Listen now: This week we talk with AJ Kerrigan (Twitter / LinkedIn) about Felienne Hermans’ The Programmer’s Brain, an important book we recommend every developer should read (at least once). Structure:After quickly discussing the gist of the book, we dive into some of the concepts it teaches:– Chunkability: for faster reading and comprehension of code.– Germane load: the work required… Continue reading Lessons learned from The Programmer’s Brain
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Annotate all the things! Why you should care about Python type hints …
By PyBites Team on 16 August 2022
Listen now: This week we have Will Frey on the podcast: ML engineer, Python “knowledge dictionary” and type hints fan & geek. We talk about his background, how he learns / keeps up with Python’s fast moving ecosystem and of course we look at Python’s type hints in-depth: why care and some of his favorite tricks. We… Continue reading Annotate all the things! Why you should care about Python type hints …
Documentation-driven development with Sebastián Ramirez
By PyBites Team on 28 July 2022
Listen here: This week Bob and Pybites Coach, Robin Beer, interview Sebastián Ramirez, the creator of FastAPI, Typer and SQLModel. We talk about:– What he is currently working on.– How to balance the large amount of opportunities in his space (open source developer productivity tips).– The process of designing new libraries that are the glue between other ones.– The feeling of… Continue reading Documentation-driven development with Sebastián Ramirez
Growing developer teams in a deep tech startup
By PyBites Team on 22 July 2022
Listen here: This week, we have Robin back on the show to talk about how he has grown as a Python developer with the startup ACCURE and as mentor at PDM. ACCURE Battery Intelligence GmbH uses cloud computing to make batteries more safe, reliable and sustainable and has grown 10x from 4 to more than 40 ACCURIANs in… Continue reading Growing developer teams in a deep tech startup
A Case Study in Refactoring Python: Clean Code Is Often Faster
By Russell Helmstedter on 20 July 2022
I have learned a lot over the past 2.5 years of my Python journey. What started out as a hobby during COVID-19 lock downs in 2020, has now become a major component of my professional workload. This article is designed to highlight the importance of the iterative process: write some code -> learn new stuff… Continue reading A Case Study in Refactoring Python: Clean Code Is Often Faster
Learning Rich by making a color searcher command line app
By Bob Belderbos on 6 July 2022
The other day I wanted to get serious with the awesome Rich library. As we always say: you have to build to really learn + need ideas? Scratch your own itch. If you’re struggling for ideas, see what takes you long and/or is cumbersome and see if it’s a good candidate to automate it with… Continue reading Learning Rich by making a color searcher command line app
Common Python developer pitfalls and the 80/20 that really matters
By PyBites Team on 23 June 2022
Listen here: Welcome back to another Pybites podcast episode. In this episode we talk about common pitfalls you want to avoid when becoming a Python developer: Pitfall #1: Tutorial paralysisPitfall #2: Improper sequencingPitfall #3: Obsessing over Pythonic codePitfall #4: Going on your own for too long … after that we look at the 80/20 (aka… Continue reading Common Python developer pitfalls and the 80/20 that really matters
What I have learned from an open-source project
By Leonieke Paalvast on 17 June 2022
What preceded it I like the Carbon images that appear on Twitter from Pybites. Out of curiosity, I took a look at the code on GitHub, but it was pretty overwhelming and intimidating, so I quickly moved on to something I did “understand.” I often follow a tutorial or collect items I might need one… Continue reading What I have learned from an open-source project
Is it time to step back and look at the greater design?
By PyBites Team on 17 June 2022
**The official Pybites T-Shirt** This week we talk about an important topic: how to prevent yourself as a programmer from getting into tunnel vision when coding. We have a nice practical example we’ll share how we hit this last week (and many times more for that matter) in one of our solutions and also relate… Continue reading Is it time to step back and look at the greater design?
Configure a Linux Development Environment on Windows with WSL and VS Code
By Heather Gray on 18 May 2022
About WSL It seems like everyone is using Linux or Mac for software development these days, but if you’re a windows user, you may have looked into what you needed to do to be able to use Linux on your PC and found that dual-booting or virtual machines sounded like too much trouble. But these… Continue reading Configure a Linux Development Environment on Windows with WSL and VS Code