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The attentive programmerPyCon Italia 20242024-05-22
Argues that programming can be about something, not just do things, and demonstrates it by recreating a 1972 Canonet QL17 as an object‑oriented Python model…
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The programmer's imaginationDjangoCon US 20232023-10-16
Argues that the imagination actually shapes software and culture not neutrally but with intentions supported by artifacts and history — cites the Django launch…
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Lightning talkDjangoCon US 20232023-10-16
African PyCons run on very small budgets yet still deliver inclusive, safe events by explicit choices and active work rather than vague promises. Organizers…
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The programmer's imaginationPyCon UK 20232023-09-22
Examines how specific images and artifacts shape technical choices and values: the Django success rocket ties success to escape, paleoart (including…
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The programmer's imaginationDjangoCon Europe 20232023-05-29
Argues that programmers’ imagination actively shapes software and culture, not neutrally: uses visits to the National Museum of Wales and paleoart to show how…
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Lightning talksDjangoCon Europe 20232023-05-29
Forty short updates cover concrete tips and demos: Django CMS v4 content-versioning shows a two-model pattern that records who changed what and lets editors…
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Always complete, never finishedWrite the Docs Portland 20212021-04-25
Argues that documentation should be always complete but never finished by growing in tiny iterative steps rather than big plans. Shows a concrete project: a…
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Nothingness and identity in Python and DjangoDjangoCon US 20192019-09-22
Explains concrete surprises and fixes: Python distinguishes identity and equality so is vs == behaves oddly because of small-integer caching (integers >256…
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Keynote: The naïve programmerDjangoCon Europe 20182018-05-23
Argues that a naive programmer—unsophisticated, self‑taught, messy code—can still invent valuable solutions: a concrete internal tool written without tests or…
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What nobody tells you about documentationWrite the Docs Prague 20172017-09-10
Clear claim: documentation breaks into four documentation types — tutorials, how‑tos, reference, explanations — and each must be written, organized and…
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Fighting the controls: madness and tragedy for programmersPyCon AU 20172017-08-03
Debugging itself tends to induce loss of situational awareness by trapping developers in short try-again cycles, and aviation supplies concrete remedies: Air…
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What nobody tells you about documentationPyCon AU 20172017-08-03
Claims that effective docs split into four kinds of documentation — tutorials, how‑to guides, reference, and discussions — and that each must be written and…
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All You Need Is L***DjangoCon US 20142014-08-30
Argues that success depends far more on luck matters more than merit than on sheer effort and gives concrete counters to the meritocracy myth citing Richard St…
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