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Tai Kedzierski

GNU/Linux and Open Source enthusiast; organiser of the Edinburgh Language Exchange and The Edinburgh Open Tech Scene; Computer Smacker General; ramen guzzler, quiche murderer. A friendly cat.

Edinburgh, Scotland Joined on Mar 20, 2017 https://fosstodon.org/web/@taikedz

Education

BSc Comp Sci, St Andrews, Scotland

Work

DevOops Engineer

cbz-downloader

Fetch comics and compile them to CBZ

Python • 5 stars

shellpipe

Python • 4 stars

bash-builder

This project has been moved to https://gitlab.com/taikedz/bash-builder

Shell • 3 stars

Constantly yearning to learn rust. I just need a decent project and the time to do it. Perpetually improving my python clean coding.

Skills: git, ubuntu, linux, python, docker, open source, writing, cooking, singing

Languages: python, bash, lua, groovy, French, Spanish, foul.

Writing a modestly "event"-driven, extensible file de-duplicator https://github.com/taikedz/dedupe

Wrangling an on-request data-transforming web server: https://gitlab.com/taikedz/muta-webserver

I like talking about Linux, Open Source, clean python programming, clean shell scripting, video game design musings, and the best noodle soup recipes.

21 posts published

73 comments written

12 tags followed

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Oct 11 '21

Burnout? Take a moment to shut out expectations

#depression #mentalhealth #workplace #burnout

4 min read

Apr 2 '21

I've parked my side projects - hobbies to enable my career growth

#burnout #career #devjourney #newbie

6 min read

Oct 10 '19

Team mental health: Be helpful by habit

#mentalhealth #workplace #depression #burnout

3 min read

Jan 10

Doing Multi-Threading Properly (and lessons learned)

#python #multithreading

7 min read

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Jul 28 '22

Python: open().read()->str , but for big files

#python #chunking #tutorial #quickref

2 min read

May 12 '22

Groovy Gotchas - Loops, Closures, Scope, and Jenkins DSLs

#groovy #jenkins #closures #jenkinsfile

7 min read

May 10 '22

Do you need singletons in Python ?

#discuss #python #singleton #oop

3 min read

May 5 '22

Argument parsing and subparsers in Python

#python #cheatsheet #quickreference

4 min read

Jan 12 '22

Jenkins Pipelines - surely this is a bug??

3 min read

Jan 10 '22

Python Decorator Quick-Reference

#python #decorator #quickreference #cheatsheet

2 min read

Jun 16 '21

Creating a self-sequential pipeline in Jenkins

#groovy #jenkins #ci #devops

6 min read

Apr 1 '21

Improve your Linux PC speed with this one command

#aprilfools #linux #hoax #dontdoit

1 min read

Dec 22 '20

Is Jenkins Pipelining Really This Messed Up??

#jenkins #iac #devops #groovy

5 min read

Dec 9 '20

Distro differences 🤔

#linux #distro #kernel #operatingsystem

8 min read

Dec 9 '20

ShellPipe.py | A Hacky Remedy to Overkill Shell Scripting

#python #bash #linux #automation

6 min read

Sep 7 '20

Your bash scripts are rubbish, use another language

#bash #linux #python #reaction

5 min read

Jul 17 '20

A slightly less naive binary diff

#binary #diff #linux #python

3 min read

Oct 22 '19

Back from OggCamp

#opensource #conference #barcamp #oggcamp

3 min read

Oct 8 '19

Open source meetups - specifically

#opensource #gnu

2 min read

Oct 7 '19

We did a Guided Conversation session on open source and funding

#opensource #funding #crowdfunding

11 min read

Oct 4 '19

Introducing Git and Github PRs to beginners

#git #github #hacktoberfest

2 min read

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