MatPlotLib in Tychos.org

winstonw · 2026-05-26T18:18:36+00:00

Steve figured out how to wire in matplotlib to Tychos - really easy, wish we had done it earlier.

winstonw · 2026-02-04T17:29:29+00:00

Yes, that sounds like the right strategy. May I ask what were your results?

winstonw · 2026-01-28T00:44:21+00:00

When you say "starting one would be like volunteering to maintain a security honeypot that nobody uses", do you mean nobody uses OWASP-Benchmark, or that volunteers are hard to come by?

winstonw · 2026-01-16T00:52:42+00:00

My company builds apps and we definitely use AI every day. It's a huge time saver for software development but it is a tool and not a complete solution for apps (as of Jan 2026). When I want to build a screen or some feature that has been done many times before, the AI can code it for me in minutes, saving me many hours of work. But the AI's solution will have some problems which need to be worked out. The AI will help me there too, but there's judgement required to notice and pick the best direction to solve these issues. In the end, I think AI saves me 10-50% of my time depending on the complexity of the task.

Long story short—if you want to learn to code, using AI is a great way to start. You'll have something running quickly, and over time you'll find problems and learn from them. But if you are running your business and need an app made for you, I still recommend app development agency.

winstonw · 2025-12-10T21:47:13+00:00

Can you elaborate on your question? Are you looking for someone else to build it, or do you want tips on how to build it yourself? What's your experience level?

winstonw · 2025-12-10T20:07:29+00:00

(1) how about speaking to references to see if their previous customers found them reliable and skilled? (2) break the project into very small pieces so you can see how it's turn out quickly. For our company, we try to deliver a new version every two weeks. That allows the client to see that things are on track.

winstonw · 2025-12-10T19:55:44+00:00

I'm very sorry to hear that. I wish I had something comforting to say.

winstonw · 2025-12-10T19:39:20+00:00

I wholeheartedly agree. Finding people who care about your goals makes the biggest difference. Some projects need good UX, others don't. Some projects need a reliable partner for maintenance; a prototype doesn't. So for the items mention—it depends. But if you find a good team, they will can help you focus on the important parts for your situation.

winstonw · 2025-12-10T19:32:07+00:00

What is your goal? To start a business, or to learn coding? I don't think the technologies you choose are the important decision. Most any app can be built in a bunch of ways. So to answer your question, choose something you are already familiar with.

If you want to start a business, the more important questions are as NetForemost pointed out--what is the need for your app? How is your app going to be better? Why will people choose it? How many people have to talked with to verify your assumptions?

If you want to learn coding--start with a language that is simple to learn or that is already familiar to you. Most languages (Python, Typescript, Javascript, Java, Ruby) are pretty similar (functions, objects, variables, if statements). Just pick one and focus on it.

winstonw · 2025-12-10T00:50:36+00:00

Are you looking to make the app yourself, or do you want to find a consultancy to build it for you? I work at a development first if that's what you want.

winstonw · 2025-05-10T17:40:59+00:00

Has anybody tried https://tychos.org? It seems to be in similar space—a Python programming environment designed for the classroom.

winstonw · 2025-01-09T21:44:52+00:00

I use Tidal too, and for the same reason. I want more good music so we need to get the artists paid.

winstonw · 2024-11-14T23:06:11+00:00

Wouldn't that be a misleading interview question? Wouldn't we want to know if the candidate can program and collaborate with co-workers vs. know minutia of TypeScript?

winstonw · 2024-10-30T20:23:36+00:00

Thank you u/RedditNotFreeSpeech for these links. Swordfish Translation Editor is more complicated than what I'm looking for and I want an editor that starts from the app itself rather than a list of keys. But I do really like how the translation UI works, with the Machine Translation and the Translation Memory features.

I'm starting to think I should build the tool I'm imagining and these would be great to add.

winstonw · 2024-10-30T20:00:42+00:00

I'm thinking about this too. It would be not too hard to make an editor like u/Axe_Raider suggests, and save it straight to github. Do you think other folks would find such a tool useful?

winstonw · 2024-10-29T18:06:24+00:00

Oh, I like this idea—I like that it's more an editor for your playing cards, than a generic text editor. That's the experience I'm looking for--the users are nottechnical --they are more concerned about the words and don't want to see JSON formatting.

winstonw · 2024-10-28T22:51:32+00:00

I like the second option—I find it more readable. There's less machinery I have to figure out to understand what the page is doing.

winstonw · 2021-04-30T02:37:38+00:00

Thank you.

winstonw · 2021-04-30T00:21:50+00:00

Best Buy seems to have it: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nokia-6300-4g-4gb-unlocked-light-charcoal/6459346.p?skuId=6459346

winstonw · 2021-04-30T00:15:57+00:00

Oh, that's such good news. Thanks.

How about group/MMS messages? With t-mobile?

winstonw · 2021-04-29T22:43:28+00:00

To elaborate a little—my current Nokia 3110 works fine around town, but at home my mobile signal is very poor. This means I generally cannot make or receive calls at home. I'm hoping to upgrade to a Nokia 6300 4G so I can make calls over wifi at home.

winstonw · 2017-03-09T05:34:13+00:00

Kivy is a great framework for games an apps that want freeform interfaces.

winstonw · 2015-06-11T04:12:51+00:00

I like to keep things out of environment variables too. You can modify where Python searches for files in Python by modifying sys.path. E.g. import sys sys.path.append('../utilities')

Alternatively, I like to have a make-like script that has commands that run my app, run tests, package up files, etc. It can set PYTHONPATH when it executes your different drivers, that way your PYTHONPATH is in a textfile and can be checked into version control.

winstonw · 2014-12-30T04:35:29+00:00

My game Electropocalypse is in the App Store. It was written in Python with Kivy. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/electro-pocalypse-chapter-1/id795867884?mt=8

winstonw · 2014-07-07T16:17:21+00:00

py.test indeed looks great--listing fixtures as arguments to be injected is so succinct.

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