I, uh, I'm not sure what to make of this 1-star review of my book, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.
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@AlSweigart
Author of "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" and other programming books. This account is just promo stuff now, follow me on Mastodon. he/him
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- If you want to learn to code, I've released 2,000 free sign ups for my course following my Automate the Boring Stuff with Python book: udemy.com/course/automat…
- Replying to @willmcguganI tried to recreate something like this in ChatGPT and it kept coming out too coherent.
- My dad was an electrician in the IBEW union. That job paid for my college education. I got a computer science degree with no debt. I was able to write Automate the Boring Stuff with Python in my spare time. I remember where I came from and whose shoulders I stood on.
- My Halloween costume: Recursive fractAL. (btw you can get my book on recursion at nostarch.com/recursive-book… )
- Tell me it's okay for my open source projects to drop Python 2 support.
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- I'm looking to hire someone to redesign the automatetheboringstuff.com site. I want a lightweight site that uses static files, has a clean look like Wikipedia, without React or animated nonsense. Boring is good. Any recommendations? Any advice on how to hire a web designer?
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