This is an explanatory article related to my talk at MUPy — Become a pdb power-user.

Recently, I encountered a very fascinating concept which is meta-programming in Python. I would like to share my findings on this topic in this article. I hope that it may help you to wrap your head… (more…)

I’ve found myself explaining Python 3’s str to people online more and more often lately. There’s this ridiculous claim about that Python 3’s string handling is broken or somehow worse than Python 2, and today I intend to put that myth to rest. Pyt...

(PyData Seattle Keynote; July 6 2017) The PyData ecosystem is vast and powerful, but it can be overwhelming to newcomers. In this talk I outline some of the history of *why* the Python data science space is the way it is, as well as *what* tools and te... (more…)

Call for community volunteers! It is time to assemble a Python Work Group that will aid in Python’s migration to GitHub! PEP 581   was ac... (more…)