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Happy Reading Thursday! 🥳 This week's issue is up! 📰

The software bottleneck is shifting from implementation to judgment. We explore the gap between the hype and the ground truth:

✅ AI vs. Reality: Why infrastructure is stalling the "inevitable."
✅ The Comfort Trap: How easy jobs can hurt your market value.
✅ True Leadership: Making the move from Technician to Leader.

The industry is splitting. Make sure you're moving.

☕ Enjoy: https://veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt62-code-chaos-and-cold-hard-cash

Velda Kiara Apr 9

Raffi Apr 3

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@wsvincent/116340519104482149

Huge thanks to @wsvincent and @webology for building such a great newsletter over the years, and for creating a space where Updates to Django can thrive ✨

Thanks as well to all the supporters, volunteers, and my teammates in the Django News team @pradhvan @amoateng @afimaame @veldakiara and @valentina_hwayoung for the weekly commitment 💚

And last but not least, thank you @sarahboyce for starting it all and for welcoming us into "Updates to Django" 🌱

Velda Kiara Mar 26

TSBT #61, “Beyond the Black Box,” is live 🚀

We are shipping faster than ever, but what are we actually building?

A short read on AI, responsibility, and the shift in how we think about code.

Read the full issue here:

https://veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt61-beyond-the-black-box

Velda Kiara Mar 12

Happy Reading Thursday! TSBT #60, "Exploration" is live!

This issue features:

✅ The Law of Collective Amnesia
✅ CPython Internals:
✅ Reliable Intelligence
✅ Microservices & Databases

Read the issue here:

https://veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt60-exploration

Velda Kiara Mar 11

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Paul Everitt Mar 11

@webology @veldakiara I don't have time to watch this. But I'm watching it. Because it's Velda, with @wsvincent and @carlton

Carlton, does this qualify under a “categorical imperative" exemption?

Velda Kiara Mar 11

The B is Silent Mar 11

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@djangochat/116210589119616128

I’m about halfway through this episode of @djangochat and @veldakiara said the most amazing/funny thing I’ve ever heard

“I didn’t subscribe to this level of adulting”

Feeling the same over here 🤣

Go take a listen. It’s a good one!

Velda Kiara Mar 11

RE: https://mastodon.social/@webology/116210501852395625

I celebrate 😂 😂

It was so fun to do this with @wsvincent and @carlton

Give it a watch and enjoy!

Velda Kiara Feb 26

TSBT #59, "A Thousand Times Over," is live!

This week’s issue is an AI special!

The issue features:

✅ Resources and experiments on how people are currently using AI,

✅ Insights from a surgeon’s book that inspired an engineer on how to fix AI disasters as they happen.

✅ Changing with the times, getting ahead of the curve.

Art makes life worthwhile, and we would be doing ourselves a disservice not to enjoy it.

Read the full issue here: https://veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt59-a-thousand-times-over

Velda Kiara Feb 16

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Will Vincent Feb 12

@veldakiara I really liked this issue!

Velda Kiara Feb 12

Happy Reading Thursday! 📚 New TSBT issue dropped. 📨
To live.
To build.
To miss the bus and learn something anyway. 🚌

Inside this week's issue:
✅ The Optimisation Trap: Why we are obsessed with shaving milliseconds off code but losing hours to aimless hurry.
✅ Architectural Silence
✅ Why the best solutions often arrive when you finally stop chasing them.
✅ Shifting from a "sprint" mindset to a "sustainable" architecture.

And many more interesting nuggets.

Read: https://veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt58-catch-the-bus

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