Martin Heinz thinks you should be using Python’s walrus operator, you probably believe some falsehoods about email, Carlos Fenollosa threw in the towel after self-hosting his email for 23 years &amp; Leon is an open source personal assistant that can live on your server.

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Show Notes:
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<li><a href="https://martinheinz.dev/blog/79">Python’s Walrus Operator</a></li>
<li><a href="https://beesbuzz.biz/code/439-Falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-email">Email falsehoods</a>
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<li><a href="https://changelog.com/posts/theres-only-one-way-to-validate-an-email-address">There’s only ONE way to validate</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly-has-won.html">No more self-hosting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://getleon.ai">Leon.ai</a></li>
</ul>

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