nedbat - Overview

I'm Ned Batchelder, a Python software developer and community organizer.

• My personal site is nedbatchelder.com.
• I'm an organizer of Boston Python.
• I'm a member of the Python Docs Editorial Board.

You can find me at:

• Mastodon: @nedbat@nedbat.com.
• Discord: nedbat in the Python Discord.
• Libera IRC: nedbat in #python.

My latest blog posts:

• Franklin’s parents grave, 2 Jun
  There are many historical artifacts and monuments in Boston. This is one of my favorites: (read..)
• Snake way for ducklings, 29 May
  An explanation for non-Bostonians of the Boston Python mascot. (read..)
• PyCon US 2026, 24 May
  Thoughts from PyCon US 2026 in Long Beach CA. (read..)
• School is artificial, 25 Apr
  The real world is not like school. (read..)
• and many more..

I maintain a few Python packages, including:

I've also made a few informal projects, some mathy art, and some small utilities:

• pkgsample, an simple example of how to package a Python project.
• edtext, a utility for selecting and manipulating text using ed-inspired addressing. Blog post.
• Truchet images explores Truchet tiles and rendering images with them. Blog post.
• Flourish is a harmonograph explorer. Blog post and live site.
• Stilted is a toy PostScript implementation. Blog post.
• Gefilte Fish is a Python-based DSL for writing Gmail filters. Blog post.
• Pydoctor shows details of your Python environment for troubleshooting.
• Aptus is a Mandelbrot toy.

This is a Markdown page with embedded Python code rendered with cog. See my blog post Cogged GitHub profile for details.

Updated at 2026-06-14 03:46 UTC