Videos are up from PyDataDC 2018. See all the PyData talks at PyDataTV on YouTube.

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.

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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Configure Python 3, Flask andGunicorn on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS –bit.ly/2vRZYQR

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 …