@wlach

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Software developer in the energy/climate tech space at the intersection of product, data, and user interface. Writer of documentation and tools to present it. They/them.
Bloghttps://wrla.ch
GitHubhttps://github.com/wlach
LinkedInhttps://linkedin.com/in/wrlach/
wlach18h ago
Jane1d ago
Tomorrow I’m helping my coworker practice for her driving test, specifically parallel parking, and while trying to find helpful visual resources for her I came across this beauty. Any day now folks we’ll have artificial superintelligence
wlach6d ago
Jannis LeidelMay 11

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@ThePSF/116555573783540910

The PSF Board has been developing a strategic plan and today we're sharing the high-level goals for community feedback. Full draft with detailed objectives follows in June.

This plan will shape how the PSF spends its resources for the next five years. If Python is part of your world, we'd love to hear from you.

#Python #PSF #OpenSource

wlachMay 1

TIL about pex, an interesting-looking tool for transplanting python virtualenvs across machines. Seems like a great alternative for some bespoke use cases that I have at $DAY_JOB (and maybe you do too, if you're reading this). The lightning talk from Twitter in 2014 makes me sorta sad and nostalgic, but it looks like project is still going strong:

https://github.com/pex-tool/pex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmpnGhRwsu0

GitHub - pex-tool/pex: A tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files, lock files and venvs.

A tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files, lock files and venvs. - pex-tool/pex

GitHub
wlachApr 11
First planting of the season: lettuce and kale.
wlachMar 29

Because it's 2026, I resurrected my FirefoxOS-era meditation app: https://meditation.wrla.ch/ Now updated to use service workers and the modern wakelock API.

No JavaScript build system, no frameworks, no business model, no gamification, no courses. The only that's simpler is a stick of incense and a book of matches.

wlachMar 9
TIL: Strudel is pretty neat -- repl/js based port of the tidalcycles music creation software: https://strudel.cc/
Strudel REPL

Strudel is a music live coding environment for the browser, porting the TidalCycles pattern language to JavaScript.

wlachMar 5

Wrote a bit more about my adventures in getting off Spotify. Spoiler: I got sick of not having a streaming service, so I created my own out of my venerable old Mozilla-issued Thinkpad w520. Jellyfin is pretty great!

https://wrla.ch/log/2026/03/music-updates/

wlachFeb 24
Jay SpringettFeb 24

The attention economy rewards the same behaviours regardless of whether the content being spread is a coordinated disinformation campaign or a genuinely interesting essay. The platform does not distinguish between the two. It just measures the engagement.

https://thejaymo.net/2026/02/24/427-the-firehose-and-the-feed/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Firehose and the Feed | Weeknotes #427 - thejaymo

When I read the RAND paper and Paying Attention side by side, the physics of the incentive landscape were made quite a bit clearer to me.

thejaymo
wlachFeb 19

Went to see Nine Inch Nails in Hamilton yesterday, which I listened to a lot in a previous life era (somewhat less now). They were a 15 minute walk from my place, it would be almost silly not to.

Coming out of this with the same realization I have whenever I go see live music (whatever the genre): I really should do this more often.

wlachFeb 12
AI6YR BenFeb 11
#ReduceRepairReuseRecycle