[](https://nedbatchelder.com) [](https://bsky.app/profile/nedbat.com) [](https://hachyderm.io/@nedbat) [](https://about.bostonpython.com) [](https://discord.gg/python) [](https://github.com/sponsors/nedbat) [](https://stackoverflow.com/users/14343/ned-batchelder) [](https://pypi.org/user/nedbatchelder) [](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202006/black_lives_matter.html)      [](https://stand-with-ukraine.pp.ua/#support-ukraine)      [](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201207/my_mom_got_married.html)      [](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202411/my_politics.html) I'm **Ned Batchelder**, a Python software developer and community organizer. - My personal site is [nedbatchelder.com][nedbat]. - I'm an organizer of [Boston Python][bp]. - I'm a member of the [Python Docs Editorial Board][pdeb]. - I work for an AI company, but [have concerns about AI][antblog]. You can **find me** at: - Mastodon: [@nedbat@nedbat.com][mastodon]. - Libera IRC: nedbat in [#python][libera]. - Discord: nedbat in the [Python Discord][discord]. - Bluesky: [nedbat.com](https://bsky.app/profile/nedbat.com). My latest **[blog][blog]** posts: - **[Nat running](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202501/nat_running.html)**, 14 Jan
I took this picture nine years ago, but it’s still one of my favorites *([read..](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202501/nat_running.html))* - **[Testing some tidbits](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202412/testing_some_tidbits.html)**, 4 Dec
A custom test harness for some esoteric Python expressions *([read..](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202412/testing_some_tidbits.html))* - **[Dinner](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202412/dinner.html)**, 1 Dec
My son Nat has autism, and one way it affects him is he can be very quiet and passive, even when he wants something very much. This played out on our drive home from Thanks­giving this week. *([read..](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202412/dinner.html))* - **[My politics](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202411/my_politics.html)**, 21 Nov
I am a liberal, and I am proud to fly the American flag. *([read..](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202411/my_politics.html))* - and [many more][blog].. I maintain a few [**Python packages**][ned_pypi], including: - [**Coverage.py**](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy): The code coverage tool for Python
[](https://pypi.org/project/coverage) [](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/commits) [](https://pypistats.org/packages/coverage) [](https://hachyderm.io/@coveragepy) - [**Cog**](https://github.com/nedbat/cog): Small bits of Python computation for static files
[](https://pypi.org/project/cogapp) [](https://github.com/nedbat/cog/commits) [](https://pypistats.org/packages/cogapp) - [**Scriv**](https://github.com/nedbat/scriv): Changelog management tool
[](https://pypi.org/project/scriv) [](https://github.com/nedbat/scriv/commits) [](https://pypistats.org/packages/scriv) - [**Dinghy**](https://github.com/nedbat/dinghy): A GitHub activity digest tool
[](https://pypi.org/project/dinghy) [](https://github.com/nedbat/dinghy/commits) [](https://pypistats.org/packages/dinghy) - [**WatchGHA**](https://github.com/nedbat/watchgha): Live display of current GitHub action runs
[](https://pypi.org/project/watchgha) [](https://github.com/nedbat/watchgha/commits) [](https://pypistats.org/packages/watchgha) - [**Aptus**](https://github.com/nedbat/aptus): Mandelbrot fractal viewer
[](https://pypi.org/project/aptus) [](https://github.com/nedbat/aptus/commits) [](https://pypistats.org/packages/aptus) I've also made a few informal projects, some mathy art, some small utilities: - [pkgsample](https://github.com/nedbat/pkgsample), an simple example of how to package a Python project. - [Truchet images](https://github.com/nedbat/truchet) explores Truchet tiles, and rendering images with them. [Blog post](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202208/truchet_images.html). - [Flourish](https://github.com/nedbat/flourish) is a harmonograph explorer. [Blog post](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202101/flourish.html) and [live site](https://flourish.nedbat.com/). - [Stilted](https://github.com/nedbat/stilted) is a toy PostScript implementation. [Blog post](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202208/stilted.html). - [Gefilte Fish](https://github.com/nedbat/gefilte) is a Python-based DSL for writing Gmail filters. [Blog post](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202103/gefilte_fish_gmail_filter_creation.html). - [Pydoctor](https://github.com/nedbat/pydoctor) shows details of your Python environment, for troubleshooting.

This is a [Markdown page with embedded Python code][readme.md] rendered with [cog][cog]. See my blog post **[Cogged GitHub profile][blog_post]** for details. *Updated at 2025-01-14 19:06 UTC* [nedbat]: https://nedbatchelder.com "My site with blog, talks, etc" [blog]: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog "My blog" [mastodon]: https://hachyderm.io/@nedbat [discord]: https://pythondiscord.com [libera]: https://libera.chat [bp]: https://bostonpython.com "The Boston Python home page" [antblog]: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202407/anthropic.html "My blog post about working at Anthropic" [pdeb]: https://python.github.io/editorial-board/ [ned_pypi]: https://pypi.org/user/nedbatchelder "The list of all my packages on PyPI" [cog]: https://github.com/nedbat/cog "The cog repo on GitHub" [readme.md]: https://github.com/nedbat/nedbat/blob/main/README.md?plain=1 "The raw source for this GitHub profile" [blog_post]: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202409/cogged_github_profile.html "Discussion of how this page is constructed"