Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

hey psst svcs stickers spotted at n the PSF sticker table! #PyConUS

Juggling starts a little early today: 3:45 in the open space hallway! #PyConUS

Tomorrow morning’s #PyConUS lightning ⚡️🌩️ talks have been selected and speakers selected have been emailed! Please keep your 👀 peeled as we have some logistics in the email for y’all!

Thanks! CC: @Thepsf @pyladies

@pganssle giving a talk walking those familiar with unittest on the basics (and some advanced items) on #pytest at #PyConUS

I use pytest daily, but still found this talk pretty helpful. (Note to self: '--stepwise')

#PyCon

Pro tip for #pyconus #pycon speakers, presenters, tutorial hosts - dark text on white background is more legible than vice versa. The projector does a better job at projecting white light and the dark text shows off in a better contrast. As a member of the audience it’s more legible on a projector screen than white text on dark background - especially from far.

I have a very specific question about Matplotlib usage at NASA in the Science Mission Directorate:

Does anyone know of usage of Matplotlib specifically in the Biological and Physical Sciences Division?

#pycon2024 #PyCon #PyConUS2024

If you are coming in person to #PyConUS in Pittsburgh this weekend, and are comfortable playing the guitar in public, let me know? I may be preparing a surprise for the 20th anniversary of Beautiful Soup https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2024/celebrate-beautiful-soups-20th-anniversary/ .

I've just released cibuildwheel 2.18.0, with prerelease support for CPython 3.13 - set CIBW_PRERELEASE_PYTHONS to test building 3.13 wheels! (No free-threading yet, waiting on binaries & pip) https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/releases/tag/v2.18.0 #python #release

> "#Python 3.13 just hit feature freeze with the first beta release today. Just before the feature freeze, a shiny new feature was added: a brand new Python REPL."

> My favorite Python 3.13 feature. https://treyhunner.com/2024/05/my-favorite-python-3-dot-13-feature/

They finally fixed the 'exit' thing! Yay! 🎉 🥳 🎈

#programming

Next month, @the_compiler is organising a pytest sprint in Austria, next to the Swiss border.

There's also a possibility for paid travel/accommodation.

See https://github.com/pytest-dev/sprint for more info and signup.
#Python #pytest #sprint

What better way to spend Friday afternoon than watching me talk about Chapter 7 of Probably Overthinking It?

"Causation, Collision, and Confusion"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rUm46mk0Yo

I was at Google today to give a talk about Chapter 7 of Probably Overthinking It: Causation, Collision, and Confusion.

I'll post the video when it's available, but in the meantime, the slides are here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT3Wb80roqlKxQTQQlug4cRTKIZ304S453OehgE7Xpomed2OdG1xQEDGUo6el5Wfkrhfzl8Dbb79rxe/pub

Status update: Open for work.