I would like to introduce my and @audreyr's baby daughter, Uma. She was born earlier this month and weighed in at 8 lbs 5 oz (3770 grams).
Mommy, daddy, and daughter are all healthy and happy.
In python, walrus operators are awesome!
Note: Apologies to @gvanrossum for my initial public dismissal of walrus operators. You were right, I was wrong. 🐍❤️
I rate python dependency tools for local development worst to best:
9. System python+sym links
8. System python+easy_install
7. System python+pip
6. pipenv
5. Docker
4. Pyenv
3. Poetry
2. Virtualenv+pip
1. Conda
Convince me otherwise!
Yesterday I ended the day stuck on a hard programming problem.
Just now I woke up at 4:03AM with the solution. 12 lines of code later it worked.
And now I'm totally wide awake.
#coderlife
Friday confession: I didn't speak until I was 4 years old. I didn't read until I was 7. I didn't start programming professionally until I was about 27.
It's never to late to start anything.
Ted Greenfeld, my father, passed away today. He was 84 years old.
These photos of us in 2010 capture a favorite memory. I was about to move to California and he gave some useful advice. Then we got a little playful. It was a wonderful day.
We have a new book out!
@audreyr and I released the fundamentals of our corporate training material as the Django Crash Course. You can get the alpha edition of the e-book for just US$9.99 or pre-order a print version from roygreenfeld.com/products/djang…
Check it out!
As you can tell from my online nickname, python means a lot to me. It was why I stayed in programming - I was that close to finding another career. Then I probably would have died a bitter, lonely person.
More thoughts on this later, but suffice to say: Thank you @gvanrossum!
![# When Guido van Rossum proposed walrus operators,
# I initially objected. This simple example
# changed my mind.
# No walrus operator
ONE = 1
TWO = 2
THREE = 3
FOUR = 4
VALUES = [
ONE,
TWO,
THREE,
FOUR,
]
# Walrus operator means less code!
VALUES = [
ONE := 1,
TWO := 2,
THREE := 3,
FOUR := 4,
]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FceIYQiaMAATUgK?format=webp&name=medium)
