From alistair.broomhead at gmail.com Thu Oct 13 10:54:05 2016 From: alistair.broomhead at gmail.com (Alistair Broomhead) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:54:05 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Project Nights (Build Something) Message-ID: Good morning, The next Build Something will be next Wednesday- sorry for the late notice (again) RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/234670759/ It's the SW1 Broadway, not the East London (or any other) one. With many thanks again to BMLL Technologies Ltd, and Steve Holden, for agreeing to provide a place for us to meet. Thanks, Al -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We're interested in people who can bring strong front-end experience with a good base in Python, but would look at anyone with an interesting set of cross-discipline skills. I could talk about silly perks and how we're 'doing' agile, but it's a cool place with good processes, and that's why I work here. If you're interested you can email me on alistair at novastonemedia.com or the CTO on ravi at novastonemedia.com, or you can grab me at a meetup, Al -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 19 October 2016 15:26:15 BST, "Nicholas H.Tollervey" wrote: >Here: http://tech.microbit.org/ > >Please upvote this on HN: > >https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016 > >Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out >there... >everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit. > >N. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >python-uk mailing list >python-uk at python.org >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carlosperate at gmail.com Wed Oct 19 11:34:38 2016 From: carlosperate at gmail.com (Carlos Pereira Atencio) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:34:38 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license In-Reply-To: <89e8cdbe-e1ec-591e-8f9b-4e8f6235b7a9@ntoll.org> References: <89e8cdbe-e1ec-591e-8f9b-4e8f6235b7a9@ntoll.org> Message-ID: As far as I understood there was still talks with the BBC to release the original design as well, is that still ongoing? Also, it would be quite awesome if there was also a OSH breakout board for the edge connector, it could serve as a base for projects to interface with microbit (like the Arduino shields, or raspberry pi hats). Who would be the best person to ask about that, Jonny? On 19 October 2016 at 15:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Here: http://tech.microbit.org/ > > Please upvote this on HN: > > https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016 > > Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there... > everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit. > > N. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sparks.m at gmail.com Wed Oct 19 14:13:35 2016 From: sparks.m at gmail.com (Michael) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 19:13:35 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license In-Reply-To: References: <89e8cdbe-e1ec-591e-8f9b-4e8f6235b7a9@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Carlos, Which original design do you mean? The actual board distributed to a million kids or the proto type microbit - proto:bit - that I did as the original work that enabled the partnership etc? (ie the stuff I talked about at Pycon UK last year - device, software stack, original DAL, website, original python/c++ compiler etc - ie that we used to run the schools trial with a 1000 devices across a dozen or so schools in the UK, and informed the original specs/reference docs) Regarding the former, I can't speak to that, but regarding the latter, I've had commitment from people to approve release of it, and so on and so forth, but it's now been over 12 months since I expected the go ahead for that. I still expect that to be released (and I know its in good hands), but I don't know when. (After all when you do work for an employer you don't own the code or rights to release... ) It was always expected from all the partners (inc the BBC) that all contributions would be open source, so I'd hope/expect the same for the production hardware. (Though the reference implementation Nick's posted about here would be a much better starting point IMO, for someone looking to develop something new. ) Regarding the python to c++ compiler part of it, that should be a bit moot by the time the proto:bit stack is released because I've been working (slowly) on a better one. (It allows you to compile python code for devices smaller than the ones Micropython will run on). (It's on pyxie -[a verbal play on pycc - pyc-c ] pypi/github/my website) I know that's a non-answer largely, at best slightly useful, but hopefully useful, Regarding a breakout board - proto pic have been tweeting about lots of interesting breakout boards they've been building recently.. Regards, Michael. On 19 October 2016 at 16:34, Carlos Pereira Atencio wrote: > As far as I understood there was still talks with the BBC to release the > original design as well, is that still ongoing? > > Also, it would be quite awesome if there was also a OSH breakout board for > the edge connector, it could serve as a base for projects to interface with > microbit (like the Arduino shields, or raspberry pi hats). Who would be the > best person to ask about that, Jonny? > > On 19 October 2016 at 15:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > >> Here: http://tech.microbit.org/ >> >> Please upvote this on HN: >> >> https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016 >> >> Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there... >> everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit. >> >> N. