My eldest daughter recently discovered the classic LCD calculator trick: type certain numbers, flip it, and make it spell words. She was thrilled to show me, and I was just as excited watching her find that little “useless” easter egg that entertained me during way too many hours in classes that I should’ve paid more… Continue reading Flipasio
EchoTree
For years now I kept some of my social accounts alive with a Python script. It read from a collection of RSS feeds and shared at random times. It worked, my feeds stayed active, and people asked me what was I doing reading at 3am. The script had a bit of personality: it logged out… Continue reading EchoTree
5 lessons I learned playing with Clawdbot, a local agentic assistant
I’ve spent the last few weeks playing with Clawdbot. My instance is named Clawd. If you haven’t seen this category yet: think “chat assistant”, but with hands. It can run commands, write files, poke your integrations, and generally do the annoying glue-work you normally do by tab-switching and copy/pasting. TL;DR Clawdbot lets you go from… Continue reading 5 lessons I learned playing with Clawdbot, a local agentic assistant
Time off work might also be work
I have seen a bunch of posts on LinkedIn about the “weekend hustle”: using your leisure time to do more work. Not convinced that is a good idea. There is another trend: people who schedule their leisure time like it’s work, and they record themselves! That’s work on top of work that should be leisure!… Continue reading Time off work might also be work
My Python logging setup
Working on various Python projects has taught me the importance of consistent logging, especially when dealing with distributed computing frameworks like Spark. Logging is not just about keeping track of errors or information; it’s about having a detailed and systematic record of the operations to understand the flow of your program and quickly diagnose issues.… Continue reading My Python logging setup