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2026

22 issues
TSBT76:Under the Hood, Between the Lines & Out of the Loop

October 22, 2026

TSBT76:Under the Hood, Between the Lines & Out of the Loop

A little Docker, understanding how CPython works under the hood, some code-reading rabbit holes, a few lessons on building and leading better teams, and the big question: Is AI making engineering more fun, or taking the fun out of it?

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TSBT75: Agents, Architecture & Adult Supervision

October 8, 2026

TSBT75: Agents, Architecture & Adult Supervision

A collection of thoughtful reads on what it takes to build software well. The choices, trade-offs, tools, habits, and lessons that make engineering better over time.

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TSBT74: Ctrl+Alt+Adapt

September 24, 2026

TSBT74: Ctrl+Alt+Adapt

“Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.”-Jeanette Winterson

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TSBT73: Pumpkin Spice Bytes

September 10, 2026

TSBT73: Pumpkin Spice Bytes

“Whenever you read a book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow more light”- Vera Nazarian

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TSBT72: Reading is Still Cool

August 27, 2026

TSBT72: Reading is Still Cool

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." — C.S. Lewis

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TSBT71: Engineering Bytes

August 13, 2026

TSBT71: Engineering Bytes

"I think books are like people, in the sense they turn up in your life when you most need them. -Emma Thompson"

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TSBT70: Summer Festivals & Quality Engineering

July 30, 2026

TSBT70: Summer Festivals & Quality Engineering

"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers."Harry S. Truman

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TSBT69: Coding Less, Thinking More!

July 16, 2026

TSBT69: Coding Less, Thinking More!

"Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work."- Khaled Hosseini

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TSBT68: New Month New Rules

July 2, 2026

TSBT68: New Month New Rules

"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries"- René Descartes

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TSBT67: Poems, Ice-cream and AI

June 18, 2026

TSBT67: Poems, Ice-cream and AI

"Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all" Henry David Thoreau

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TSBT66: The Human Side of Engineering

June 4, 2026

TSBT66: The Human Side of Engineering

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."-Sir Francis Bacon

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TSBT65: Code, Culture, and Complexity

May 21, 2026

TSBT65: Code, Culture, and Complexity

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life"- Mark Twain

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TSBT64: Synthesis And Survival

May 7, 2026

TSBT64: Synthesis And Survival

"The word May is a perfumed word... It means youth, love, song, and all that is beautiful in life." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, journal, 1861

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TSBT63: What’s In It For Me (WIIFM) Factor

April 23, 2026

TSBT63: What’s In It For Me (WIIFM) Factor

"We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it" William Hazlitt

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TSBT62: Code, Chaos, & Cold Hard Cash

April 9, 2026

TSBT62: Code, Chaos, & Cold Hard Cash

"We live for books"- Umberto Eco

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TSBT61: Beyond the Black Box

March 26, 2026

TSBT61: Beyond the Black Box

A blackbox of hard knocks

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TSBT60: Exploration

March 12, 2026

TSBT60: Exploration

Thoughts and pieces of internals

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TSBT59: A Thousand Times Over

February 26, 2026

TSBT59: A Thousand Times Over

“Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.”- Khaled Hosseini

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TSBT58: Catch The Bus

February 12, 2026

TSBT58: Catch The Bus

Choosing To Run For What You Want

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TSBT57: Marshalling

January 29, 2026

TSBT57: Marshalling

To live, to love, to thrive.

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TSBT56: Morning Pages

January 15, 2026

TSBT56: Morning Pages

To write or not to write, that is the question!

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TSBT55: Happy New Year..2026!

January 1, 2026

TSBT55: Happy New Year..2026!

🥂🥂 Cheers to existing in another year!

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2025

25 issues
TSBT54: Happy Restful Holidays

December 18, 2025

TSBT54: Happy Restful Holidays

Hang in there!

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TSBT53: Second Last One

December 4, 2025

TSBT53: Second Last One

Embracing The Red and The Blue

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TSBT52: 221B Baker Street

November 20, 2025

TSBT52: 221B Baker Street

Sherlock Holmes Museum

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TSBT51: Oxford and Blackwell's

November 6, 2025

TSBT51: Oxford and Blackwell's

Where books come to life

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TSBT50: Cocktails and Lectures

October 23, 2025

TSBT50: Cocktails and Lectures

Public speaking and software engineering

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TSBT49: Code To Cloud

October 9, 2025

TSBT49: Code To Cloud

Cloud To Code

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TSBT48: Skyscrapers and Batsy

September 25, 2025

TSBT48: Skyscrapers and Batsy

Gotham, Batwing, Batman, and Pizza

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TSBT47: Short Work Week

August 28, 2025

TSBT47: Short Work Week

Holidays are fun

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TSBT46: The Sweet Taste of Chocolate

August 14, 2025

TSBT46: The Sweet Taste of Chocolate

Chocolatiers

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TSBT45: EuroPython '25

July 31, 2025

TSBT45: EuroPython '25

Highly Recommend The Conference

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TSBT44: Art As You Are

July 17, 2025

TSBT44: Art As You Are

Delicious meatballs and puppetry

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TSBT43: The Future of Words

July 3, 2025

TSBT43: The Future of Words

Art through words

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TSBT42: Sherlock Holmes

June 19, 2025

TSBT42: Sherlock Holmes

221B Baker Street. The Brownstone

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TSBT41: Maybe Carpentry?

June 5, 2025

TSBT41: Maybe Carpentry?

This week, I had a bookshelf delivered. The journey of a shelf begins with assembling the boards and nails to make a bookshelf. Was it more difficult and...

