From grace at pybay.com Tue Apr 2 20:46:32 2019 From: grace at pybay.com (Grace Law) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 17:46:32 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Watch Guido and four other language creators chat LIVE at 7p TODAY Message-ID: Hi Pythonistas, Our dear friend Don Sheu / PuPPy in Seattle has pulled together the live streaming of probably one of the most historic events in language?s history! It is 2 years in the making and happening now - and you can tweet your questions to Guido and four other language creators! And thanks to MSFT, Facebook, OfferUp, and Impekable, you can join in via live stream around 7p tonight 4/2 to hear what the language creators have to say about language design and life. Join the event live: http://bdfl-gift.pspython.com/video-streaming.html Details of event: http://bdfl-gift.pspython.com/index.html Event schedule: http://bdfl-gift.pspython.com/index.html#schedule So grab a beer, share this with your friends and see you online in a few! 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Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/wiphone-a-phone-for-hackers-and-makers/ recent Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/bagyxv/wiphone_a_phone_you_can_program_in_python/project build logs: https://hackaday.io/project/159811-esp32-wiphone Happy to answer questions here or on Reddit. -Ben -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chityala at gmail.com Wed Apr 10 21:53:27 2019 From: chityala at gmail.com (Ravi Chityala) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:53:27 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Two courses at UCSC Extension Message-ID: Hello All, I will be teaching two 10-week long course at the UCSC extension in Santa Clara. The first course is "Python for programmers". The class is held every Wednesday from 6:30 - 9:30 pm starting from Apr 17, 2019 to Jun 19, 2019 . The course will cover the most important aspects of Python and will be very hands-on with in-class activity and homework. I will also provide Jupyter notebook that will contain many examples. To register for the course, visit http://course.ucsc-extension.edu/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=5591127&SectionID=6471417 and select section CMPR.X416.(25). The second course is "Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence with TensorFlow". The class is held every Monday from 6:30 - 9:30 pm starting from Apr 15, 2019 to Jun 24, 2019 . The course will cover Tensorflow, numpy, multilayer perceptron, CNN and RNN and will be very hands-on with in- class activity and homework. I will also provide presentations and Jupyter notebook that will contain many examples. To register for the course, visit http://course.ucsc-extension.edu/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=5837157&SectionID=6473377 and select section DBDA.X418.(10). UCSC Extension Silicon Valley is accredited by various bodies through the University of California, Santa Cruz. Hence, many employers will reimburse the cost of the course. You can email me at chityala at gmail.com if you have any questions. Thanks, Ravi Chityala Essential Education http://essentialeducation.co -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grace at pybay.com Sun Apr 14 16:19:22 2019 From: grace at pybay.com (Grace Law) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:19:22 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Showcase your technologies to 750+ SF Bay Area Python devs at PyBay2019 - CFP closes in 10 days! Message-ID: Hi Pythonistas, You probably know this already, but speaking about your open source project and/or how your team solved challenges at tech conferences is a great way to: - Promote your open source project - Elevate your company's engineering brand - Attract talent, open source contributors, or customers - Show off your knowledge and satisfy professional development objectives Optimize your time by speaking at PyBay, the 4th annual regional Python conference on August 15-18. Our call for proposals (CFP) for talks closes on April 24, and CFP for workshops closes May 15. Why PyBay? - 750+ Python devs - the largest gathering of SF Bay Area Python developers of the year. - ~90% attendees from SF Bay Area - want local recruits or customers? - 9+ workshops, 55+ talks, 20+ lightning talks, book signing, an event for makers, happy hour and more - definitely the most fun gathering for Python devs. - Unlimited worldwide viewers on YouTube afterward - Thanks to our sponsor Bloomberg , speaker registration fee has been reduced to $175 or FREE . - Bonus: if you?ve thought about delivering a talk at SF Python?s monthly meetup (more than 150 devs attend each one), we?ll be picking the rest of the year's meetup talks from the proposals submitted to PyBay. This year, the community is particularly excited about *25 or 40-minute talks* and *half-day or full day workshops* on these themes: - Core Python language features - Frameworks and tools - Python in the world of data science - Machine learning and artificial intelligence with Python - Data visualization, data wrangling - DevOps, infrastructure, testing and automation with Python - High performance, reliable, and scalable applications - Programming hardware with Python - Building, integrating, or migrating your project using Python - The people side of engineering and community - Other stuff you're passionate about Our conference website has more info to help you write a winning proposal, but here are some pro tips: - Get your talk abstracts in by April 24! You can go through your corporate approval process later if your talk is selected. - The wider the audience your talk appeals to, the better. - Don?t get lost in the weeds, but don?t be afraid to delve into the details--show some code and tell some war stories so developers have something tangible to learn. - Consider your audience. 50% attended in 2018 identified themselves as mid-level devs. 39% senior-level. 