A Blog.

A Blog. Specifically, one made by a guy named "Josh Cannon".

Overwriting GitHub Required Checks with Buildkite

Green CI is easier than ever

Posted on October 1, 2025

(for some pre-reading you may want to read my brief post on how GitHub commit statuses and PR required checks work) [Read More]
The Problem with GitHub Commit Statuses

Posted on August 24, 2025

(Just one?) [Read More]
Python Namespace Packages are a pain

there's no Zen here

Posted on August 16, 2025

TL;DR: Just use __init__.py in every directory. Please. [Read More]
Python: Relative vs Absolute Imports

9 out of 10 Pythonistas agree...

Posted on July 19, 2025

In the PyTexas Discord my fellow PyTexas organizer and friend, Mason Egger, asked: [Read More]
Using `cog` for pinned Single-File Python scripts

Or as I call it: cogpinning

Posted on July 5, 2025

Background [Read More]
GitHub doesn't let you secure Merge Queue branches

(Add it to the pile, I suppose)

Posted on July 3, 2025

TL;DR [Read More]
GitHub Environments are a (sometimes) useful security feature

Posted on June 29, 2025

(much like GitHub Secrets) [Read More]
How Python Generators Work (for the Systems-flovered folks)

Posted on June 8, 2025

AKA Watching the "A-HA" in realtime [Read More]
Remote Single-file Python Scripts with uv

Posted on April 24, 2025

How supercharge your script running with uv tricks [Read More]
Programmatically accessing (private) GitHub file URLs

Posted on April 23, 2025

How to make it easy to access (private) single files from a github.com repo [Read More]
Diff diffs (a.k.a. 4-way diffing)

Posted on April 5, 2025

What changes have changed? [Read More]
GitHub Universe 2024

Posted on October 30, 2024

It's a whole Universe. [Read More]
What's in a name?

Posted on July 5, 2024

Inspecting filenames of PyPI packages. [Read More]
ruff (and Astral)

Here's what others (and I) think

Posted on June 12, 2024

A lot of people have a lot of opinions about ruff (and their accomplishments). I haven’t heard my personal thoughts echoed strongly in anybody else’s opinion, so I thought I’d write them out. Let me know if you feel the same or differently. [Read More]
Episode Fore: A New Blog

Posted on May 26, 2024

So, hello. Welcome to my blog. [Read More]

Overwriting GitHub Required Checks with Buildkite

Green CI is easier than ever

The Problem with GitHub Commit Statuses

Python Namespace Packages are a pain

there's no Zen here

Python: Relative vs Absolute Imports

9 out of 10 Pythonistas agree...

Using `cog` for pinned Single-File Python scripts

Or as I call it: cogpinning

GitHub doesn't let you secure Merge Queue branches

(Add it to the pile, I suppose)

GitHub Environments are a (sometimes) useful security feature

How Python Generators Work (for the Systems-flovered folks)

Remote Single-file Python Scripts with uv

Programmatically accessing (private) GitHub file URLs

Diff diffs (a.k.a. 4-way diffing)

GitHub Universe 2024

What's in a name?

ruff (and Astral)

Here's what others (and I) think

Episode Fore: A New Blog