@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/
wlach4d ago
Jane5d 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
wlachMay 11
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

Show threadwlachMay 4
@evan I don't like to think anything's inevitable. I've been disillusioned with both for different reasons, but a turnaround is always possible. Still use Wikipedia heavily and Firefox as my primary browser.
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
Show threadwlachApr 30
@michael Honestly somewhat similar to my (limited) experience with human editors. :)
Show threadwlachApr 14

@slightlyoff FWIW, this makes a lot of sense to me. Why not provide incentives to match demand to supply, especially when supply is cheap?

Batteries are great too of course, but I think periodic oversupply is basically a given during the summer months. I've found this paper insightful:

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/02/15/curtailment-is-not-the-enemy/

Curtailment is not the enemy

A new report by IEA-PVPS Task 16 looks at the use of "implicit storage" to transform intermittent renewable sources such as solar and wind into firm power generation. It shows that the total cost of the electricity system transformation could be lowered with the optimal use of capacity overbuilding and dynamic curtailment.

pv magazine International
wlachApr 11
First planting of the season: lettuce and kale.
Show threadwlachApr 5
@evan Thanks for being a voice of reason in these discussions all the same. I have some hope that we'll be able to talk about these things in a more reasonable way a few years out
Show threadwlachApr 5
@evan Fwiw, examples like that are one of the main reasons why I'm pretty quiet on this platform. I love the idea of ambiently sharing things with friends and peers, but I'm just not ready to deal with something like that.
Show threadwlachMar 31
@pamelafox Not going this year, but I did a sprint day in both 2024 (Flask) and 2025 (free threaded python). Felt like a reasonable balance and got to work closely with a lot of really nice people.