Jools

@tech_jools

Cisco tech leader; SecOps automation, Python dev. Founding @canonical @ubuntu MAAS engineering manager. All tweets my own. Rude/Troll = block

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Jools
@tech_jools
Jun 6, 2019
I did some timing earlier to see which way of checking a zero length list in Python is the quickest. Without cheating, which do you think it was? #Python
if len(foo) == 0:
29%
if foo == [ ]:
12%
if foo:
59%
100 votesFinal results
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Jools
@tech_jools
Oct 7
I've learned the most important word when asking AI to do anything: "concise"
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Jools
@tech_jools
Aug 24
Git has to be one of the worst pieces of software your average developer has to deal with on an hourly basis. I've never had to Google how to use it, for the same thing over and over, as much as anything else I've ever used. The UX is just miserable across the board.
Jools
@tech_jools
Aug 19
This hurts to read
Arvid Kahl
@arvidkahl
Aug 18
Things we depend on way too much: - GitHub - us-east-1 - that Google account we use for all OAuth logins - 1.1.1.1
Jools
@tech_jools
Aug 5
Unreal
The Hacker News
@TheHackersNews
Aug 5
‼️ A Claude Mythos 5 agent spent 34 hours trying to backdoor a real open-source project. It hid a malware dropper inside a working bug fix. When exposed, it denied the code was malicious, rewrote Git history, and used a second account to vouch for itself. The attempt failed