Should AI write tests? Does it write good tests? Will that lead to worse software? @brianokken and I debate that and more with live code demos as we pick apart the generated code and discuss the risks and benefits.
https://youtu.be/a_V-BH_luJ4?si=niUqUs-05SBSBpcU
15.3.2025 05:00Should AI write tests? Does it write good tests? Will that lead to worse software? @brianokken and I debate that and more with live code...“Man of the People”
12.3.2025 23:05“Man of the People”Sure, the stock market is crashing, and the US is probably headed for a recession, but at least the Department of Labor won’t be paying for those expensive VS Code licenses anymore 🧠
11.3.2025 01:52Sure, the stock market is crashing, and the US is probably headed for a recession, but at least the Department of Labor won’t be paying...Microsoft are rewriting the SQL server driver for Python as a standalone package that doesn’t require ODBC. The new driver will be faster, async, and much easier to install. At the moment it’s a very early Alpha build but checkout the roadmap.
https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-python
10.3.2025 05:51Microsoft are rewriting the SQL server driver for Python as a standalone package that doesn’t require ODBC. The new driver will be faster,...Basically.
3.3.2025 08:27Basically.👋 headed to India for the first time for PyConf Hyderabad.
20.2.2025 04:34👋 headed to India for the first time for PyConf Hyderabad.I did a live stream today on these “Reasoning”models (Llama 3.3, DeepSeek R1) and whether they can make complex C code faster given enough constraints. The function was CPython’s vector in-place add for integers and the results were… interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/live/aQlfYzgg3eo?si=dhGXiDiFcH9N_oeg
❄️ 🦊 VS Code Pets 1.29 is out. This update includes some amazing winter artwork from Kiana Mosser, snowfall effects ⛄️ and we now have orange cats 🐈
27.1.2025 07:16❄️ 🦊 VS Code Pets 1.29 is out. This update includes some amazing winter artwork from Kiana Mosser, snowfall effects ⛄️ and we now...VS Code Pets 1.28 is out, now with Pandas, Frogs, and Snails. Plus the Chicken no longer grows larger than the dinosaur (hey, I'm a programmer not a biologist)
20.1.2025 07:11VS Code Pets 1.28 is out, now with Pandas, Frogs, and Snails. Plus the Chicken no longer grows larger than the dinosaur (hey, I'm a...Non-LinkedIn URL https://tonybaloney.github.io/posts/the-big-fib-can-you-prompt-llms-to-tell-the-truth.html
6.1.2025 07:48Non-LinkedIn URL https://tonybaloney.github.io/posts/the-big-fib-can-you-prompt-llms-to-tell-the-truth.htmlFirst day back. New blog post! I try and get the world’s smartest AIs to solve a game of Set, debate whether Harry Kane won the Ballon D’or, and test an LLM hack to get it to stop lying so much.
6.1.2025 07:48First day back. New blog post! I try and get the world’s smartest AIs to solve a game of Set, debate whether Harry Kane won the Ballon...After a good 4 hours of hacking on a Friday evening I got a working prototype working of bridging Python (above) and .net’s async APIs for CSnakes.
15.11.2024 09:06After a good 4 hours of hacking on a Friday evening I got a working prototype working of bridging Python (above) and .net’s async APIs for...🧠 I have so many things to do this week how am I going to get them finished…
10 minutes later— researching how much money it costs to build a cable car 🚠
Our new house has solar.. What do I need to know? Am gonna wait a bit before getting batteries
1.11.2024 08:09Our new house has solar.. What do I need to know? Am gonna wait a bit before getting batteriesDid you know there’s a static web server built into Python?
python -m http.server
Run from the folder with your web app. No dependencies 👍 #python
30.10.2024 05:25Did you know there’s a static web server built into Python?python -m http.serverRun from the folder with your web app. No dependencies...Experimenting with localising the messages for the Python builtin exceptions (this is Indonesian). Should extrapolate from system locale
25.10.2024 04:36Experimenting with localising the messages for the Python builtin exceptions (this is Indonesian). Should extrapolate from system localeWill Python get LTS releases? Seems to be a resounding no from the maintainers…
https://discuss.python.org/t/python-lts-and-maintenance-cycles/68277/62
24.10.2024 09:26Will Python get LTS releases? Seems to be a resounding no from the...My keynote for this weeks’ PyCon APAC is in 15 different languages and only 1 of those is Python. Make sure you have a strong coffee beforehand! ☕️ #pyconapac
24.10.2024 09:23My keynote for this weeks’ PyCon APAC is in 15 different languages and only 1 of those is Python. Make sure you have a strong coffee...Coming to PyCon APAC this weekend? I’ll be talking about what’s changing in Python 3.15.
22.10.2024 04:46Coming to PyCon APAC this weekend? I’ll be talking about what’s changing in Python 3.15.Trying to follow the English instructions for Indonesian visa. Primary reason for visit options are
- “Silver Hair”
- “Diaspora”
Am thinking maybe these translations weren’t done by a native speaker 🤔