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Sept. 27, 2024 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
Hello, hello! Just a few things this week: Gaming Again 🎮️ I've spent some time playing a few videogames lately, a pastime I've had very little time for in this phase of life. Accordingly, I'm not going to call myself a "gamer" in any sense recognizable in the modern world. But …
Read MoreSept. 20, 2024 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
Hello, dear reader! Let me tell you what's been going on this week. New Laptop! 🙌️ I've got my new work laptop, and it's excellent! I've got a nice new Dell XPS 15 with an Intel i7-13620H, which Windows tells me has 10 real cores and 16 logical processors. I assume …
Read MoreSept. 13, 2024 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
Here we are, definitely one week after my last Weeknotes entry. 🙂️ Here's what's going on this week: New Headphone are Awesome 🎧️ Last time I mentioned my new Bose noise-cancelling headphones as a replacement for my Raycon earbuds to help create a more sound-tolerant workflow. They've been great! And I'm quite …
Read MoreAug. 31, 2024 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
Something I've noticed a lot of bloggers doing is a "weeknotes" kind of thing, where they throw together a brief write up of what they've been learning or interacting with over the course of the week. I'm gravitating toward this idea and I want to give it a try. With …
Read MoreJuly 27, 2024 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
Man, I love PyOhio! Last year was my first one, and I was so thrilled to hear that this year's event was going to be in person for the first time since COVID. I absolutely wanted to be a part of it, and I'm so glad I got to be …
Read MoreFeb. 8, 2024 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
DHH posted a recent piece called It's easier to forgive a human than a robot. In it, he highlights a fascinating problem and draws a handful of conclusions that I think head off in the wrong directions. The problem he highlights is that as AI and similar systems take over …
Read MoreDec. 16, 2023 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
On the heels of DjangoCon (sorry, a restrospective is overdue for that one, it's coming, I promise), I went and signed up for another conference—PyOhio! I decided to throw my hat in the ring with a talk on web scraping. It's a fun skill that I've put to use …
Read MoreOct. 17, 2023 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
It's such a delight to give a talk at this year's DjangoCon! This is my first tech conference, as well as my first time presenting. I'd love to thank Will Vincent, Eric Matthes, and Alyssa Nicholl for all their help reviewing and refining this talk to be the best it …
Read MoreSept. 8, 2023 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
A little while back, I did some freelancing with a couple of friends for a real estate investment firm. One of my friends knows these guys. They have a great business, but the place where they were falling down was keeping investors in the loop on how things were developing …
Read MoreAug. 18, 2023 » james.walters.click » [Archived Version]
People have a strange relationship with their software. Some applications are mainstays in our workplaces, but don't impact our lives off the clock. Some applications seemingly exist solely to annoy us. Many of us spend hours and hours with software designed to amuse us. Some of us wouldn't know how …
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