I had a blast on stream today with Jason Lengstorf.

It seems that FastAPI is rather intuitive for Javascript users. I would definitely encourage others to dive right in!

on Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:35:38 +0000 🔗

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on Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:51:01 +0000 🔗

I missed an important point on my short yesterday!

I mentioned that you can convert tasks in a single GitHub issue into their own issue.

Closing that issue also marks that task as complete!

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ri-zdSoQ0Pg?feature=share

on Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:27:29 +0000 🔗

I was able to get my first PyPI publishing workflow using the trusted publishers workflow really easy...

I'm a fan of good docs so I'll just share their link instead of creating another one.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/deployment/security-hardening-your-deployments/configuring-openid-connect-in-pypi

One minor thing I that got me is that your repo name is case-sensative so if you're having issues check repo casing.

on Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:01:05 +0000 🔗

This extension means that I never have to manually open a bunch of files that match a pattern again!

Check out Open Multiple Files

https://youtube.com/shorts/EPDg24VAF0Q

on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:41:13 +0000 🔗

My talk from Refactr.Tech is now live on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee1DhKMJ_Kg

Listening back I feel like I was a little aggressive, however I'm super happy with the overall vibe of the talk.

I definitely hope to give the talk again in the future.

on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:19:11 +0000 🔗

Building projects you don't think anyone uses is way more fun when you have so many people helping! Render Engine had 5 new contributors this month.

Should out to:

I hope to continue improving Render Engine and start providing more examples of be being used in different ways

on Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:23:25 +0000 🔗

create a pre-release for your project using the gh cli

gh release create <VERSION> --generated-notes -p

the release version of this command is without the p.

on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 02:05:35 +0000 🔗

Reminder that if you're deploying an app with a cli... if you want to be able to python -m call that app... You'll need to add a __main__.py to your project.

on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:50:27 +0000 🔗

I wrote a little about my US Conference City Diversity Metric. You can find it on the Black Python Devs Blog - https://blackpythondevs.github.io/2023-11-11-what-is-the-us-conference-city-diversity-metric/

on Sat, 11 Nov 2023 22:05:55 +0000 🔗

The last interview in this DjangoCon perspectives, I sat down in Panda Studios with @AutomationPanda and we talked a bit about the benefits of the conference local to you and the feelings of Keynoting for your hometown crowd!

https://youtu.be/HEC3K2wwJcw

on Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:11:27 +0000 🔗

In this interview, I chat with my amazing friend Felipe de Morais, CoFounder of AfroPython.

Felipe shares how both Brazilian and US Python communities can learn from one another what it means to see folks that look like you on the stage and around the conference.

https://youtu.be/SY4qxQQM0V4

on Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:57:22 +0000 🔗

In this interview, I talk with Ryan Cheley who flew across the country to give his first conference talk about contributing to the Django Project for the first time.

Ryan gave a great talk about success, failure, more failure, and more success.

https://youtu.be/WkeRI7LkBeY

on Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:47:17 +0000 🔗

The second video from the perspectives of #DjangoConUS, I interview Peter Baumgartner, founder of long-time sponsor Lincoln Loop.

We talk about some of the benefits from the sponsor perspective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuTYj3g_9E

on Sun, 29 Oct 2023 18:59:14 +0000 🔗

I'm happy to begin sharing some of the perspectives of some folks that I interviewed at #DjangoConUS.

Let's start with the Django Software Foundation President Chaim Kirby who has a fantastic announcement about his plans for next year!! Check it out on the #PythonCommunityNews Youtube Channel!

https://youtu.be/NhVEGqPvoI4

on Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:47:00 +0000 🔗

I had a wonderful time at #DjangoConUS. I'm hoping they'll consider Raleigh again and I would love to learn more about this very underrated city.

Black Python Devs at the Ice Cream Social

on Sat, 21 Oct 2023 18:22:21 +0000 🔗

My mania is in full swing and I've been creating a bunch of things. So instead of copy/pasting like I've been doing... I made this cookiecutter template for faster project scaffolding.

on Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:59:03 +0000 🔗

Been thinking about a lot about how I can take a more "Ghibli" approach to the things that I work on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRnKY-5TqOM

on Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:33:59 +0000 🔗

ArjanCode's video on what's coming to 3.12 has me so pumped!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udHmeAmOlbI

on Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:19:40 +0000 🔗

I've been working with Mario Munoz to get render-engine ready for it's next stable with initial support for theming and slightly improved docs!

Thanks for your help Mario!

on Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:19:39 +0000 🔗