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve at holdenweb.com Wed Oct 19 14:34:41 2016 From: steve at holdenweb.com (Steve Holden) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 19:34:41 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license In-Reply-To: References: <89e8cdbe-e1ec-591e-8f9b-4e8f6235b7a9@ntoll.org> Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Michael wrote: > Regarding the python to c++ compiler part of it, that should be a bit moot > by the time the proto:bit stack is released because I've been working > (slowly) on a better one. (It allows you to compile python code for devices > smaller than the ones Micropython will run on). (It's on pyxie -[a verbal > play on pycc - pyc-c ] pypi/github/my website) > Now that one I am definitely looking forward to seeing your PyCon talk about! And I quite agree, the toolchain was so drastically modified since your talk just over a year ago that the actual product is a far more sensible starting point for most projects. regards Steve Steve Holden -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ntoll at ntoll.org Thu Oct 20 03:54:12 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:54:12 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license In-Reply-To: References: <89e8cdbe-e1ec-591e-8f9b-4e8f6235b7a9@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Carlos, As I understand it (from Jonny), the BBC intends to release these designs but, y'know, gotta have some bureaucracy... ;-) Jonny is definitely the person to ping about this. N. On 19/10/16 16:34, Carlos Pereira Atencio wrote: > As far as I understood there was still talks with the BBC to release the > original design as well, is that still ongoing? > > Also, it would be quite awesome if there was also a OSH breakout board > for the edge connector, it could serve as a base for projects to > interface with microbit (like the Arduino shields, or raspberry pi > hats). Who would be the best person to ask about that, Jonny? > > On 19 October 2016 at 15:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey > wrote: > > Here: http://tech.microbit.org/ > > Please upvote this on HN: > > https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016 > > > Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there... > everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit. > > N. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 08:54 +0100, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Carlos, > > As I understand it (from Jonny), the BBC intends to release these > designs but, y'know, gotta have some bureaucracy... ;-) > > Jonny is definitely the person to ping about this. > > N. > > On 19/10/16 16:34, Carlos Pereira Atencio wrote: > > As far as I understood there was still talks with the BBC to release the > > original design as well, is that still ongoing? > > > > Also, it would be quite awesome if there was also a OSH breakout board > > for the edge connector, it could serve as a base for projects to > > interface with microbit (like the Arduino shields, or raspberry pi > > hats). Who would be the best person to ask about that, Jonny? > > > > On 19 October 2016 at 15:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey > > wrote: > > > > Here: http://tech.microbit.org/ > > > > Please upvote this on HN: > > > > https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016 > > > > > > Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there... > > everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit. > > > > N. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > python-uk mailing list > > python-uk at python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > python-uk mailing list > > python-uk at python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From carlosperate at gmail.com Thu Oct 20 07:16:52 2016 From: carlosperate at gmail.com (Carlos Pereira Atencio) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:16:52 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license In-Reply-To: References: <89e8cdbe-e1ec-591e-8f9b-4e8f6235b7a9@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Hi Michael, I mean the tech-will-save-us layout, not the original one with the Atmel chips, sorry for the confusion. About the breakout board, there are a few companies doing interesting ones. The now classic board from kitronik, the upcoming stuff from protopic, and rkonlinestore has even made an Arduino shield adapter for the microbit. But what I would love to see is something like this: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoProtoShield A breakout board that is fully open (ideally in kicad as well, like the reference design has done), so that anybody could use that as a base to make your own board. I've had a couple of ideas I wanted to work on, but between having limited free time and PCB design not being a strong skill of mine, I have been putting if off. However if I was able to just download something like the protoshield, a well designed base that is easy to modify, then that would really save me a lot of time and work. From my point of view this type of thing really enables newbies to get up and running quickly, removing some of the initial barriers to have some cool PCB made for their projects. Regards, Carlos On 19 October 2016 at 19:13, Michael wrote: > Carlos, > > > Which original design do you mean? The actual board distributed to a > million kids or the proto type microbit - proto:bit - that I did as the > original work that enabled the partnership etc? (ie the stuff I talked > about at Pycon UK last year - device, software stack, original DAL, > website, original python/c++ compiler etc - ie that we used to run the > schools trial with a 1000 devices across a dozen or so schools in the UK, > and informed the original specs/reference docs) > > Regarding the former, I can't speak to that, but regarding the latter, > I've had commitment from people to approve release of it, and so on and so > forth, but it's now been over 12 months since I expected the go