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TSBT40: Birthdays at PyConUS 2025

May 22, 2025

TSBT40: Birthdays at PyConUS 2025

Code💜 Write💜 Speak💜 Travel💜

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TSBT39: PSF Fellow Status

May 8, 2025

TSBT39: PSF Fellow Status

Excited to be a PSF Fellow

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TSBT38: Tech Talk

April 24, 2025

TSBT38: Tech Talk

Edinburgh!

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TSBT37: Scoops Django Dispatch

April 10, 2025

TSBT37: Scoops Django Dispatch

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream, and that's pretty much the same thing.

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TSBT36: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

March 27, 2025

TSBT36: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

An artist must have downtime, time to do nothing.

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TSBT35: Tours, Code and Chuckles

March 13, 2025

TSBT35: Tours, Code and Chuckles

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do," - Michael Porter

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TSBT34: Flux & Flow

February 27, 2025

TSBT34: Flux & Flow

Appreciating Every Phase of Growth

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TSBT33: Tech & Tonic

February 13, 2025

TSBT33: Tech & Tonic

Live life and Breathe air

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TSBT32: The Beauty of Everything

January 30, 2025

TSBT32: The Beauty of Everything

The Joys of True Friendship

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TSBT31: The Adventure Continues

January 16, 2025

TSBT31: The Adventure Continues

New horizons await!

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TSBT30: Happy New Year..2025!

January 2, 2025

TSBT30: Happy New Year..2025!

Museums, hot-chocolate, tours and history

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2024

30 issues
TSBT29: The Land of The Celtic Harp

November 14, 2024

TSBT29: The Land of The Celtic Harp

Music, Dance, Racehorses and Guinness,

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TSBT28: No.(1) Python

October 31, 2024

TSBT28: No.(1) Python

Make it work first.

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TSBT 27: Find Your Bench

October 17, 2024

TSBT 27: Find Your Bench

Be Bold. Be Audacious.

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TSBT26: Status Quo

September 12, 2024

TSBT26: Status Quo

Everyone wants the view, but no one wants the climb - Alex Hormozi

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TSBT25: Language Bytes

September 5, 2024

TSBT25: Language Bytes

"I'm not procrastinating, I'm just waiting for the right moment to strike... with laziness."

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TSBT24: Craft with Passion

August 29, 2024

TSBT24: Craft with Passion

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

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TSBT23: Razzle Dazzle

August 22, 2024

TSBT23: Razzle Dazzle

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." - Will Rogers

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TSBT22: Verbs and Bytes

August 15, 2024

TSBT22: Verbs and Bytes

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last, neither does bathing —that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar

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TSBT21: Mastering the Art

August 8, 2024

TSBT21: Mastering the Art

Code and Art

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TSBT20: It's Been Ages

August 1, 2024

TSBT20: It's Been Ages

Code.Write.Speak.Travel.Repeat

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TSBT19: Twice In A Row

June 20, 2024

TSBT19: Twice In A Row

Neutrality is complicity to the outcome

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TSBTSP1: Power Resides Where People Believe It Resides

June 20, 2024

TSBTSP1: Power Resides Where People Believe It Resides

Special Edition: RejectFinanceBill2024

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June 13, 2024

TSBT18: In The Clouds

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TSBT17: Level Up

May 9, 2024

TSBT17: Level Up

Phoenix

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TSBT16: May '24

May 2, 2024

TSBT16: May '24

Happy New Month 🎊. My Birthday Month 🎂

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TSBT15: Storm

April 25, 2024

TSBT15: Storm

Of course I watch X-Men '97

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TSBT14: Near Miss

April 18, 2024

TSBT14: Near Miss

Done is better than perfect

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TSBT13: The Grind and Holidays

April 11, 2024

TSBT13: The Grind and Holidays

The holidays keep on coming.

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TSBT12: 4-Day Work Week

April 4, 2024

TSBT12: 4-Day Work Week

Joy, goals and hardwork

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TSBT11: The Easter Countdown

March 28, 2024

TSBT11: The Easter Countdown

Happy Easter Holiday

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TSBT10: Consistency and Volume

March 21, 2024

TSBT10: Consistency and Volume

Quantity Diminishes Chance

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TSBT09: Food, Shoes and Lanterns

March 14, 2024

TSBT09: Food, Shoes and Lanterns

Finish what you start

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TSBT08: The Third Month

March 7, 2024

TSBT08: The Third Month

Fresh starts and renewed motivation

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TSBT07: Violets and Amethysts

February 29, 2024

TSBT07: Violets and Amethysts

Sincerity, Piety, Humility, and Spiritual Wisdom.

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TSBT06: Ice cream, Cold Drinks and The Heat

February 22, 2024

TSBT06: Ice cream, Cold Drinks and The Heat

To the cold, sweet and savory

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TSBT05: Giggles and Gumdrops

February 15, 2024

TSBT05: Giggles and Gumdrops

Bold Adventures

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TSBT04: Byte Bite Unlocks the Plots

February 9, 2024

TSBT04: Byte Bite Unlocks the Plots

Code Hearts Beat Red & Bold

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TSBT03: February's Flavourful Fusion

February 1, 2024

TSBT03: February's Flavourful Fusion

Cupid's Crowded Month

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TSBT02: Today is a gift, tomorrow is not owed!

January 24, 2024

TSBT02: Today is a gift, tomorrow is not owed!

Small wins deserve to be celebrated too!

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TSBT01: Debut of The Storyteller's Byte Tales

January 5, 2024

TSBT01: Debut of The Storyteller's Byte Tales

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