I had the pleasure of speaking at EuroPython this year in Prague on ORMs: A Bridge to Efficient Database Interactions with Python. This was my second time attending the conference. It's always fun to hang out with Python folks, both meeting new people and chatting up with old friends. I was so excited that I got to speak because the process involves two parts: the community voting and the program team signing off on it, too. I loved speaking and answering questions after my talk. I would like to thank Naa and Joana for coming through for my talk and taking loads of pictures. You two are my faves.

During the conference, I had some responsibilities as well. I volunteered to help Cheuk organise the Rust summit. It was fun to have conversations on Rust and Python, specifically how both intertwine, and the rise of Python tools built on Rust. I loved it.

I always look forward to hanging out with Will because of the things we talk about, from life to work and everything in between.

I have also come to enjoy hosting Lightning talks at EuroPython, thanks to Rodrigo for allowing me to share jokes crafted by Judy.

I got a Dalahäst from my good friend Kushal and an invite to Sweden. Might stop by for a Python conference one of these days.

We also got to celebrate Django’s 20th Birthday at the conference!

I cannot recommend EuroPython enough. It's a cool conference, and the best part is that it's available remotely too. Look out for it next year!

I could talk your ear off about the conference. Still, now we need to talk about software requirements that allow non-developer experts to influence the behaviour of software systems, types of requirements, importance, and best practices for working with the requirements effectively.

Programming myths we desperately need to retire. I liked this article because of the quote below, I cackled reading it.

Notes on the Python Language Summit held at PyCon US this year are out. Have a read and share your thoughts on how to make breaking changes less painful. Additionally, read on Fearless Concurrency, which was also part of the discussion.

This article gives you a detailed explanation of the differences between multithreading and multiprocessing in Python. When to use ThreadPoolExecutor and ProcessPoolExecutor, the performance considerations and debugging tips for each approach.

How different levels of developers view software architecture and why we need systems thinking.

Learn more about microservices architecture as a solution to some of the challenges of the monolithic architecture, while still acknowledging the challenges of the change, like an increase in both cost and complexity.

Strategies to solve any coding problem in an interview setting.

The word of the day is doppelgänger. A doppelgänger is someone who looks almost identical to another person

Examples in a sentence:

Elena and Katherine are dopplegangers in the Vampire Diaries series.

I am making my grand departure into the unknown.

Until the next fortnight, my treasured reader, go forth, and may the odds ever be in your favour! 👏 🤖 ✊ ☠️ 🏹 🪖