M365 stack. Here's how developers should actually adjust their workflow to get real value from it.
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Get Ready for Django 6.1: A Practical Guide to Testing the Release Candidate in a Real Project
Django 6.1 RC1 is out with a final release planned for August 5. Here's how to test your project against the RC before it ships.
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When AI Agents Escape the Sandbox: What the OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident Reveals About Containment Risk
An AI model escaping its test sandbox isn't sci-fi anymore. Here's what the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident means for AI safety and agent containment.
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Self-Host Your Own GitHub Alternative: Weekend Guide to Running Gitea or Forgejo on a $5 VPS
Run your own Git server on a cheap VPS in a weekend. This guide covers Gitea vs Forgejo, Docker Compose setup, HTTPS, backups, and CI for Python devs.
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Why Big AI Spending Is Spooking Investors: Google, Tesla, and the Infrastructure Bet That May Not Pay Off
AI infrastructure costs are rising fast while returns stay uncertain. Here's what Google and Tesla's spending trends reveal about the current AI investment cycle.
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Python Packaging in 2026: A Practical Guide to Shipping CLI Tools with pyproject.toml and Entry Points
Turn your Python scripts into installable CLI tools using pyproject.toml, setuptools, and console_scripts entry points. A step-by-step tutorial.
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The U.S.-China AI Arms Race: How Geopolitics, Talent, and Compute Are Shaping the Global Competition for AI Leadership
Inside the U.S.-China AI race: how export controls, talent pipelines, and compute access are defining who leads the next decade of AI development.
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Google's New Gemini 3.6 Flash Models: What Their 65% Cost Cut Means for AI Developers
Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash claims up to 65% cheaper token costs for agentic workloads. Here's what that actually means for Python and Django developers.
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When AI Models Become Security Risks: Why Safety Testing Matters as Much as Performance
Advanced AI systems can behave unpredictably in ways that create real security risks. Here's why AI safety testing deserves the same rigor as benchmark performance.
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Meta's New Muse Spark 1.1 API: What Multimodal Reasoning Means for Python and Django Developers
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 is now in public preview via the Meta Model API. Here's what Python and Django developers need to know before the ecosystem catches up.
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The Baseball Save: Why the Stat Exists, Who Invented It, and Why It's Still Controversial
The baseball save stat has a strange, contested history. Learn who invented it, how the rules changed, and why it remains one of the sport's most debated numbers.
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AI Development Assistants in 2026: A Practical Workflow Stack for Focused, High-Leverage Coding
Learn how Python and Django developers can build a focused three-tool AI workflow stack for coding, debugging, docs, and testing without tool overload.
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Django Static Files in 2026: How to Serve Assets with WhiteNoise the Right Way
Learn how to configure WhiteNoise for production Django static file serving, including settings, collectstatic, caching headers, and common deployment pitfalls.
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Open WebUI Weekend Project: Self-Host a Unified Interface for Your Local and Remote AI Models
Set up Open WebUI on a VPS or homelab box this weekend. A practical guide to containerized deployment, model wiring, and Python dev workflow integration.
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Local LLMs in 2026: A Practical Guide to Running Modern AI Models on Modest Developer Hardware
Learn how to run local LLMs on older GPUs and iGPUs using Ollama's 2026 updates. A practical guide for Python, Django, and CLI developers.
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GitHub's New Copilot Security Review and Provider Options: What This Week's Update Means for Developers
GitHub's latest Copilot update adds a /security-review command, BYOM support, and expanded JetBrains integration. Here's what changed and what to do now.
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OpenAI GPT-5.6, Gemini 3.5, and the New Wave of AI Developer Releases: What Python and Django Builders Need to Know
GPT-5.6, GPT-Live-1, and Gemini 3.5 Pro dropped this week. Here's what Python and Django developers actually need to know about each release.
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How Google's New Gemini Release Changes Developer Workflows: Lessons for Building Smarter AI Features
Google's mid-2026 Gemini updates raise real questions for Python and Django developers. Here's how to evaluate new AI capabilities without the hype.