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🏆 MILESTONE — @mralexgeo just passed 500 points.
502 cells opened all time.
Next rung: 1,000.
#Minesweeper #pythondev #sideproject #devcommunity #logicgame #gamejam
October 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
bterwijn.bsky.social
Programming using recursion can be powerful, but beginners often struggle with it.

A visualizer can help, merge_sort demo: www.invocation-tree.com#codeurl=http...
try it on your own recursive logic.

See this gentle recursion introduction: github.com/bterwijn/inv...

#PythonDev #invocation_tree
October 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM
bterwijn.bsky.social
Winter is Coming

Hold the green 'Continue' button to Make it Snow:
memory-graph.com#codeurl=http...

#PythonDev #memory_graph #Snow
October 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
bterwijn.bsky.social
An exercise to help build the right mental model for Python data.
- Solution: memory-graph.com#codeurl=http...
- Explanation: github.com/bterwijn/mem...

The “Solution” link uses 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲_𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 to visualize execution: github.com/bterwijn/mem...

#PythonDev #memory_graph #Mutability
October 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 3 · 1 player moved
🏅 @mehtis.bsky.social +3

68 cells left, 3 spares, 4 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #indiegamedev #puzzlegames #solodev #indiegames #pythondev
Minesweeper, turn 3. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 29 of 97 safe cells opened, 4 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? F: ? ? ? ? ? ? 2 ? ? ? ? G: ? ? ? ? 3 2 1 1 2 3 ? H: ? ? ? ? F 1 0 0 0 1 F I: ? ? ? ? 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 J: ? ? ? ? F 1 0 0 0 1 F K: ? ? ? ? ? 1 0 0 0 1 ? Last move I11 was safe and touches 2 mines.
October 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM
michaelpurtell.bsky.social
Happiness is when the tools you love keep improving.

Huge thanks to @pola.rs, @marimo.io, and to everyone who contributed to the release of Python 3.15.

#PythonProgramming
#PythonDev
#PythonDevelopment
October 24, 2026 at 2:37 PM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 7 · 1 player moved
🏅 @mehtis.bsky.social +3

47 cells left, 3 spares, 13 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pythondev #brainteaser #tactics #dailygames #opensource
Minesweeper, turn 7. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 50 of 97 safe cells opened, 13 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: F 2 0 0 0 1 F 1 1 ? ? B: F 2 0 0 0 1 1 ? 2 ? ? C: 1 1 0 0 1 1 ? 1 ? ? ? D: 1 2 1 1 1 F 1 ? ? ? ? E: F 2 F 2 2 ? ? 1 ? ? ? F: 1 2 1 2 F ? ? ? ? ? ? G: 0 0 0 1 3 F ? ? ? ? ? H: 1 1 0 0 2 F ? ? ? ? ? I: F 2 1 2 3 ? ? ? ? ? ? J: ? 3 ? F F F ? ? ? ? ? K: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Last move E8 was safe and touches 1 mine.
October 31, 2026 at 7:44 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 13 · 1 player moved
🏅 @calamityandrew.bsky.social +3

14 cells left, 2 spares, 16 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #indiedev #pythondev #foss #puzzlefans #buildinpublic
Minesweeper, turn 13. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 83 of 97 safe cells opened, 16 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: F 3 2 F 1 0 0 1 F 1 0 B: F 4 F 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 C: ? X 2 1 0 1 F 1 1 1 1 D: 1 ? 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 F 2 E: 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 F 3 F F: 1 F F 3 F 1 0 1 1 2 1 G: 1 3 ? ? 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 H: 1 3 ? ? 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 I: ? ? ? F 3 F F 1 0 0 0 J: ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 2 1 0 0 K: ? ? ? ? ? ? 2 F 1 0 0 Last move D1 was safe and touches 1 mine.
October 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 12 · 2 players moved
🏅 @direprism.bsky.social +3 · @kittenpoker.bsky.social +3

5 cells left, 3 spares, 21 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pythondev #retrocomputing #constraintsatisfaction #dailygame
Minesweeper, turn 12. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 92 of 97 safe cells opened, 21 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: 0 1 1 1 1 F 1 ? F F F B: 0 1 F 1 2 2 2 1 2 5 F C: 1 2 2 2 2 F 1 0 0 2 F D: F 1 1 F 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 E: 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 F: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 F 1 0 0 G: 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 H: 0 1 2 F 1 1 F 3 F 4 F I: 1 2 F 2 1 1 1 4 F ? ? J: F F 3 2 1 0 0 2 F ? ? K: ? 1 2 F 1 0 0 1 2 ? ? Last move K2 was safe and touches 1 mine.
October 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
bterwijn.bsky.social
How well do you really know Pandas? 🐼

🔍️ This interactive 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆_𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 example explores it's operations with short explanations. 👣 Step through the Python code, see what changes, and experiment with your own modifications: 👉️ memory-graph.com#micropip=num...

