S.Lott -- Software Architect

I've been subjected to two (obvious) examples of slopware apps.

Here's an interesting group: https://handcraftedcode.org I'm an "absolutely no LLM" bigot.

I have (finally) released a usable DSL for OpenD6 spells and characters.

See the OpenD6 tag for a bunch of related content.

Lets look at my favorite OO-Design problem domain: card games.

What does the AI bubble mean?

See Writing Project -- perhaps a bad idea.

See Writing Project -- perhaps a bad idea.

I'm trying to push the envelope in my writing.

When playing a game using D6 -- and only D6 -- we're sometimes confronted with a need to make a selection from equiprobable items.

See https://codeberg.org/robida/human.json.

I went deep into OpenD6, chasing an idea through a maze of strange shapes.

Maaike and Imke van Putten’s delightful Python Illustrated follows innocent Wiesje on a journey to learn the secrets only Zia seems to know.

The OpenD6 Table-Top Role-Playing Game (TTRPG) has a complicated bit of accounting around the definition for magical spells and invocations.

BLUF Your LLM conversations are emphatically not Literate Programming.

See The eval() Conundrum for background.

Please do not use an LLM to create a conference talk.

Please do not use an LLM to create a conference talk.

In time for your Holiday Reading.

BLUF You rarely need this.

BLUF You rarely need this.

Some quotes to provide context.

Some quotes to provide context.

Some quotes to provide context.

Some quotes to provide context.

Many people will proclaim that the eval() function is reprentnatly evil.

This is delightful: Packt has this Humble Bundle including The Modern Python Cookbook.

I write all my books using LaTeX.

Q: "Can you recommend books that are good for a beginner wanting to learn python?"

The back-story.

The back-story.

I'm struggling with brain cramps trying to understand something my past self wrote.

We test software.

Ugh.

This: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/opinion_column_ransomware/ Shabby IT infrastructure built with criminally low budgets.

Generally, I try to frown on Domain-Specific Languages.

Recently, we talked about extracting data from complex relational databases.

We're talking about extracting data from complex relational databases.

We're talking about extracting data from complex relational databases.

We're talking about extracting data from complex relational databases.

Let's talk about extracting data from complex relational databases.

I'm working on revisions to Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming.

Starting back in 2011 I was working on a way to manage a variety of spreadsheets in a variety of layouts with a common schema.

In the process of writing Unlearning SQL, I had a need to extract SQL blocks from Python programs.

Modern Python Cookbook — with lots and lots of recipes — is something you might need.

Big Announcement: the 2024.8 version of Unlearning SQL, and the 2024.9 version of Pivot to Python are available from booksellers online.

Let's say you want to self-publish an ebook and a print-on-demand paperback book.

Book (pre) Announcement: KDP - See https://www.amazon.com/stores/Steven-Lott/author/B00HNRSLEK for my author's page. https://www.amazon.com/Unlearning-SQL-hammer-every-problem-ebook/dp/B0DDMFMXNW is the book.

Book Announcement: https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/modern-python-cookbook-9781835466384 There are about 130 recipes in here.

See Synthetic Data.