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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.

Python People Brian Okken

    • Technology
    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

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.

    Carlton Gibson - Django, Spain, Parenting, and Open Source

    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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    • 47 min
    Mariatta Wijaya - Python Documentation, PyLadies, Keeping Fish, Public Speaking

    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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    • 45 min
    Naomi Ceder - Quick Python, Leadership Transitions, Diversity

    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

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    • 39 min
    Bob Belderbos - Python Challengs, Coaching, Spain

    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

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    • 32 min
    Barry Warsaw - OG Python, Bass Guitar, Tai Chi

    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

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    • 46 min
    Brett Cannon - Core Python, Fountain Pens

    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


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    • 1 hr 6 min

Customer Reviews

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3 Ratings

JoeRecursionjoe ,

Great podcast!

Love the relaxed format, looking forward to more episodes. Also like the idea of covering some history of Python.

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