#PythonDev #memory_graph #Pandas
October 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
🏆 MILESTONE — @direprism just passed 1,000 points.
1,002 cells opened all time.
Next rung: 2,500.
#Minesweeper #gamenight #thinkygames #pythondev #indiegaming #gamedev
October 19, 2026 at 7:17 AM
bterwijn.bsky.social
An exercise to help build the right mental model for Python data.
- Solution: memory-graph.com#codeurl=http...
- Explanation: github.com/bterwijn/mem...)
- More exercises: bsky.app/profile/bter...

#PythonDev #memory_graph #Mutability #Copying
October 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 3 · 2 players moved
🏅 @calamityandrew.bsky.social +3 · @cyberrb25.bsky.social +3

54 cells left, 3 spares, 3 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pcgames #math #pythondev #indiedev #opensource
Minesweeper, turn 3. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 43 of 97 safe cells opened, 3 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C: ? ? 1 ? ? ? ? 1 ? ? ? D: 1 1 1 3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E: 0 0 0 2 ? 3 ? ? ? ? ? F: 1 1 1 1 2 3 ? ? ? ? ? G: 1 ? 1 0 2 F ? ? ? ? ? H: 2 2 1 0 3 F ? ? ? ? ? I: ? 1 0 0 2 F 3 ? ? ? ? J: 1 1 0 0 1 2 ? ? ? ? ? K: 0 0 0 0 0 1 ? ? ? ? ? Last move C3 was safe and touches 1 mine.
October 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 14 · 1 player moved
🏅 @adamsk.bsky.social +3

30 cells left, 0 spares, 9 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pythondev #gamer #pythonbot #retrocomputing #socialgames
Minesweeper, turn 14. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 67 of 97 safe cells opened, 9 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? 1 0 0 0 0 1 ? ? ? ? B: ? 2 1 1 1 1 1 ? ? 2 ? C: F ? 1 ? F ? ? 1 ? ? ? D: 1 1 1 3 F 3 1 ? ? ? ? E: 0 0 0 2 X 3 2 ? ? ? ? F: 1 1 1 1 2 3 F 3 ? ? ? G: 1 F 1 0 2 F ? ? X ? ? H: 2 2 1 0 3 F ? ? 3 ? ? I: F 1 0 0 2 F 3 1 1 ? ? J: 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 ? ? K: 0 0 0 0 0 1 X ? ? ? 1 Last move J8 was safe and touches 1 mine.
October 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 4 · 4 players moved
🏅 @calamityandrew.bsky.social +3 · @direprism.bsky.social +3 · @cyberrb25.bsky.social +3 · @conantheyossarian.bsky.social +3

50 cells left, 3 spares, 7 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pythondev #gamebot #gamedevs
Minesweeper, turn 4. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 47 of 97 safe cells opened, 7 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B: ? ? 1 1 ? ? ? ? ? 2 ? C: ? ? 1 ? ? ? ? 1 ? ? ? D: 1 1 1 3 F 3 ? ? ? ? ? E: 0 0 0 2 F 3 ? ? ? ? ? F: 1 1 1 1 2 3 ? ? ? ? ? G: 1 F 1 0 2 F ? ? ? ? ? H: 2 2 1 0 3 F ? ? ? ? ? I: F 1 0 0 2 F 3 ? ? ? ? J: 1 1 0 0 1 2 ? ? ? ? ? K: 0 0 0 0 0 1 ? ? ? ? ? Last move D6 was safe and touches 3 mines.
October 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 19 · 2 players moved
🏅 @duckvalentine.bsky.social +3 · @direprism.bsky.social +3

44 cells left, 1 spare, 12 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #gameart #gamedesign #pythondev #playtesting #16bit
Minesweeper, turn 19. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 53 of 97 safe cells opened, 12 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 F B: 0 0 0 0 1 F 2 1 1 2 ? C: 1 2 1 1 1 2 F 3 3 F 2 D: F 3 F 1 0 2 3 F F 3 X E: ? ? 3 2 2 2 F 4 3 3 1 F: ? ? 2 F 3 F 4 3 F 2 1 G: ? 2 2 2 3 ? ? ? 6 ? ? H: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? X ? ? ? J: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? K: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Last move G5 was safe and touches 3 mines.
October 18, 2026 at 12:17 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 2 · 1 player moved
🏅 @adamsk.bsky.social +3

55 cells left, 3 spares, 2 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #indiegames #pythondev #algorithm #pcgaming #puzzle
Minesweeper, turn 2. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 42 of 97 safe cells opened, 2 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E: ? ? ? ? 2 1 1 1 2 ? ? F: ? ? 2 F 1 0 0 0 2 ? ? G: 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 ? ? H: 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 ? ? ? ? I: 1 1 0 0 0 2 ? 3 ? ? ? J: F 1 0 1 1 3 ? ? ? ? ? K: ? 1 0 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Last move F3 was safe and touches 2 mines.
October 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM
ossradarai.bsky.social
A new approach treats code as regenerable rather than canonical, storing architectural knowledge in machine-readable records so Python libraries can be rebuilt without losing intent or contracts.…

#OpenSourceAI #SoftwareEngineering #PythonDev #KnowledgeManagement
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17197
October 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 7 · 2 players moved
🏅 @mschlasn.bsky.social +3 · @mehtis.bsky.social +3

