N33R "Vorbereitung eines hochverräterischen Unternehmens" ⚸ 🩸 
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Justin Mayer
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Open-source developer, founder, and investor. Abstractions podcast co-host (link below). Building https://fortressa.com and https://getpelican.com. Helping others with self-hosting, open source, privacy, Python, investing, Italy, Japan, and wine 🍷
Watching clips of 1950s professional basketball players makes you realize how much players have improved over the years.
I believe the same can be said of Darwin Award contenders. https://fops.cloud/objects/a61c1c91-6c9b-430a-a638-5748e216f086
N33R "Räuberischer Angriff auf Kraftfahrer" ⚸ 🩸 :lesbian: (@[email protected])
mittenLots of renewed talk about static site generators 'round these parts (which is awesome), so let me do a little shoutout to Pelican https://getpelican.com @pelican
I chose this over 11ty (which I did try!) because it's written in Python, which is one of the few (the only?) languages I know(ish), and because I'm more comfortable with their upgrade schedule (more like yearly instead of what felt like weekly with 11ty - that just stresses me out - YMMV, of course).
Anyway, it's a great little SSG if the other ones out there don't float your boat. It powers my site at: https://mitten.lol
Anyone have experience with django-extra-views, positive or negative?
https://github.com/AndrewIngram/django-extra-views
For inline editing of #Django model instances related to a parent model (using a foreign key), one could use the InlineFormSetView…
https://django-extra-views.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pages/formset-views.html#inlineformsetview
… but are there alternative approaches you’d recommend instead?
In the past, I have used the following custom user model for Django because it uses (1) email addresses as usernames and (2) short name and long name fields instead of first and last names. I believe both of these are significant improvements over the default user model.
https://github.com/jambonrose/django-improved-user
That said, can anyone recommend other, potentially-better custom user model options for #Django?
I am saddened by the news that Rob Reiner and his wife were found stabbed to death in their home in Los Angeles.
In addition to over 40 years of enjoying his work in cinema, I had the pleasure of meeting Rob and got to experience his sense of humor first-hand.
This shouldn’t have been the end of his story.
I will cherish the body of work he left behind.
https://news.kagi.com/world/2025121514/hollywood-director-rob-reiner-and-wife-killed-in-los-angeles
Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife killed in Los Angeles
Oscar-nominated American filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife, photographer and activist Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday, in what police describe as an apparent homicide involving stab wounds. Authorities were called to the property on a medical aid request and discovered the couple's bodies; homicide detectives have launched an investigation but have not publicly identified any suspects or confirmed reports that a family member is being questioned. City officials, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom, issued statements confirming the deaths and praising Reiner’s decades-long contributions to film and his advocacy on civil rights and social and economic justice. The news has prompted an outpouring of tributes from across Hollywood and beyond, celebrating Reiner’s work on classics such as "When Harry Met Sally," "The Princess Bride," "Stand By Me" and "This Is Spinal Tap," and remembering the couple’s long partnership and philanthropy.
Maxime
I like the feeling of buying and owning great products — especially #software.
*Renting* software, on the other hand, does not give me the same warm fuzzies.
In the following episode of the #Abstractions #podcast, at about the 18:47 mark, I explain why I eschew software rental, and I also describe alternative pricing structures that provide much better alignment of interests between software vendors and end users.
https://pod.link/1804434846/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9zaG93cy5hcnJvd2xvb3AuY29tL0BhYnN0cmFjdGlvbnMvZXBpc29kZXMvMDA1LW1heS1vci1tYXktbm90LWJlLWNoYXJsYXRhbnM https://mastodon.social/@xahteiwi/115618141048886104
Folks tend to overlook comments in GitHub issue templates, such as encouragement to create new discussion topics instead of new issues.
I changed the #GitHub issue template configuration to direct Pelican users toward discussions, but I get the feeling that there is a more elegant way to do this.
I’d love to see examples of how others have handled this.
Have you seen other ways of handling this kind of nudging/encouragement toward discussions in open source projects?
In case you need another reason to ditch Windows, it seems Microsoft added an LLM agent to Windows 11 that runs in the background with access to personal folders: https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-runs-in-background-with-access-to-personal-folders-warns-of-security-risk/
Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk
Microsoft is moving forward with its plans to turn Windows 11 into a full-fledged “AI” operating system. The first big move in that direction is an experimental feature called “Agent Workspace” that gives AI agents access to the most-used folders in your directory, such as Desktop, Music, Pictures, and Videos. AI Agents will also always […]