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#467 Toads in my AI

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Jan 26, 2026
They walk through GreyNoise IP checks that reveal who or what is scanning your address space. A new targeted profiler, tprof, gets attention for precise function-level performance work. Toad brings a polished terminal UI for interacting with multiple AI backends. FastAPI’s new guidelines for AI-generated code and practical tips on precompiling bytecode for faster Docker startups are discussed.
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ADVICE

Check Your IP For Malicious Background Traffic

  • Check your home or public IP with GreyNoise to see if devices on your network have been scanning the internet.
  • Treat results cautiously because recent IP reassignment can show previous users' activity.
INSIGHT

Profile Only What Matters

  • tprof targets specific functions to avoid noisy full-program profiling and reveal real hotspots.
  • It supports CLI targeting, context-manager use, and before/after comparisons for focused optimization.
ADVICE

Compare Implementations And Warm Up Runs

  • Use tprof's compare mode or context manager to measure deltas between old and new implementations.
  • Warm up code (run once) before measuring to avoid first-run overhead skewing results.
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