49 cells left, 3 spares, 5 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pythondev #solodeveloper #weekendproject #botsky #retrogaming
Minesweeper, turn 7. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 48 of 97 safe cells opened, 5 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E: 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 ? ? F: 1 F 2 F 1 0 0 0 2 ? ? G: 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 ? ? H: 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 F 2 ? ? I: 1 1 0 0 0 2 F 3 ? ? ? J: F 1 0 1 1 3 ? ? ? ? ? K: ? 1 0 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Last move E3 was safe and touches 3 mines.
October 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 21 · 1 player moved
🏅 @mehtis.bsky.social +3

18 cells left, 1 spare, 12 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #puzzlegame #pythondev #solodeveloper #programming #gameassets
Minesweeper, turn 21. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 79 of 97 safe cells opened, 12 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2 ? ? B: ? ? ? ? ? ? X ? 3 1 1 C: 1 2 2 3 ? ? ? ? 3 0 0 D: 1 X 1 2 F 3 ? ? 2 0 0 E: 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 F: 1 F 2 F 1 0 0 0 2 F 2 G: 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 F ? H: 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 F 2 1 ? I: 1 1 0 0 0 2 F 3 1 1 1 J: F 1 0 1 1 3 F 3 2 3 F K: ? 1 0 1 F 2 1 2 F ? ? Last move K8 was safe and touches 2 mines.
October 17, 2026 at 10:17 AM
bterwijn.bsky.social
How well do you know NumPy? 🔢

- What’s the difference between '*' and '@'?
- When does slicing create a view, and when a copy?
- How does broadcasting work?

This 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆_𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 example walks through all essential NumPy operations: 👉 memory-graph.com#micropip=num...

#PythonDev #memory_graph #NumPy
October 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 19 · nobody moved, so I opened B9.
🧠 The 1 at A10 already has its mine at B11, so B9 is clear.

10 cells left, 1 spare, 20 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pythonbot #pixelgames #gamedev #pythondev #bsky
Minesweeper, turn 19. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 87 of 97 safe cells opened, 20 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: 0 0 1 1 2 F 2 ? ? 1 ? B: 0 0 2 F 3 2 4 3 2 2 ? C: 0 0 2 F 2 1 F F 3 4 F D: 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 F X 2 E: F 1 0 1 F F 2 2 3 3 ? F: ? 1 0 1 3 3 3 F 1 ? X G: ? 2 2 1 1 F 2 1 1 1 1 H: 1 F F 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 I: 1 ? 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 J: 1 3 F 3 1 1 0 1 2 F ? K: ? F F 3 F 1 0 1 F 2 ? Last move B9 was safe and touches 2 mines.
October 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
🎉 BOARD SWEPT in 16 turns — Tier 3.
1 mine found the hard way, 3 of 4 still standing.
🏅 Board MVP: @mehtis.bsky.social — 84 points.
All time: 48 cleared, 10 lost.
Next board: Sun 3:43 AM PDT. Follow to catch the opening.
#Minesweeper #pythondev #tactics #math #gamejam #solodev
Minesweeper, turn 16. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 97 of 97 safe cells opened, 23 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine, * is a mine, X is the mine that was hit. A: 0 0 1 * 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 B: 1 1 2 1 3 * 2 0 1 * 1 C: 2 * 1 0 3 * 3 0 1 1 1 D: * 2 2 1 3 * 2 0 0 0 0 E: 1 1 2 * 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 F: 0 1 4 * 3 0 1 * * * * G: 0 1 * * 2 0 1 4 * 7 4 H: 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 3 * * * I: * * 1 0 0 0 0 2 * 5 3 J: 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 * K: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 1 Last move G11 was safe and touches 4 mines.
October 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
playminesweeper.bsky.social
Turn 24 · 2 players moved
🏅 @mschlasn.bsky.social +3 · @mehtis.bsky.social +3

17 cells left, 3 spares, 16 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #retrogames #puzzlegame #pythondev #16bit #letsplay
Minesweeper, turn 24. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 80 of 97 safe cells opened, 16 flagged. Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine. A: ? ? ? ? ? F 2 0 1 F 1 B: ? ? 1 2 4 F 3 1 1 1 1 C: ? 2 1 1 F 3 F 2 2 2 ? D: ? ? 1 2 2 ? 1 ? F F 1 E: ? ? 2 2 F ? ? 2 2 2 1 F: 1 2 F 3 2 2 F ? 1 0 0 G: 0 1 2 F 1 1 2 F 2 1 0 H: 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 F 2 1 I: 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 ? ? J: 0 1 F 2 1 1 0 1 F ? ? K: 0 1 ? 2 F 1 0 1 2 ? ? Last move B5 was safe and touches 4 mines.
October 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
bterwijn.bsky.social
An exercise to help build the right mental model for Python data.
- Solution: memory-graph.com#codeurl=http...
- Explanation: github.com/bterwijn/mem...

#PythonDev #memory_graph #Mutability #LocalVariables
October 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM