James Abel

About

Hi — I'm James. I build things at the boundary between hardware and software. Reach out via LinkedIn, Bluesky, Twitter, or GitHub.

Writings on hardware, software, and the craft of building things. — Read the blog →

ismain — a prettier way to test for __main__ in a Python program.
Balsa — lightweight Python logging. (Balsa presentation given at Pyninsula Meetup.)
bup — locally back up all your GitHub repos and AWS S3 buckets and DynamoDB tables. (Windows installer.)
pyship — Python freezer / installer.
Practical Project Execution — a simple guide to project execution.
miv — a monotonically increasing value.
propmtime — recursively propagate file modification time. (Windows installer.)
backupjca — backup on Windows using robocopy; includes compare_dirs to verify. (compare_dirs.exe.)

I play bass in Coin Op Boys and record / produce the band. Listen in the player:

Bleed — An original song. James is the bass player and recording engineer / producer.
Don't Let Me Down — Beatles cover, live.
Two — Ryan Adams cover, live.