[Python-ke] So, who are you? Welcome to all Kenyan Pythonists

[Loek van Gent 1%CLUB]

Hey James,

I didn't know about the python-nairobi meetup group. I see it has 290
members. That's quite a lot! It's a pity to see that the meetups stopped
happening a year ago. You should try to reboot those!

Cheers,
Loek


2016-01-05 18:37 GMT+01:00 James Nzomo <james at tdt.rocks>:

> Loek,
>
> Happy new year and thanks for taking the initiative to spread and grow the
> community here!
>
> Following suit, I'm James Nzomo, Kenyan Living in Kenya.
> Python use:- Alot! From cloud ( openstack -> django, paste, api clients,
> sqlalchemy.....) to in house company APIs (flask[restful], django rest
> framework...)....list goes on.
> I work at a (soon to shut down) cloud compute startup - http://kili.io
> and organize the openstack (link <http://www.meetup.com/Python-Nairobi>)
> and python-nairobi (link <http://www.meetup.com/Python-Nairobi>) meetups,
> tho they are both in "safe-mode" due to "not-so-strong" community interest.
> Thus your input/ideas on group reboot and growth are very very much
> welcome. :)
>
> Thanks again for setting up the mailing list.
>
> Cheers!
>
> P.S. Just to hijack the thread abit....there is also a group blawg (link
> <http://blog.pynbo.or.ke>). Article contributions are most welcome:-
> https://github.com/Python-Nairobi/pynbo-blog
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Loek van Gent 1%CLUB <
> loek at onepercentclub.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> First of all: Happy new year!
>> Maybe we can start this mailing list with a quick round where everyone
>> can introduce themselves. How are you using Python at the moment, what do
>> you hope for the future?
>>
>> I'll kick off.
>>
>> My name is Loek van Gent. I'm not a Kenyan, nor living in Kenya, but
>> still interested in what's happening over there ;-). I work in Amsterdam,
>> the Netherlands at 1%Club (https://onepercentclub.com). We've had
>> multiple projects and campaigns in Kenya and we are closely affiliated with
>> Nailab. We use Python/Django for our server side projects. Our front-end
>> runs in EmberJS.
>>
>> Over the last couple of years I talked to multiple Python developers in
>> Kenya. Many of them were the only Python developer in their company or in a
>> small team. I've been deeply involved in de Django community in Europe,
>> joining many DjangoCon's and even talking at the last one in Cardiff. I'm
>> also involved in Python Namibia and will fly there again the end of this
>> year. I also contributed some small pull requests to Django core.
>>
>> I feel the Python/Django community in Europe is very strong and
>> welcoming. I learned so much from fellow coders during meetups, conferences
>> or just in irc chat rooms. I would love to help spread this community to
>> Kenya too!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Loek
>>
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