# Wins and Gratitudes: 2026-08-21 **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** ws-and-gs\ **Created:** [August 22, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://taggartinstitute.org/t/wins-and-gratitudes-2026-08-21/811 "2026-08-22T03:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mttaggart](https://taggartinstitute.org/user_avatar/taggartinstitute.org/mttaggart/32/10_2.png) [@mttaggart](https://taggartinstitute.org/u/mttaggart)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://taggartinstitute.org/t/wins-and-gratitudes-2026-08-21/811/1 "2026-08-22T03:31:48Z")
I’m back from my vacation, and it was a great success. The family had a wonderful time, and so did I. My daughter’s indoctrination as a Phillies fan continues apace. I’m grateful for the time off from work this has afforded me, and that I was able to take it. I think I needed the distance to re-prioritize things and figure out how to care about and work on what actually matters. On that note, the rewriting of “Python for Defenders” has commenced. There’s still time to [submit your requests](https://taggartinstitute.org/t/pfd-2-0-what-do-your-want-to-see/801/1) for what will be included, but here’s an important point: the new PFD (and really, all TTI courses for the forseeable future), will be **text-based**. Video production is not only incredibly laborious, I’m not actually certain people watch the videos all the way through. I’d rather write a solid text-based reference people can go back to as needed, rather than record, edit, and host hours of video. Okay, enough ranting. Let’s hear those Ws and Gs! ---
**Author:** ![maynard](https://taggartinstitute.org/user_avatar/taggartinstitute.org/maynard/32/434_2.png) [@maynard](https://taggartinstitute.org/u/maynard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://taggartinstitute.org/t/wins-and-gratitudes-2026-08-21/811/2 "2026-08-23T01:42:47Z")
Plus One for ditching the video, and falling back to Screenshots in support of text. -fwiw