ahead for > that. I still expect that to be released (and I know its in good hands), > but I don't know when. (After all when you do work for an employer you > don't own the code or rights to release... ) > > It was always expected from all the partners (inc the BBC) that all > contributions would be open source, so I'd hope/expect the same for the > production hardware. (Though the reference implementation Nick's posted > about here would be a much better starting point IMO, for someone looking > to develop something new. ) > > Regarding the python to c++ compiler part of it, that should be a bit moot > by the time the proto:bit stack is released because I've been working > (slowly) on a better one. (It allows you to compile python code for devices > smaller than the ones Micropython will run on). (It's on pyxie -[a verbal > play on pycc - pyc-c ] pypi/github/my website) > > I know that's a non-answer largely, at best slightly useful, but hopefully > useful, > > Regarding a breakout board - proto pic have been tweeting about lots of > interesting breakout boards they've been building recently.. > > Regards, > > > Michael. > > > On 19 October 2016 at 16:34, Carlos Pereira Atencio < > carlosperate at gmail.com> wrote: > >> As far as I understood there was still talks with the BBC to release the >> original design as well, is that still ongoing? >> >> Also, it would be quite awesome if there was also a OSH breakout board >> for the edge connector, it could serve as a base for projects to interface >> with microbit (like the Arduino shields, or raspberry pi hats). Who would >> be the best person to ask about that, Jonny? >> >> On 19 October 2016 at 15:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey >> wrote: >> >>> Here: http://tech.microbit.org/ >>> >>> Please upvote this on HN: >>> >>> https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016 >>> >>> Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there... >>> everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit. >>> >>> N. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 18/10/2016 12:25, Alistair Broomhead wrote: > Sorry I forgot to mention that we're looking for full-time permanent > staff - sorry for any confusion > > On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 at 12:16 Alistair Broomhead > > > wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > Some of you might know me through the London Python community, or > at least from spamming this list about meetups, or in fact sending > this same message about a month ago. > > I'm currently working at a small start-up called Novastone > (novastonemedia.com ) which works in > the secure messaging space and we're looking for full-stack > developers to join the team. > > Our current web stack uses Flask, SQLAlchemy, MQTT, MSSQL, Angular > and AWS, and we have apps for Android and iOS, but we're more > interested in experience with architectures and methodologies than > specific frameworks. We're interested in people who can bring > strong front-end experience with a good base in Python, but would > look at anyone with an interesting set of cross-discipline skills. > > I could talk about silly perks and how we're 'doing' agile, but > it's a cool place with good processes, and that's why I work here. > > If you're interested you can email me > onalistair at novastonemedia.com > or the CTO > onravi at novastonemedia.com , or you > can grab me at a meetup, > > Al > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We currently use Microsoft SQL Server. It's not too different to other SQL database and as I said before, specific experience with would be a plus rather than something we're specifically looking for. On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 12:38 Steve Holden, wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Chris Withers wrote: What do you mean by MSSQL? That usually refers to Microsoft SQL Server. Steve Holden _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk at python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oisin.mulvihill at gmail.com Mon Oct 24 07:40:59 2016 From: oisin.mulvihill at gmail.com (Oisin Mulvihill) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:40:59 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Using Python for social good. Message-ID: Hello List, Does anyone know of any Python developers who are free or are thinking about a new permanent role? - https://unicornhunt.io/jobs/senior-python-developer-at-supercarers SuperCarers is a chance to put their Python expertise to social good and truly help people. I'm keen to work with anyone I don't have to sell TDD to. We are about to close our next investment round, so its a great time to join and have a real influence on tech stack and direction. They can contact me directly at oisin at supercarers.com or have a chat over skype: oisinmulvihill All the best, (No recruiters please) Oisin From chris at simplistix.co.uk Tue Oct 25 07:44:02 2016 From: chris at simplistix.co.uk (Chris Withers) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:44:02 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Good people wanted, small London startup between Liverpool St and Mooregate In-Reply-To: References: <2d8133f0-6264-5d75-8c2d-59876b40032b@simplistix.co.uk> Message-ID: <65a93607-ec3f-814e-16b3-f78aa0c58719@simplistix.co.uk> I was afraid you'd say that ;-) I'd imagine both Windows and SQL Server would be quite a big turn off for many of the people you'd like to have work for you. Would you be up for explaining what lead you to that choice? Chris On 20/10/2016 13:50, Alistair Broomhead wrote: > That is correct. > > We currently use Microsoft SQL Server. It's not too different to other > SQL database and as I said before, specific experience with would be a > plus rather than something we're specifically looking for. > > On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 