Topics covered in this podcast include habits of great software engineers, Flask 3.0 updates, building Conway's Game of Life with Python, and discussing the polars business plugin.
Developing skills beyond coding is crucial for great software engineers.
Flask 3.0 introduces changes like deprecating the __version__ attribute and restructuring of code.
Deep dives
Habits of Great Software Engineers
The podcast episode discusses the habits of great software engineers. It emphasizes the importance of focusing beyond coding and developing other skills such as communication, design, and reading other people's code.
Flask 3.0 Release
The episode highlights the release of Flask 3.0, a popular web framework in the Python community. It mentions the removal of deprecated code, the use of importlib.metadata.version to retrieve the version number, and restructuring of the code.
Pollers Business Extension
The episode introduces a new extension called Pollers Business that allows users to perform calendar math and skip weekends and holidays in Python. The extension provides a convenient and efficient way to calculate business days and handle complex scheduling scenarios.