Phil Elson

@pypelson

Lead Python Engineer for Accelerator Controls at CERN. Builder of tools, including SciTools (Iris, cartopy), conda-forge, and former maintainer of matplotlib

Geneva

pelson.github.io

Joined March 2014

Phil Elson
@pypelson
Jun 2
CERN is hiring! This is a great opportunity to build Python libraries and tools used at the heart of @CERN's accelerator complex. For CERN member and associate member state nationals, don't miss this opportunity to join my team: careers.cern/jobs/python-so…
Phil Elson
@pypelson
Nov 8, 2023
Retweets welcome on this... Ideally would like to rule out low Twitter engagement when determining the general utility of the project in this discussion (I also know I have a stronger conda audience 😉).
Phil Elson
@pypelson
Nov 6, 2023
I posted about a PyPI-like interface for any PEP-503 compliant package repository at discuss.python.org/t/a-pypi-like-…. I'm looking for feedback before deciding whether to commit more effort in generalisation and open-development - your input is very welcome!
Phil Elson
@pypelson
Nov 6, 2023
I posted about a PyPI-like interface for any PEP-503 compliant package repository at discuss.python.org/t/a-pypi-like-…. I'm looking for feedback before deciding whether to commit more effort in generalisation and open-development - your input is very welcome!
discuss.python.org
A PyPI-like interface to browse and search packages in any PEP-503 compliant simple repository
I’m sure most would agree that the PyPI.org web interface is an invaluable entry-point to the Python Package Index, offering essential search and browsing capabilities. It is so useful that I often...
Phil Elson
@pypelson
Jul 16, 2023
Excited to be sharing the powerful tooling that we've developed around PEP-503++ package indexing... I'll be presenting ideas which I believe expedite the adoption of recent index standards, and have a demo of a PyPI-like interface which can be used on any index (incl. file://)
EuroPython
@europython
Jun 3, 2023
Check out Phil Elson & Ivan Sinkarenko's talk at #EuroPython2023, in their words: The PyPI like Python package repository at CERN takes a modular approach, offering powerful flexibility to adapt to evolving needs, standards, and security threats. ep2023.europython.eu/session/the-py… 🐍
Phil Elson
@pypelson
Jun 24, 2022
A dask worker autoscaler which adapts not based on amount of work that the scheduler has, but rather on the workload of the underlying machine (e.g. imagine a cluster running on a collection of colleague's desktop machines). #doesitexistalready @dask_dev