See me on an island!

av | sep 16, 2012 | Okategoriserade

I’ve really neglected to update the blog lately, but that’s at least in part because I’ve been busy doing preparations for talks – so you could see me instead of read my blog! I’ll be speaking both at PyCon UK and PyCon Ireland, so if...

You should send a presentation proposal to PyCon

av | sep 5, 2012 | Okategoriserade

Next year, in March, I will be at PyCon. It will be the third time I attend PyCon – ever since I attended my first, not going has not really been an option. There are lots of good things about PyCon – meeting interesting people, seeing San Francisco,...

Using the AST to hack constants into Python

av | jul 26, 2012 | Okategoriserade

During EuroPython 2012, after my training and talks, I really needed to do some coding, so I started hacking on a ’practical’ application of the AST – making (some) constants faster than local variables, instead of slower by inlining them on import....

EuroPython impressions

av | jul 14, 2012 | Okategoriserade

I had a blast at Europython – I made new friends, went to a couple of talks that gave me some ideas for the future, and my own talks seemed to go down well. All in all, the EP2012 organization was great, the food was way beyond ’normal’ conference...

You deserve practice

av | apr 23, 2012 | Okategoriserade

I enjoyed The Clean Coder by Uncle Bob, and would recommend it to any serious developer. I agree with almost everything in it, but there is one jarring exception – I disagree strongly with his view that because it’s your own responsibility to practice, you...