Patrick Altman
@paltman.com
Python, Django, Vue, IoT, Agriculture, Manufacturing, smoking and grilling meats, nutrition, golf
Nashville | South Florida
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/paltman
https://wedgworth.dev
Nashville | South Florida
https://x.com/paltman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paltman
https://wedgworth.dev
This past week I've been playing with RFID technology.
I've gone from ground zero (only basic conceptual understanding) to a fully working end to end system.
I've gone from ground zero (only basic conceptual understanding) to a fully working end to end system.
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
This past week I've been playing with RFID technology.
I've gone from ground zero (only basic conceptual understanding) to a fully working end to end system.
I've gone from ground zero (only basic conceptual understanding) to a fully working end to end system.
Software development in 2026
> State your goals and success criteria
> Ask model to brainstorm a development plan with you
> Review and tweak plan
> Approve plan have the coding agents get to work.
Plan approved. Let's roll.
> State your goals and success criteria
> Ask model to brainstorm a development plan with you
> Review and tweak plan
> Approve plan have the coding agents get to work.
Plan approved. Let's roll.
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Software development in 2026
> State your goals and success criteria
> Ask model to brainstorm a development plan with you
> Review and tweak plan
> Approve plan have the coding agents get to work.
Plan approved. Let's roll.
> State your goals and success criteria
> Ask model to brainstorm a development plan with you
> Review and tweak plan
> Approve plan have the coding agents get to work.
Plan approved. Let's roll.
This is exactly my experience and sentiment.
Claude Code has been a game changer in my throughout without sacrificing quality.
world.hey.com/dhh/promotin...
Claude Code has been a game changer in my throughout without sacrificing quality.
world.hey.com/dhh/promotin...
Promoting AI agents
At the end of last year, AI agents really came alive for me. Partly because the models got better, but more so because we gave them the tools to take their capacity beyond pure reasoning. Now coding a...
world.hey.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is exactly my experience and sentiment.
Claude Code has been a game changer in my throughout without sacrificing quality.
world.hey.com/dhh/promotin...
Claude Code has been a game changer in my throughout without sacrificing quality.
world.hey.com/dhh/promotin...
Had the opportunity to speak and then sit on a on panel at the 2025 ARA Conference in Salt Lake City earlier this week. This blog post is a summary of my talk.
There is really cool tech behind these three projects that I'm hoping to do deep dive articles soon.
wedgworth.dev/eliminating-...
There is really cool tech behind these three projects that I'm hoping to do deep dive articles soon.
wedgworth.dev/eliminating-...
Eliminating Blind Spots: Using Technology to Bring Visibility to Operations
Presented originally at the 2025 ARA Conference and Expo in Salt Lake City — expanded here in blog form.
On Tuesday, I joined two fellow panelists to share how technology can improve operational effi...
wedgworth.dev
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Had the opportunity to speak and then sit on a on panel at the 2025 ARA Conference in Salt Lake City earlier this week. This blog post is a summary of my talk.
There is really cool tech behind these three projects that I'm hoping to do deep dive articles soon.
wedgworth.dev/eliminating-...
There is really cool tech behind these three projects that I'm hoping to do deep dive articles soon.
wedgworth.dev/eliminating-...
Using Vite with Vue and Django
Learn how we integrate Vue and Django for a bullet proof deployment.
wedgworth.dev
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I had Claude Code write a complete feature while I was off eating dinner. Just a couple tweaks after I returned and it’s merged!
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I had Claude Code write a complete feature while I was off eating dinner. Just a couple tweaks after I returned and it’s merged!
Reposted by Patrick Altman
On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about REPL mods, Polars vs pandas, doing data science on quasars, and more.
With content from: @pytorch.org @djangoproject.com @trey.io @paltman.com and others not on the 🦋
With content from: @pytorch.org @djangoproject.com @trey.io @paltman.com and others not on the 🦋
Episode #273: Advice for Writing Maintainable Python Code – The Real Python Podcast
What are techniques for writing maintainable Python code? How do you make your Python more readable and easier to refactor? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch…
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about REPL mods, Polars vs pandas, doing data science on quasars, and more.
