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  1. uv: An In-Depth Guide to Python’s Fast and Ambitious New Package Manager

    Best guide I’ve seen for switching to uv, although it stops just short of how to use it for building and publishing projects. Anonymous author.

  2. Testing & Packaging

    Python package src layout, testing and coverage.

  3. Packaging a python library | ionel’s codelog

    Including benefits of an src layout, and lots of example configs/scripts.

  4. How I rip DVDs and Blu-Rays into my Mac (2022 Edition) | Jeff Geerling

    Starting to wonder if I should buy discs if I want to watch movies at home, so…

  5. The StoryGraph

    “A fully-featured Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads.” Looks nice.

  6. Network47TV - Twitch

    Max Headroom streaming constantly, while it lasts.

  7. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Learning from Stoppard

    Comparison between two versions of the script, describing how Tom Stoppard improved it.

  8. Online Safety Act Notes for Small Sites — Russ Garrett

    Now expanded and at a different URL.

  9. Jerry Saltz: My Appetites

    From 2020. An absorbing read.

  10. TRMNL | E-ink dashboard to stay focused

    Developer-friendly e-ink display. Charge every three months. US$129 or US$149 with API access. (via The Hiro Report)

  11. Century-Scale Storage

    Long article about the difficulties (technical, social, economic, etc) of reliably storing data for at least 100 years.

  12. Said the Gramophone: BEST SONGS OF 2024

    20 years of these! An institution. Beloved.

  13. Remembering Cyberia, the World’s First Ever Cyber Cafe

    I barely went there but, still, nostalgia for the times.

  14. Tributes for former Braintree Council leader who has died | Braintree and Witham Times

  15. Transmissions from Nowhereland - by ted mills

    “Issue 009/November: Interlude. In which I tell you about Karl, a good little guy” Lovely, sad writing.

  16. New CSS that can actually be used in 2024 | Thomasorus

    I ignore new CSS for years so this summary might actually be useful to me. In a year or two. (via Adactio)

  17. Lost Halloween Film Posters…

    Very good, for middle-aged British folk.

  18. My Modern CSS Reset | jakelazaroff.com

    Buy my book, “ConSiStent: A History of CSS Reset”, 576pp. (via adactio)

  19. ‘We Were Wrong’: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website | WIRED

    Oversells the “WIRED is also part of the problem” angle I think. Or, the bits it thinks were the problem weren’t the problem.

  20. Tributes paid to giant of Essex Labour, John Gyford - Braintree & Witham Labour Party

    “John Gyford … has died aged 85.”

  21. Miniature concrete models of iconic Brutalist Architecture – Spaceplay

    Tasty.

  22. Why is Dale Vince Lying About Heat Pumps?

    Debunking his arguments. (via FaveJet)

  23. ‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’ | The Guardian

    Lovely oral history of Leonard Rossiter. “He was also very affectionate with our bearded collie, Humphrey.”

  24. Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | The New Yorker

    Ted Chiang again with good arguments. (via everyone, weeks ago)

  25. The Shield oral history: Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, Glenn Close reflect on FX drama

    A bit too “It and everyone are the best!!” but still interesting.

  26. Adam Curtis: The Map No Longer Matches the Terrain

    “We’re waiting for someone to draw a new map, and until then, we’re just going to witter away to each other on podcasts.” (via Garbage Day)

  27. Tom Johnson · Diary: Strange Visitations

    I didn’t expect to come across mention of a church just up the road from us in the LRB. (subscribers only)

  28. radiac/nanodjango: Full Django in a single file

    Sounds great, very clever. Nicely done. (via Simon Willison)

  29. Retirement Planner Links — James Shack

    Love a good retirement planner spreadsheet.

  30. Record Club

    Like Letterboxd, but for music I think. Seems nice.