Python People
Brian Okken
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The Python community is awesome because of the people. Python People is a weekly podcast about getting to know the people who help make the Python community great.
It's less about the tech, and more about the people.
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Oct 25, 2023
Carlton Gibson - Django, Spain, Parenting, and Open Source
Carlton recently stepped down as a Django Fellow, maintains many Django related projects, is starting two SaaS companies, and is a podcast host on "Django Chat".
Some of what we talk about:
* Being a Django fellow for 5 years
* Maintaining several Django related open source projects
* Client work
* Time with family
* Building a couple Software as a Service projects
* Kids and travel
* Kids and food
* Living in Spain as a British citizen
* How Brexit has affected his options
* Being an open source maintainer and that it's ok to pause it when life takes precedence.
* Being kind to other maintainers and acknowledging them as human
* Django 5 form template imporovements
* Good places to be a tourist in Spain
* Spains wonderful train system
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Sep 14, 2023
Mariatta Wijaya - Python Documentation, PyLadies, Keeping Fish, Public Speaking
Mariatta has been a contributor to Python for many years and is a very inspiring public speaker.
Some of what we talk about:
* Python Documentation Working Group
* GitHub bots, There's an API for that
* PyLadies
* PyLadiesCon
* Typo of the Day (maintainerd, verbossity, work-lie balance, etc.)
* A fish aquarium
* Cooking, Baking
* History of Tempura
* Working with APIs with Python
* Public Speaking / Giving Talks
* The power of seeing other women give talks
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* The Complete pytest Course, is the best way to learn pytest quickly
* Start testing effectively and efficiently today. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Aug 30, 2023
Naomi Ceder - Quick Python, Leadership Transitions, Diversity
Naomi is an elected fellow of the PSF, and has served as chair of its board of directors.
Topics:
- Building replacement leadership for every endeavor you start
- What the PSF board does
- Keeping Python's growth in increasing diversity
- Learning foreign languages
- PyCon Charlas
- London
- Guitar and music
- The Quick Python Book
- Community building
- Retiring
★ Support this podcast while learning ★
* The Complete pytest Course, is the best way to learn pytest quickly
* Start testing effectively and efficiently today. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Aug 9, 2023
Bob Belderbos - Python Challengs, Coaching, Spain
Bob Belderbos built Pybites with Julian Sequeira. Pybites started with code challenges to help people learn Python, and has grown into a learning platform and community, and now includes coaching.
We talk about:
* The history of Pybites
* Code challenges
* Coaching and now even growing the team of coaches
* Spain
* Books
Links:
* PyBites
* Code Challenges platform
★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ and you can hear your name on the show. How cool is that?
★ Support this podcast while learning ★
* The Complete pytest Course, is the best way to learn pytest quickly
* Start testing effectively and efficiently today.
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Aug 5, 2023
Barry Warsaw - OG Python, Bass Guitar, Tai Chi
Barry Warsaw has been with Python almost from the beginning, and is still at it.
* The early days of Python
* The tone and feel of the Python community came from Guido
* Tai Chi
* Meditation
* Bass Guitar
Stick around until the very end of the show for a special treat, Barry Warsaw and The Zen of Python.
Links from the show:
* Cheng Man-ch'ing
* Barry's soundcloud
* Barry on YouTube
* Barry is the official Python FLUFL
* The Zen of Python, put to music
★ Support this podcast while learning ★
* The Complete pytest Course, is the best way to learn pytest quickly
* Start testing effectively and efficiently today. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Jul 25, 2023
Brett Cannon - Core Python, Fountain Pens
Topics:
* “I don't know about the rest of you... I came for the language, but I stayed for the community." Brett Cannon, Python Core Dev, Pycon US 2014 Opening remarks
* Public speaking
* Being encouraging to others
* Why Canada
* Meanings of Back Bacon, Toque, and Pop
* Walking in Vancouver
* Snowshoeing
* Philosophy and thinking logically
* Proving the existence of God
* Rewriting code. “You’re probably going to have to write this 3 times before you’re happy with it.”
* 1 week per month on technical debt.
* Fountain pens
* Writing a gratitude journal
* Books
* “What goes on in your brain is not the same as everyone else’s.”
* "Steeped in the world of tea." - nice pun
Links from the show:
* Podcast interviews
* Django Chat - 20 Years of Python - Brett Cannon
* The Changelog - There’s a whole PEP about that - Brett Cannon
* Tim Urban’s TED talk which is about procrastination and not public speaking, so I have no idea what Brett is talking about. Good talk though.
* Brett’s PyCascades talk: Python's Syntactic Sugar
* Brian’s PyCascades talk: Sharing is Caring: Sharing pytest Fixtures
★ Support this podcast while learning ★
* The Complete pytest Course, is the best way to learn pytest quickly
* Start testing effectively and efficiently today. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Jul 18, 2023
Paul Everitt - Early Python, Coaching
Paul Everitt is a developer advocate for JetBrains and PyCharm.
Covered topics include:
* The transition of Python from BDFL to steering committee
* Brainstorming topics for this podcast
* Django, function based vs class based views, and Nancy Pelosi
* Coaching Lacrosse, "we're not in the lacrosse business, we're in the leadership business"
* Sports, if done the right way, can be a positive influence
* We don't need heroes, we need the next generation of heroes
* Volunteering work is a lot like open source
* Skateboarding and collaboration over competition
★ Support this podcast while learning ★
* The Complete pytest Course, is the best way to learn pytest quickly
* Start testing effectively and efficiently today. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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Jul 6, 2023
Michael Kennedy - Talk Python and Motorcycles
Michael is the host of the podcasts Talk Python to Me and Python Bytes and runs the Python online course site Talk Python Training.
He is also pretty serious about motorcycling, spends some time with simulated racing, and used to play billiards for cash.
★ Support this podcast while learning ★
* The Complete pytest Course, is the best way to learn pytest quickly
* Start testing effectively and efficiently today. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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