Using Your Favicon for Monitoring Long Processes

I was struggling to get some real, productive work done (I just got back from a trip in Europe) and I thought I'd tackle something that's been in my queue for a little while now. This is, yet again, one of my "bad ideas" that you should probably not ever use in production, but it was fun, it made me happy, and you get to see the kind of silliness...

Hey folks! One of the things I promised to do better with the Code Break show was scheduling. With that being said, I'm here to announce the next event and I've got about 4 already on the calendar after that. Hopefully this year I can get a bit more consistent with schedule. That being said, we'll see. Life is crazy at times. ;)Ok, with that out...

As part of my efforts to improve my Python knowledge, I've been looking at the Flask framework for a way to build Python-backed web apps. I've only been looking at it for a short time, but I'm really impressed with how simple it is. In some ways, it reminds me a lot of when I first saw Express. Before that, I wasn't sure I was going to like...

Welcome to the first Links For You of 2025. I'm currently writing this from, I kid you not, the Danube in Austria. My wife and I are a bit over halfway through a European vacation (one we planned before Adobe decided to give me an early Christmas gift of a layoff). So far, it's been absolutely glorious, and I plan on writing about the experience...

As the "Great Social Network Wars" carry on (my term, not anyone else), I'm finding myself more and more enjoying Bluesky. I do more posting on Mastodon, but Bluesky reminds me a lot more of early Twitter. Threads is... ok, but has felt too corporate. I can't even remember the last time I checked it. Earlier this week, I was poking around the...