Creative Compassionate Code (if Python isn't fun, we're doing it wrong)
summary
Early BBC Micro adventures lead to building a beginner-friendly editor called MW with “millions of downloads,” teacher-driven features like one-click zoom and blind-developer accessibility fixes, and work on MicroPython for the BBC micro:bit (1,000,000 devices). A browser Python platform, PIScript, runs CPython/MicroPython compiled to WebAssembly at about 200 KB and enables an invent app framework built around six simple concepts; demos (an Italian “honk” app) work but once overwhelm the hotel Wi‑Fi. Community wins coexist with real harassment of maintainers.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 4:40First coding story BBC Micro
- 11:42Python in education and Mu editor
- 20:26Compassionate open source community
- 21:11PyScript Python in the browser
- 36:37Invent framework and creative coding
- 40:27Attention and creative expression
- 57:55Q&A session
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