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Generating unique names
MP 165: TIL about secrets.token_hex(). I've been working on dsd-scalingo recently, a django-simple-deploy plugin that automates the process of deploying Django projects to Scalingo. I'm excited about this work, because Scalingo seems to be one of the best platforms available at the moment for
So OpenAI is acquiring Astral
MP 164: Will you keep using uv? I sure will, until there's a more specific reason not to. The Python world was all abuzz recently after Astral announced they were being acquired by OpenAI. If you're unfamiliar with Astral, they're the team behind uv.
How many digits are there in pi?
MP 163: Probably not as many as you think! Many of us who marvel at the wonder of mathematical constants just enjoyed another pi day. This year's celebration had me thinking about how we decide how many digits of pi to use whenever we're working with