Thomas Ballinger

@thomas_ballinger@robot.villas

Thomas Ballinger's programming essays, teaching notes, software projects, and personal writing, including Python, JavaScript, and developer tools.

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JavaScript Packaging #Programming #JavaScript #WebDev
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Jul 13, 2024
I finally got excited about LLMs #AI #LLM #Programming
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Mar 19, 2023
Observable Hugo Shortcode #Programming #Hugo #WebDev
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Dec 1, 2021
Porting Endless Sky #Programming #Software #OpenSource
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Dec 27, 2020
2019 #Programming #Essays #PersonalWriting
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Dec 26, 2019
Waiting for the next Python implementation #Python #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Sep 17, 2019
The Thue-Morse Sequence #Math #Algorithms #Programming
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Oct 28, 2018
Experiences that have Tetris-Effect'd me #Psychology #Cognition #Learning
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Oct 28, 2018
Python is not Java or C++: Python as a second language empathy #Python #Programming #Developer
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Apr 6, 2018
PyCon Trivia 2017 #Python #PyCon #Programming
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Jun 1, 2017
Methods in Python #Python #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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May 6, 2017
Why teach JavaScript first #Programming #JavaScript #Education
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Apr 22, 2017
Debouncing terminology #Programming #WebDev #Software
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Apr 4, 2017
Who am I to give this talk? #Programming #Writing #Essays
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Jan 9, 2017
From the Recurse Center to Dropbox #Programming #Tech #Developer
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Jan 9, 2017
Interactive Interpreter Undo #Programming #Python #DeveloperTools
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Sep 13, 2016
Richer command line interfaces #Programming #CLI #SoftwareDevelopment
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Jul 14, 2016
Two types of command line interfaces #Programming #CLI #SoftwareDevelopment
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Jul 9, 2016
Basic banner grabbing with Python #Python #Programming #Networking
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Jun 28, 2016
Finding closure with closures #Python #Programming #Developer
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Jun 1, 2016
Rebinding closures in Python #Python #Programming #Developer
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Jan 5, 2016
Remember to use invalidate_caches() in Python 3 #Python #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Dec 21, 2015
Terminal talk in one week #Programming #Software #DeveloperTools
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Apr 3, 2015
Comparing key detection code in Blessed and Curtsies #Programming #Python #Software
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Nov 29, 2014
Writing Curtsies Docs #Programming #Documentation #Writing
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Nov 22, 2014
In celebration of yield from #Python #Programming #Developer
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Oct 14, 2014
Reading Error Detecting and Error Correcting Codes #Programming #Tech #ComputerScience
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Oct 6, 2014
Python Prompt Toolkit impressions #Python #Programming #DeveloperTools
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Sep 30, 2014
Garbage collection #Programming #Software #Tech
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Sep 4, 2014
August bpython sprint #Python #OpenSource #Programming
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Aug 31, 2014
PyGotham bpython lightning talk #Python #Programming #Tech
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Aug 16, 2014
bpython curtsies is live #Python #OpenSource #Programming
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May 13, 2014
Python Essential Reference Tutorial Quiz #Python #Programming #Education
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May 2, 2014
Python and JavaScript #Python #JavaScript #Programming
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Apr 17, 2014
Surprising Python #Python #Programming #Developer
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Mar 23, 2014
Math Museum Review #Writing #Essays #Review
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Mar 9, 2014
Trees in Python #Python #Programming #DataStructures
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Mar 9, 2014
Nonblocking stdin read works differently in Python 3 #Python #Programming #Developer
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Mar 1, 2014
Prepping for a Python talk with code snippets #Python #Programming #Developer
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Feb 16, 2014
Native scrolling in bpython: bpython-curtsies #Python #Programming #DeveloperTools
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Dec 23, 2013