12:38 Steve Holden, > wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Chris Withers > > wrote: > > What do you mean by MSSQL? > > > That usually refers to Microsoft SQL Server. > > > Steve Holden > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tweeting may occur at https://twitter.com/campython Tibs PS: Note that the January meeting will occur on Tue 10th January 2017, a week later than normal. From mth.power at gmail.com Wed Oct 26 17:10:32 2016 From: mth.power at gmail.com (Matthew Power) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:10:32 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Dojo - 3rd November Message-ID: The next London Python Dojo is at 6:30pm on 6th October 2016. It will be held at Methods Digital, who are at 16 St Martin's Le Grand, near St Paul?s Tube Station. Arrive from 6:30pm for our usual mix of pizza and beer and socialising and hacking and silliness. For more details, and to register for a free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-8-episode-3-tickets-28900134079 Hope to see you there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It will be > held at Methods Digital, who are at 16 St Martin's Le Grand, near St Paul?s > Tube Station. > > Arrive from 6:30pm for our usual mix of pizza and beer and socialising and > hacking and silliness. > > For more details, and to register for a free ticket: > > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-8-episode-3-tickets-28900134079 > > Hope to see you there! > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mth.power at gmail.com Wed Oct 26 17:21:33 2016 From: mth.power at gmail.com (Matthew Power) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:21:33 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Dojo - 3rd November In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ah! Please excuse the obvious copy and paste error. 3rd November, next Thursday. On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 at 22:19 adam.collard at gmail.com wrote: > 6th October might be a tad tricky to get to. Anyone got Guido's time > machine handy? > On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 at 22:11, Matthew Power wrote: > > The next London Python Dojo is at 6:30pm on 6th October 2016. It will be > held at Methods Digital, who are at 16 St Martin's Le Grand, near St Paul?s > Tube Station. > > Arrive from 6:30pm for our usual mix of pizza and beer and socialising and > hacking and silliness. > > For more details, and to register for a free ticket: > > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-8-episode-3-tickets-28900134079 > > Hope to see you there! > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From me at adamj.eu Wed Oct 26 17:51:40 2016 From: me at adamj.eu (Adam Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:51:40 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Dojo - 3rd November In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: At Django Under The Hood! On 26 October 2016 at 22:10, Matthew Power wrote: > The next London Python Dojo is at 6:30pm on 6th October 2016. It will be > held at Methods Digital, who are at 16 St Martin's Le Grand, near St Paul?s > Tube Station. > > Arrive from 6:30pm for our usual mix of pizza and beer and socialising and > hacking and silliness. > > For more details, and to register for a free ticket: > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo- > season-8-episode-3-tickets-28900134079 > > Hope to see you there! > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -- Adam -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ntoll at ntoll.org Sat Oct 29 12:38:28 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:38:28 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Roadmap for Mu - a beginner's editor Message-ID: <1f03956a-3b01-b433-5f1d-0e579d1d1386@ntoll.org> Hi Folks, Apologies for cross posting - but these email lists contain people who may be interested in or who may already know about Mu - an editor for beginner programmers that was written as part of the BBC micro:bit project. I've promised this for a while and have finally got round to writing it - the Mappa MUndi, or roadmap for Mu. https://github.com/mu-editor/mu/pull/180 I'd love feedback! This is a straw man so please feel free to review it, provide constructive critique and suggest ideas. I'm not precious about anything I write, so, jump in! Thanks in advance, N. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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But every engineer in London has just been issued one of these to hack on, based on the esp8266 (I understand MicroPython can run on this !): [image: IMG_20161026_225856.jpg] Reliability Engineering does all manner of interesting things in the devops space, from the basics like automation, monitoring, metrics, release management, and supporting production systems, to working with teams to improve process and practice or conceiving and implementing new tooling. You'll need to be a problem solver, a generalist with broad knowledge covering diverse software stacks and languages, distributed systems, networking, and operations, and to be willing to travel and connect with people from across the organisation. Some of my colleagues in other teams in London are also hiring. We're doing some green-field full-stack development, or if you're data science inclined for example, there are roles listed here: https://careers.twosigma.com/careers/SearchJobs/United+Kingdom%7CUK%7CLondon/ Feel free to drop me an e-mail at daniel.pope at twosigma.com if you'd like to ask more, or apply via the above link. I don't have authority to deal with recruiters so please don't contact me. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_20161026_225856.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 250986 bytes Desc: not available URL: