What are the core lessons you’ve learned along your Python development journey? What are key takeaways you would share with new users of the language? This week on the show, Duarte Oliveira e Carmo is here to discuss his recent talk, “Four Years of Python.”
Duarte works at the crossroads of machine learning, data science, and software engineering. He began using Python in his graduate studies and never looked back. In 2021, he wrote a blog post about some of the valuable lessons he’s learned. Then he decided the lessons and concepts in the post might make a good conference talk.
We cover the steps in his process of crafting the presentation, practicing it at a smaller conference, and finally presenting it at PyCon Italia last year.
We also dig into the four major themes of the talk. Along the way, we share a collection of resources to help you continue learning on your Python journey.
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Topics:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:38 – Four years of Python
00:04:18 – Why did you create a blog?
00:06:19 – A singular vs wide focus for the blog
00:09:19 – Pitching the talk to conferences
00:13:02 – Resources for preparing your talk
00:16:03 – What was your programming and Python background?
00:19:00 – Sponsor: InfluxData
00:19:47 – Reading is better than Googling
00:26:23 – What are some of your favorite docs?
00:28:48 – Thoughts on GPT and Copilot
00:31:45 – Keep it stupid simple
00:36:07 – What’s extensible code?
00:38:29 – Video Course Spotlight
00:39:54 – Learning testing techniques & testing data science code
00:46:05 – Continuous learning
00:51:46 – What do you use for RSS?
00:53:06 – Resources for machine learning
00:57:20 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?
00:58:57 – What do you want to learn next?
01:00:55 – How can people follow the work you do?
01:01:20 – Thanks and goodbye
Show Links:
Four years of Python - Duarte O.Carmo
Four years of Python - Duarte Carmo - YouTube
Practices of the Python Pro
Pelican 4.8.0
“One for Them, One for Me” - Blank Check Movies From Famous Directors
PyData
NumFOCUS: A Nonprofit Supporting Open Code for Better Science
Proposing a Talk - PyCon US 2023
pandas documentation - pandas 1.5.3 documentation
scikit-learn 1.2.2 - User guide - documentation
FastAPI - Tutorial - User Guide
Using FastAPI to Build Python Web APIs - Real Python
Python 3.11.2 Documentation
Kindle Highlights Newsletter
Reeder 5
Welcome to Feedly
Normconf: The Normcore Tech Conference
Tech Blog - ★❤✰ Vicki Boykis ★❤✰
Sebastian Raschka - Blog
Blog of a data person. - koaning.io
Machine Learning Design Patterns - Book
The Practical AI Podcast - Changelog
tidytuesday: Official repo for the #tidytuesday project
PyCon.DE & PyData Berlin, 2023 - PyConDE & PyData Berlin 2023
PyCon Italia - 2023
ruff - PyPI
Effective Python › The Book: Second Edition
Episode #3: Effective Python and Python at Google Scale - The Real Python Podcast
Duarte O.Carmo
Talks - Duarte O.Carmo
Duarte O.Carmo - LinkedIn
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