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Python By Night is what happens when there's not enough time during the day.

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CodenameTim, to random
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Welp tomorrow is Halloween and I forgot to improve on my candy distribution marketing. If anyone recalls, I bought 8 pounds of candy last year to have ZERO trick-or-treaters show up.

Though I did reduce how much candy I bought this year. We're at 3 pounds of standard fare rather than specially ordered exquisite candy.

pythonbynight,
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@CodenameTim if only you lived in my neighborhood...

pythonbynight,
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@CodenameTim it is truly both of those things!

BajoranEngineer, to random
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I did a really good job this week.

pythonbynight,
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@BajoranEngineer

Image from Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard

pythonbynight, (edited ) to random
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https://us.pycon.org/2024/
oh hello!

simon, to random
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Embeddings: What they are and why they matter

https://simonwillison.net/2023/Oct/23/embeddings/

I took my recent PyBay talk and turned it into the most comprehensive answer I could possibly provide to the question "What are embeddings?"

pythonbynight,
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@simon Thanks a lot for this!

Another great resources that I stumbled upon a while back was this free document by @vicki precisely called "What are embeddings?" Can't recommend it enough!

https://vickiboykis.com/what_are_embeddings/next.html

_chrismay, to python
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The conversations at DjangoCon US have convinced me that there's a thirst for knowledge about in the community.

What questions do you have?

I'd love to help answer them!

pythonbynight,
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@shacker @_chrismay I found this article by Carson Gross (creator of htmx) to be extremely helpful for "when to use htmx" and when not to...

https://htmx.org/essays/when-to-use-hypermedia/

tldr for when not to:

  • Lots of interdependencies (i.e., one action that affects multiple elements in the DOM at once)
  • offline functionality (because htmx depends on server events)
  • continuous updates (stuff like games/drag and drop/etc...)
pythonbynight,
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@shacker @_chrismay And of course, important to remember that it doesn't have to be an either/or scenario. The idea is recognizing what htmx is good for and leaning into that.

_chrismay, to random
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You go, @pythonbynight!

pythonbynight,
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@_chrismay shoutout to you too!

pythonbynight, to random
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Hey all! Hopefully you've been enjoying @djangocon

I've had major FOMO attending online, but still feeling part of it, especially since my online talk will be shown in around 20 minutes!

I'll be on slack or on here if anyone has questions/comments.

https://2023.djangocon.us/talks/back-to-the-future-of-hypermedia-in-django/

pythonbynight,
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@djotaku @djangocon Thanks, Eric!

My hope was to really share in the excitement about a hypermedia driven design!

A huge benefit that I didn't highlight in my video is that it makes web app building far more accessible (for those more intimidated by large JS frameworks).

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@djotaku @djangocon Yes, that's what made me think of it, too!

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@moshez @djangocon Hi Moshe... Yes, sorry, just saw your toot.

I included notes from the video on my blog:

https://www.pythonbynight.com/talks/back-future-hypermedia-django

pythonbynight,
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@moshez @djangocon

I included links to all the resources I mention during my talk, as well as a recent Talk Python episode that also talks about htmx.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esLvuP5Q0Sw

pythonbynight, to random
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Bummed that I couldn't make it out to @djangocon this year, and all the photos/coverage gives me major FOMO.

But it's great! Keep it coming!

(And thank goodness for online vids!)

jonafato, (edited ) to random
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Ok, here goes nothing. An announcement post for a type of conference I've never put on before. More updates coming soon, but concept and mailing list available now. https://2024.offtheclockconf.com

pythonbynight,
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@jonafato Can't wait to tell you about what I do at night.... 😅

carlton, to django
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Wait a mintute…

  • Django
  • Compressor
  • HTMX
  • Alpine
  • Tailwind

🤔

The Django-CHAT stack? 😜 @djangochat #Django

pythonbynight,
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@carlton @djangochat Tip of the (py) hat! 🐍🤠

lyteforce, to python

I've been "trying" to learn for over a year now & continue to find myself easily discouraged when concepts that are presented as "basic" are far from it for me. Eventually my frustration wins out & I take a long break, only to try again & restart the learning all over.

Beyond try, try, try, try, try again... any other hot tips? If it would help, what excites me is being able to code a Discord bot to do... stuff. If the "basics" are too much, is that goal too lofty?

pythonbynight, (edited )
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@lyteforce @diazona @davidcampey It helped me to break down what I wanted to learn into smaller pieces. Here's a few things that worked for me:

  • comfort with syntax in general (loops, conditionals, etc...)

  • project structure and virtual environments

  • CLI commands (using terminal in general)

  • looking at others' code (thanks open source!)

  • writing about things I learned, even if it seems trivial

  • find something fun to build

  • less tutorials and more just trying things from ground up

pythonbynight,
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@lyteforce @diazona @davidcampey I initially started learning python thinking that I could build a system that would recommend me cool philosophy/science fiction media based on other scifi films I liked. It was way over-ambitious. However, I ended up building a web scraper and a learning some machine learning basics (I had zero experience in either). I got about half-way and rerouted... decided to learn how to build a web application so it could actually "do" something... it turned into a blog.

pythonbynight, to random
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Did you miss it earlier? My @PyGotham talk that somehow managed to fit LLMs, Python 3.12, Python conferences, Hypermedia, and so-so jokes all in one place is coming up in a few minutes!

https://2023.pygotham.tv

mariatta, to random
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PyGotham is streaming right now. Due to travel and not doing the time zone conversion correctly, I missed watching my own talk 😥

Don't be like me.

You still have another chance to watch the replay of my "PEP Talk" later today: 6:10 PM New York (EDT) / 3:10 PM Vancouver (PDT) / 11:10 PM London (GMT)

Watch for free on your browser:
https://2023.pygotham.tv/

#PyGotham #PyGothamTV @PyGotham

pythonbynight,
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@mariatta @PyGotham Your talk was great!

Even though I caught the PyBay version, the @PyGotham version has great charm, especially from the "call in" guests... 😁

pythonbynight,
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@mariatta @PyGotham on yeah, totally understand the post production bit. I'm pretty sure I spent way more time in "post" than on prep. (probably because I had never edited video before).

You can catch my attempt at being funny right after your talk. 😅

pythonbynight, to random
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Come check out my talk in less than 10 mins... a mish mash of a tech talk and a late night show monologue?

https://2023.pygotham.tv

pythonbynight,
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@pamelafox Thanks!

Hopefully you can catch the showing during the afternoon. There are a few joke duds in there, but definitely a lot of fun!

pythonbynight,
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In case you missed the talk, it will be streaming again at 3:25 (PST) later today.

If you did get a chance to catch it, here are some notes from the ... show.

https://www.pythonbynight.com/talks/python2nite-mario-munoz

pythonbynight, to random
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Did you know there's a FREE conference going on right now! That's right, @PyGotham has been streaming all day with awesome talks.

I also have one coming up tomorrow. Here's a sneak peek!

pythonbynight,
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@PyGotham Here's a link to the schedule in case you want to catch some awesome talks.

https://2023.pygotham.tv/talks/schedule/

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