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2.8K
Account age
3 yrs
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jun 24latest
3
Avg engagement / post
2–2
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
50/100
Variable reach
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 2 likes + reposts (median 2) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: Our version of the “reflecting pool” drink: - pineapple juice - · 13 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
2.8 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
9.6×
Follows 296 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Our version of the “reflecting pool” drink:
- pineapple juice
- chopped mint
- blue curacao
- Jameson
“space astronauts” as opposed to all of those “non-space astronauts”
Lean TDD book progress
☑︎ audio book recorded
☑︎ initial audio edit pass
☐ … so much more …
I’m looking forward to the 1.0 release with paperback, audio, and ebook.
Listening to “A World Appears” by Michal Pollan. Quite the mind trip so far.
short version: sometimes you want to run a sub-suite without installing all the dependencies for the other sub-suites and just deselect tests that don't load due to expected missing imports.
example: local testing with just API can desele…
pytest kinda blows up during collection if an import fails.
pytest-optional-dependencies is a way to avoid this.
https://github.com/okken/pytest-optional-dependencies
I should probably write a blog post about why this plugin is necessary…
It was actually quite tasty
I should have time to work on it some tomorrow.
I tried recording chapter 9 of “Lean TDD” and the flow didn’t feel right. So, one more edit pass with a perspective of “am I willing to read this out loud”. I’m about halfway through the chapter edits.
It’s 11 pm and I am tired. But I also want to keep writing. My brain want to keep going. But my hands and forearms say we’re done for the night. :(
Anyone have an internal role of “developer advocate”?
I think it’d be fun to represent and advocate for the developer experience between stakeholders and engineers.
Hey, I know that guy!
I’m listening to “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI” by @pluralistic and @glyph is quoted.
Very cool. Also nice person to represent serious developers.
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
fosstodon.org
A open-source software server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 2.8× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated43/100
Fair
Credibility score
73%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 73% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Lead Software Engineer
Author of "Lean TDD" and “Python Testing with pytest” #Python #pytest :python:
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