From jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com Fri Mar 2 11:21:50 2018 From: jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com (Jeff Fischer) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 08:21:50 -0800 Subject: [Baypiggies] This Month's BayPiggies meeting: Beginners' packaging and PyCon preview Message-ID: *When:* Thursday, March 22, 2018, 7 pm to 9 pm *Where:* LinkedIn Corporation, Unify Meeting Room, 950 West Maude Ave, Sunnyale, CA This month, we will have two topics: 1. A beginner-level talk on packaging by David Lambert 2. PyCon speakers will give practice talks We are still looking for more speakers for the PyCon part. Contact Glen and I if you are interested. Thanks, Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From cappy2112 at gmail.com Tue Mar 6 12:55:02 2018 From: cappy2112 at gmail.com (Tony Cappellini) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 09:55:02 -0800 Subject: [Baypiggies] Embedded Python calculator Message-ID: Hello Baypiggies, I'm curious if anyone on the list has tried this calculator. https://www.numworks.com Please post your impressions -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grace at pybay.com Fri Mar 16 23:44:25 2018 From: grace at pybay.com (Grace Law) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:44:25 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] PyBay 2018, Regional Python Conference wants you to present! Message-ID: *Hi Pythonista,* *Are you developing wicked-cool open-source technologies or tools that the Python community needs to know about? Or have you had some break-through while using Python in your stack at work or in your personal project that others can learn from?If so, don?t miss the opportunity to spread your message this August 16-19 at PyBay, the largest (500+ devs) and most fun get-together of the year for Bay Area?s Pythonistas! The Call for Proposals for the 3rd annual regional Python conference is open, and we?d love to hear about your expertise in: - Python in the world of data science- Machine learning and artificial intelligence with Python- Data visualization, data wrangling...- DevOps and infrastructure with Python- Frameworks and tools- High performance, reliable, and scalable applications- Core Python language features- Programming hardware with Python- Building, integrating, migrating your project using Python- The people side of engineering and community- Other stuff that you're passionate about * *Feel free to browse 2016 and 2017 's talk lists or watch SF Python's talk videos *for inspiration. *PyBay also offers full-day and half-day pre-conference workshops. If you?re interested in offering a workshop, please submit your proposal here . Grace LawSF Python Organizer and PyBay ChairP.S. PyBay is produced by SF Python Meetup , a volunteer-run organization producing 20+ large-scale educational Python events a year with the aim of connecting Bay Area Python developers and companies so we can learn, share, and have fun together. Please fill out this form to explore opportunities to sponsor PyBay and/or our other events.* P.P.S. Enjoy the video highlights by Linda Peng from PyBay2017! ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com Mon Mar 19 13:17:27 2018 From: jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com (Jeff Fischer) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:17:27 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] This Thursday's meeting: PyCon preview and Packaging for Beginners Message-ID: BayPiggies Meeting Thursday March 22, 7pm to 9pm LinkedIn, Unify Meeting Room 950 W. Maude Ave, Sunnyvale . For this Thursday's meeting, we have a great lineup: two PyCon preview talks and an talk on Python packaging for beginners. Given the full schedule, we will start with announcements right at 7 pm. Talk Details 1. A Bit about Bytes: Understanding Python Bytecode by James Bennett At some point every Python programmer sees Python bytecode files -- they're those '.pyc' files Python likes to leave behind after it runs. But have you ever wondered what's really going on in those files? Well, wonder no more! In this talk you'll learn what Python bytecode is and how it's used to execute your code, as well as how to decipher and read it, and how to reason about bytecode to understand the performance of your Python code. Speaker Bio James is a philosopher turned web geek. Django core. Currently with the engineering team at Clover Health, trying to make health insurance better. 2. A practical guide to Singular Value Decomposition in Python by Daniel Pyrathon Recommender systems have become increasingly popular in recent years, and are used by some of the largest websites in the world to predict the likelihood of a user taking an action on an item. In the world of Netflix, this means recommending similar movies to the ones you have seen. In the world of dating, this means suggesting matches similar to people you already showed interest in! My path to recommenders has been an unusual one: from a Software Engineer to working on matching algorithms at a dating company, with a little background on machine learning. With my knowledge of Python and the use of basic SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) frameworks, I was able to understand SVDs from a practical standpoint of what you can do with them, instead of focusing on the science. In my talk, you will learn 2 practical ways of generating recommendations using SVDs: matrix factorization and item similarity. We will be learning the high-level components of SVD the "doer way": we will be implementing a simple movie recommendation engine with the help of Jupiter notebooks, the MovieLens database, and the Surprise recommendation package. Speaker Bio Daniel is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Coffee Meets Bagel. In his spare time, Daniel helps organize SF Python, one of the biggest Python meetups in the Bay Area where he helps numerous new and experienced developers learn about Python and in turn land jobs at well-known tech companies. Daniel has been involved in the Python community since 2014 and has been invited as a guest speaker at Pycon Italy, many Bay Area meetups, and PyBay. 3. Python Packaging for Beginners by David Lambert An overview of packaging in Python. I will describe how to create a package and place it online. Speaker Bio After graduate school in Physics, David went into software and has extensive experience as a tech support engineer. He has taken programming and computer science classes, and is looking for an entry-level developer position. Schedule Meeting Schedule: - 7:00 pm Food and Announcements - 7:05 pm Talks start - 8:40 pm Networking - 9:00 pm Event ends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grace at pybay.com Wed Mar 21 13:23:18 2018 From: grace at pybay.com (Grace Law) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:23:18 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] (no subject) Message-ID: Hi early stage startup folks in the Bay Area: If your Python-powered startup is less than 2.5 years old and has less than 15 employees, SF Python's members want to know what you are doing at our meetup next Tue 3/27 at NubHub's SF office. And, we want to give your company more exposure to the Python Community worldwide by giving you a chance to showcase your company at the always sold out PyCon in Ohio this May. Dig? *How to get your startup the maximum visibility next Tue?* - take a few minutes to apply at http://bit.ly/StartupRowSF18 NOW (application deadline is Thursday but there are *limited slots left to pitch, so the sooner you act, the better*) - send jasondonaldrowley+startuprow at gmail.com an email with available times for a 15 minutes call - figure out a good pitch for your company to win the Startup Row title Our friends Don Sheu and Jason Rowley who run the Startup Row have invited Bebe Chueh, co-founder of Atrium LLP , and Lisa Dusseault of Compaas on our judging panel. *The winner of next Tue's Startup Row will get:* - Two free passes to PyCon US in Cleveland, OH, this May - Free booth space on Startup Row - Access to the PyCon Jobs Fair - A Startup Row alumni breakfast - A happy hour for the broader entrepreneurial community at PyCon - Eternal glory! Previous presenters on Startup Row include Docker, OfferUp, Quantopian, and X.ai. I hope to see your pitch at the event! Feel free to reach out to Jason with any questions. Grace Law PyBay Conference Chair and SF Python Organizer 415-323-0388 <(415)%20323-0388> / grace at pybay.com Follow us on twitter at @py_bay Check out the highlights from PyBay2017 ? Grace Law PyBay Conference Chair and SF Python Organizer 415-323-0388 / grace at pybay.com Follow us on twitter at @py_bay Check out the highlights from PyBay2017 ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: