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Nik Kantar

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Hi, I’m Nik. 👋 I live in Los Angeles, California ☀️ with my wife ❤️ and our cats and dogs 🐾.

I’m a software engineer working primarily with Python 🐍, and am the @pybeach@fosstodon.org founder 🏛️ and a @socalpython@fosstodon.org organizer 🎤.

I do indoor rowing 🚣‍♂️, ride bicycles 🚴‍♂️, pretend to read 📖, pretend to write 🖋️, listen to too many podcasts 🎙️, and still wear a mask 😷 because COVID isn’t over 🦠.

I often put bonus content in media alt text 🖼️.

He/him/his. ♂

316 Followers

273 Following

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Joined July 14, 2023

Website/blog:

https://nkantar.com

Newsletter:

https://buttondown.com/nkantar

GitHub:

https://github.com/nkantar

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https://pileof.tools

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 16, 2026

RE: @jong0uld@fosstodon.org

This is the kind of stuff that makes me love this community. Sorely needed in this market. ❤️ #PyConUS

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 15, 2026

Attending my first actual talk: “From Graveyard to Glory: Production Python in the Browser” by @mahmoud@qoto.org! #PyConUS

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 15, 2026

> “Don’t lick it.”
> — @itsthejoker@hachyderm.io on resin at the #PyConUS 3D printing open space

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 15, 2026

Driving to #PyConUS daily was probably a mistake. Lesson learned for next year.

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 15, 2026

Hard to keep up with #PyConUS whilst being busy with attending… 🤔

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 15, 2026

Booth 726, come say hi! #PyConUS

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 11, 2026

Replying to @nik@nkantar.social

I thought of something hilarious earlier today but then forgot it entirely. 🥲 I currently have Starminder and my site and will likely leave them on there. #pyconus

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 11, 2026

Replying to @nik@nkantar.social

Turns out they did move, but weren’t done doing so. 😬

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 06, 2026

Replying to @nik@nkantar.social

Current contenders. #pyconus

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 06, 2026

Tempted to put something like “I didn’t know what to write here so I wrote this.” on my #pyconus badge…

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 06, 2026

Courtesy of @cianmm@mastodon.ie: https://red-squares.cian.lol/

10/10 would lawl again.

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 05, 2026

Due to how this model was designed, only 1.23 g of one color will be used for the print, and 105.73 g will be wasted on support, purging, and tower. 🥲

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 05, 2026

Replying to @glyph@mastodon.social

@glyph@mastodon.social @coderanger@cloudisland.nz I feel more like a neuroranch myself, but this is really stellar work.

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 04, 2026

Replying to @chrisjrn@social.coop

@chrisjrn@social.coop Yes and no. :shifty_eyes:

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 04, 2026

Replying to @coderanger@cloudisland.nz

@coderanger@cloudisland.nz I started with “neuroplain”, but these are both better!

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 04, 2026

neurodivergent : neurospicy = neurotypical : neurobland

I will not be taking questions on this matter.

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 04, 2026

Today I got my 3D printer working again by swapping out the gnarly hotend with a fresh one. It was a great example of postponing something for a month and then needing less than an hour to actually do it. 😐

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 03, 2026

I wrote a little bit about this year’s @NorthBayPython@social.northbaypython.org, which was fantastic. Shoutout to all the organizers, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and sponsors. :yay: #nbpy

https://nkantar.com/blog/2026/05/nbpy-2026-afterfeels/

social.northbaypython.org

North Bay Python (@NorthBayPython@social.northbaypython.org) - Mastodon

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 02, 2026

Replying to @chrisjrn@social.coop

@chrisjrn@social.coop [‘murica intensifies] I’ve been here too long…

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 02, 2026

My brain still keeps reading cloudisland.nz as “cloud is land dot en zee” and at this point I think that’s nonnegotiable.

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 02, 2026

A happy ending in two photos.

(Neighbors left town for a bit, cleaned up their balcony, and it looked like they moved away.)

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · May 01, 2026

Replying to @chrisjrn@social.coop

@chrisjrn@social.coop @andrew@fedi.aeracode.org I wonder if he’d be any good at it.

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · Apr 27, 2026

#nbpy, I love you. ❤️

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · Apr 25, 2026

> [paraphrased] @chrisjrn@social.coop: “What we’re feeling is the fallout of never having defined what software engineers actually do.”
> One of the clouds pinned to the backdrop of the #nbpy stage falls down.

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · Apr 13, 2026

Replying to @jedda@social.lol

@jedda@social.lol Hello and welcome back! 😊

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · Mar 07, 2026

RE: @socalpython@fosstodon.org

I’m sadly not at #scale23x, but some awesome humans are. ❤️

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · Jan 23, 2026

Replying to @EWDurbin@mastodon.social

@EWDurbin Thank you, Ee! ❤️

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Nik Kantar @nik@nkantar.social · Nov 04, 2023

So glad @pycon@fosstodon.org will require masking, but so disappointed by the complaints about that.

With the overlap of the marginalized and the immunocompromised, this can reasonably be seen as an inclusivity issue, making this sentiment effectively “inclusive, but only if convenient”.

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