With content from: @pytorch.org @djangoproject.com @trey.io @paltman.com and others not on the 🦋
With content from: @pytorch.org @djangoproject.com @trey.io @paltman.com and others not on the 🦋
The actions we opened sourced (github.com/wedgworth/ac...) make use of @namespacelabs.com and they have been nothing short of fantastic. Highly recommend!
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The actions we opened sourced (github.com/wedgworth/ac...) make use of @namespacelabs.com and they have been nothing short of fantastic. Highly recommend!
How We Continually Delivery Software
wedgworth.dev/how-we-conti...
In this post, we share our first bit of open source, a set of @github.com actions we are reusing across projects that others might find useful.
wedgworth.dev/how-we-conti...
In this post, we share our first bit of open source, a set of @github.com actions we are reusing across projects that others might find useful.
How We Continually Deliver Software
We've open-sourced a reusable set of Github Actions that enable us to move fast and continually deliver high quality software.
wedgworth.dev
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How We Continually Delivery Software
wedgworth.dev/how-we-conti...
In this post, we share our first bit of open source, a set of @github.com actions we are reusing across projects that others might find useful.
wedgworth.dev/how-we-conti...
In this post, we share our first bit of open source, a set of @github.com actions we are reusing across projects that others might find useful.
🐞 Bug Reporting Pro Tips 🐞
Clearly state:
what you expected to happen
what happened instead
Screenshots are gold if related to any UI
Anti-pattern (don't do this): "Site doesn't work"
Help your dev team, help you. ✨
Clearly state:
what you expected to happen
what happened instead
Screenshots are gold if related to any UI
Anti-pattern (don't do this): "Site doesn't work"
Help your dev team, help you. ✨
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🐞 Bug Reporting Pro Tips 🐞
Clearly state:
what you expected to happen
what happened instead
Screenshots are gold if related to any UI
Anti-pattern (don't do this): "Site doesn't work"
Help your dev team, help you. ✨
Clearly state:
what you expected to happen
what happened instead
Screenshots are gold if related to any UI
Anti-pattern (don't do this): "Site doesn't work"
Help your dev team, help you. ✨
I've been a long time Apple Magic Trackpad user but recently switched to the Logitech MX Master 3S (the 4 was on backorder).
The difference in ergonomics is incredible.
Why did I wait so long?!
The difference in ergonomics is incredible.
Why did I wait so long?!
October 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I've been a long time Apple Magic Trackpad user but recently switched to the Logitech MX Master 3S (the 4 was on backorder).
The difference in ergonomics is incredible.
Why did I wait so long?!
The difference in ergonomics is incredible.
Why did I wait so long?!
Feeling lucky over here in us-east-2.
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Feeling lucky over here in us-east-2.
You can save some memory by moving to @pola.rs
from #pandas but watch out for a subtle difference in the quantile's different default interpolation methods.
wedgworth.dev/polars-vs-pa...
#pydata #python #data
from #pandas but watch out for a subtle difference in the quantile's different default interpolation methods.
wedgworth.dev/polars-vs-pa...
#pydata #python #data
Polars vs Pandas – Quantile Method
You can save some memory by moving to Polars from Pandas but watch out for a subtle difference in the quantile's different default interpolation methods.
wedgworth.dev
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Keep Your Vue Apps Fresh
Keeping your Vue SPA up to date when new code is released.
wedgworth.dev
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Started an engineering blog to share what we are building with @vuejs.org @djangoproject.com @python.org @rust-lang.org from custom ERPs to our own IoT devices to using LiDAR cameras to create volumetric data feeds for tracking material pile inventory and more.
wedgworth.dev/rooted-in-tr...
wedgworth.dev/rooted-in-tr...
Rooted in Tradition, Growing with Technology
From our roots in 1932 to today, Wedgworth’s continues innovating for growers. This is wedgworth.dev — where we share the software, hardware, and ideas driving agriculture forward.
wedgworth.dev
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Started an engineering blog to share what we are building with @vuejs.org @djangoproject.com @python.org @rust-lang.org from custom ERPs to our own IoT devices to using LiDAR cameras to create volumetric data feeds for tracking material pile inventory and more.
wedgworth.dev/rooted-in-tr...
wedgworth.dev/rooted-in-tr...