In this post we share our favourite lessons from basketball coach Wooden: enjoy the game (more than the result), many small improvements compound over time, your actions reveal your character, stay humble, and keep emotion and ego in check.
Bob Belderbos
Bob studied business economics, but got fired up about programming early in his career. He taught himself web design / coding and started living his biggest passion: automate the boring stuff, making other people's lives easier. Since then he has coded projects accruing millions in cost savings and built a coding platform that has taught Python to thousands of people worldwide. He deeply cares about helping other people succeed. His biggest win will be your next win!
There is NO Competition, Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
By Bob Belderbos on 4 March 2021
The sure way to feel less fulfilled and increase imposter syndrome? Comparing yourself to others …
10 Cool Pytest Tips You Might Not Know About
By Bob Belderbos on 26 February 2021
Here are 10 things we learned writing pytest code that might come in handy.
How to Produce More Content
By Bob Belderbos on 25 February 2021
In this article we give you some tips on How to become a content provider, an essential skill to develop in order to succeed in your career.
Get to Python source code instantly using importlib and inspect
By Bob Belderbos on 14 December 2020
Have you ever wondered how to get Python source code quickly? It turns out the Standard Library can do this pretty effortlessly. Here is some code to read more Python source.
10 Things We Picked Up From Code Reviewing
By Bob Belderbos on 24 September 2020
Here are some things we picked up from code reviews that when addressed can make your code a lot cleaner.
How to Deploy Your Open Source Package to PyPI
By Bob Belderbos on 31 August 2020
In this post I share some useful things I learned deploying an open source package to PyPI.
How to Run External Python Libraries in AWS Cloud
By Bob Belderbos on 17 August 2020
AWS Lambda is awesome, but sometimes it can be hard to get external libraries working in this serverless environment. No worries, we learned a lesson or two which I will share in this article. Ready to run almost any Python library in the cloud? This should excite you and even trigger your entrepeneurial mind …
7 Tips to Improve Your Error Handling in Python
By Bob Belderbos on 6 May 2020
Proper error handling can make your Python code simpler, more readable, and idiomatic. Here are 7 tips to help you.
My Favorite Career Development Book
By Bob Belderbos on 2 May 2020
If there is one career book we could recommend you it’s “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”. In this article some of the main takeaways for me.