PyCon CFP closes in a day or so. See https://us.pycon.org/2019/speaking/ for details.

After looking at 100's of proposals there are several broad categories.

• Some cool stuff I wrote (or helped write, or contributed to)
• Some cool aspect of Python the language
• Some cool thing happening …

See Bashing the Bash — Replacing Shell Scripts with Python for some concrete examples of stuff you can do in Python or the shell.

And yes, it's a good, workable idea.

1. It's unit testable.
2. It's easier to read.
3. It may be faster. Not that you'd notice unless you've really made a …

See https://pydata.org/dc2018/ You do need to get your tickets ASAP. The schedule is fabulous. Hotel rooms are still available, so don't waste any time getting connected.

Or "When is it time to move?"

I've got https://sourceforge.net/projects/stingrayreader/ which has been on SourceForge since forever.

Really since about 2014. Not that long. But. Maybe long enough?

The velocity of change is relatively slow.

However.

(And this is a big however.) SourceForge seems kind of …

I don't -- generally -- think of myself as an edge-of-the-envelope developer. I'm a tried-and-proven kind of engineer. I want stuff that's been around for years, with a long history of changes. Except. Today. Currently, I'm revising Mastering Object-Oriented Python. Second Edition. That means upgrading everything to Python 3.7 with full …

Here's a particularly tangled and difficult problem. It arises because I have another blog. Specifically this: Team Red Cruising. And it's an unholy mess.

There are two important features of the Team Red Cruising blog.

1. It's managed with off-line editor(s) so I can write posts from the boat and …

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We worked through this about a year ago, without the help of this post. Having the article would have saved us some time and effort. You should …

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A multi-core Python HTTPserver (much) faster than Go(spoiler: Cython)`nexedi.com/NXD-Blog.Multi… <https://t.co/mlRqTMwmxu>`__

https://www.nexedi.com/NXD-Blog.Multicore.Python.HTTP.Server This is handy. It makes perfect sense that Python -- with a little help …

Freezing Python’s Dependency Hell in 2018 Excellent advice. Excepot for the "Don't use Anaconda." Yes. It's a big download. Odds are good you'll need most of it. So. Just do it now. The (miniconda + environment.yml) as an entry point is really good. The "rely on people to actually …

This is brilliant. Why is Python so slow? by Anthony Shaw It covers three aspects of the implementation in a respectable level of detail. Helpful information. Bookmark it to help stop pointless bickering with people who don't understand the value of getting something to run right now vs. getting something …