- https://pyinfra.com - Python infrastructure management, been picking up pace recently trying to keep on top of PRs!

- https://kanmail.io - always plugging away at Kanmail changes, no one uses it really except me but that’s fine :) new site designed by fable blew my mind

- https://verified.fyi - first side project started initially as a vibe coding experiment, but it’s become quite good at sussing out dodgy websites

Reminds me of a similar effect around iPhone releases (https://www.statista.com/chart/2514/iphone-releases/, many others). Can’t say I’ve noticed any change.

more likely there's some pressure on GPU vs CPU compute resources while the AI company tries to scale out a new model, leading to some type of degradation.

Assuming it's not apple like fraud.

Somewhat ironic that the site is completely broken on mobile, the text doesn’t render until you scroll near past it. Production code eh?

Hi Fizzadar,

On the one hand, it is true that the website code was pushed 0 minutes before this announcement went up.

On the other hand, I tested just now on two different phones and didn't see any issues. Can you say in more detail what you expected vs. what actually happened?

There was an occlusion issue on some smaller screens, but it's been fixed now.

Indeed! (I am that original contributor :)), lots of work ongoing to address this, we now have a small maintainers group and are sharing out review and release loads.

Nick, Yes Indeed! I sent you a fanmail Sun, Aug 3, 2025, 11:06 AM PST to your n..fizzadar.com email.

If you're reading this, I'll indulge and reask you the two questions:

- question 1: There's clearly a demand for a "Python as a DSL" for infrastructure projects - CDKTF/Python, CDK/Python, Pulumi, cdk8s etc are very popular. I would have imagined pyinfra to be way more popular and ubiquitous than it really is! Do you have thoughts on why pyinfra isn't more popular? How do people typically discover pyinfra? I would imagine any Python dev would intuitively grab pyinfra over Ansible?

- question 2: Do you have any thoughts about cdk8s? As you know well, Kubernetes has similar YAML "hell," and as someone who spends significant resources on pyinfra, I would guess you have given something like cdk8s thought?

I'm happy to engage either over email or here, don't have a preference.

Again, Thank You for building and sharing pyInfra.

This! Been trying to find the best (least worst) solution to this since 2015 when I started pyinfra. Done ast parsing/hacking, done weird context managers instead, tried rewriting statements to context managers. _if is the latest, and I think least worst, option right now.

Basically a flaw of the entire model where you write code as if executing a single host which is then executed on many in parallel, forcing the two step diff and deploy that causes this.

Funny thing is since v3 this behavior (diff then execute) is even desired with the yes prompt like terraform.

Pyinfra creator here - thank you so much for all the kind words, really means a lot to myself and the other maintainers, feeling the love.

Absolutely zero sympathy. You’re responsible for anything an agent you instructed does. Allowing it to run independently is on you (and all the others doing exactly this). This is only going to become more and more common.

One silver lining this is finally going to push me to switch to a dedicated camera and some niche unrestricted Linux or graphene device as a phone. Goodbye iPhone. (I say this as someone with an Apple account old enough to auto “qualify”, how lucky).

If you value security and privacy on the phone there's really no alternative to GrapheneOS or iPhone (comparable security, worse privacy).

It's pixel only at the moment, new Motorola devices expected in 2027.

LineageOS with no google services is fine too, most users don't actually need 90% of the Apps they are using.

LineageOS doesn't come close in terms of security, however it's an amazing project for all the hardware abandoned by the vendors -- however I wouldn't go as far as telling people they're using their phones wrong and don't actually need to use 90% of they apps they use :)

Also parent in the UK - strong disagree, it’s part of our parental responsibilities to set this up, not doing it is the same as not watching a newly walking baby on the stairs (/etc). Compromising everyone’s privacy for a subset of lazy parents is a failing of society.

Relatively few newly walking babies have peers whose parents allow them to use stairs unattended making them feel socially excluded for not also using stairs unattended.

Ignoring the existence of peer pressure and calling parents lazy is a failing of individuals.

This is not going to get rid of peer pressure. That existed long before kids had phones and it will continue to be a problem with this.

Parents should be there to teach rather than just restrict. Kids will need to learn how to recognize and deal with peer pressure at some point.

Also Apple definitely benefits from peer pressure generally. Their devices are seen as status symbols, the dreaded green bubbles, maybe more. I wouldn't expect them to do anything to actually improve things in this area.

apples and bananas

> subset of lazy parents is a failing of society

I would say we are closer to having society fail thanks to the woeful quality of parenting demonstrated by the majority.