23% are women - Feel free to browse 2016 , 2017 , and 2018 's talk lists or watch SF Python's talk videos to get a sense of the caliber of speakers and talks Questions about your talk idea or need help with your proposal? Email our Program Chair Luis Meraz or attend upcoming SF Python meetups on April 10 and 17. Questions about PyBay, sponsoring, or other ways to get involved? I?m an email or a phone call (650-823-7236) away. Submit your talk ideas now! And let's thank our sponsor Bloomberg for making this event a better experience for all main talk speakers! [image: 2000px-Bloomberg_logo.svg.png] ???? Grace Law PyBay Conference Chair and SF Python Organizer 415-323-0388 / grace at pybay.com SF Python is a volunteer-run organization aiming to foster the Python Community in the Bay Area. We produce ~20 educational events a year including PyBay , the Regional Python Conference in SF this August. Learn more ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com Fri Apr 19 14:09:19 2019 From: jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com (Jeff Fischer) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 08:09:19 -1000 Subject: [Baypiggies] April 25th meeting: Dependencies, Mocking, and ML Applications Message-ID: We will have three great talks for our April meeting: 1. Dependency hell: a library author's guide by Angela Li and Brian Quinlan 2. ML Applications of Python by Glen Qin 3. Mock Hell by Edwin Jung RSVP via meetup.com here: https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/259872230/ Location LinkedIn, Unify Meeting Room 950 W. Maude Ave, Sunnyvale . Meeting Details Meeting Schedule: - 7:00 pm Food and Announcements - 7:10 pm Talks start - 8:30 pm Networking - 9:00 pm Event ends Dependency hell: a library author's guide by Angela Li and Brian Quinlan Python is known for its "batteries included" philosophy but no Python developer can live without the language's rich library ecosystem. Unfortunately, as the number of libraries increases, so does the risk of cross-library incompatibilities, or "dependency hell". Dependency hell arises when two libraries have mutually conflicting requirements. These can be very difficult for developers to diagnose and may not be fixable without avoiding certain libraries entirely. After this talk, you - the library author - will have a practical set of simple best practices to follow that will allow you to build libraries that are compatible across the Python ecosystem. This talk will be presented at PyCon US 2019. Speaker Bios Angela is a Software Engineer working at Google. She obtained her master degree in Information Systems Management from CMU. She joined the Python language team at Google right after graduated, in there she enjoys building runtimes, libraries and tools for Python developers. Brian is a software engineer who works on Python at Google. Right now he is trying to make Python the best supported language on Google's cloud. He likes threads not async, pizza not sushi and Coke, not Pepsi. ML Applications of Python by Glen Qin Details TBD Speaker Bio Dr. Glen Qin got his Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley in EECS, and have been working in the industry for about 20 years. The industrial experience at Silicon Valley has helped Dr. Qin always be at the cutting edge of the new technologies. He has been working for large companies, like AT&T, small startups, like Optimal Networks, and medium size company like Netgear. His industrial experience is mainly focused on Computer Networks, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, big data, and AI. He started his career as a software engineer, and moved to engineering management, and product management gradually. In 2011, Dr. Qin and a few others founded California Science and Technology University (CSTU), and has been the president of the CSTU ever since. Mock Hell by Edwin Jun A common misconception is that mocks are just a tool for decoupling code under test. This, however, was never the original intention for mocking, which was born in deep OOP and TDD practices. Without such practices, mocks can easily be abused and create major technical debt, leading to ?mock hell?. This session will demonstrate how such debt may be created, and cover potential remedies. This talk will be presented at PyCon US 2019. Speaker Bio Ed is a software engineer with experience across multiple complex domains, ranging from robotics, microservices, data engineering, and 3D simulation. His main interests are in product line architectures, domain modeling, and the intersection of technical and cultural aspects of building systems. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grace at pybay.com Mon Apr 22 14:40:55 2019 From: grace at pybay.com (Grace Law) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:40:55 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] =?utf-8?q?Don=E2=80=99t_miss_out_-_50_Early_Bird_Py?= =?utf-8?q?Bay_tickets_go_on_sale_Tue_4/23_9am_PDT?= Message-ID: Hi Pythonistas, You?re invited to PyBay 2019 , the 4th annual SF Bay Area Python conference, on August 15-18 in San Francisco! This is by far the most fun and largest event for Python developers in SF Bay Area. Join 750+ Pythonistas plus 50+ amazing speakers including: - Raymond Hettinger (Python core dev; seasoned Python trainer) - Peter Norvig (Seminal Computer Scientist; Currently a Director of Research at Google) - Rachel Thomas (Selected by Forbes as one of ?20 Incredible Women Advancing AI Research;? co-founder of fast.ai ) - Lukasz Langa (Python core Developer, Python 3.8 release manager, Creator of Black) Here's what past attendees say: "Mind. Blown.," "Great conversations during the conference that extended to meeting for coffee 2 weeks later.," "We changed our architecture, tools, and approaches as a result of attending PyBay!" More highlights here . There are only 50 Early Bird passes available . So ask your manager for approval now. Set an alarm for 9am PDT on Tuesday, April 23, and grab your Early Bird pass while they last! What To Expect PyBay is the local version of the always-sold-out PyCon national Python conference. It?s organized by the community for the community, featuring: - Python core developers, newbies, and seasoned practitioners with a desire to learn, share, and contribute back to the community - 55+ talks about Python and its ecosystem, with actionable takeaways - PyMaker Fair to show off your hardware and iOT-enabled gadgets - Expo from participating sponsors to learn about jobs and tools that enhance your career - Happy hour, yoga, book signing and dedicated space for the hallway track to help you connect with other cool Pythonistas - Half-day and full-day pre-conference workshops to deepen your knowledge. Passes sold separately starting in June). In short, PyBay is a unique opportunity for Pythonistas at any level to learn and connect with like minds and to accelerate their growth and career, all while having some fun and wellness over the weekend. Don?t Miss out These 50 early bird passes are the lowest price you will pay. You?ll save 25% on the already low prices compared to other conferences. Please select your ticket type mindfully so we have funds to reimburse speakers' registration, contribute to diversity and inclusion scholarships and financial aid, and produce a better conference for all! Early sponsors include: - Bloomberg - OfferUP - Hubb Thanks in advance for your support and for spreading the word. We hope to see you at PyBay 2019 ! Grace Law PyBay Conference Chair and SF Python Organizer 415-323-0388 / grace at pybay.com SF Python is a volunteer-run organization aiming to foster the Python Community in the Bay Area. We produce ~20 educational events a year including PyBay , the Regional Python Conference in SF this August. Learn more ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: