I have a junior #python dev that's ready for his first job. If you're looking in that space, let me know. He's hard-working, persistent and literally loves programming. The problem we worked on today had him so excited. He just needs a shot at this point.
59 years ago today, the first computer program written in #BASIC was run.
The easy-to-learn and -use #programming language revolutionized #computing. A decade later, #BillGates would co-found #Microsoft to develop and sell the BASIC interpreter for the #Altair 8800, the first commercially successful desktop microcomputer.
@bazcurtis@Cloudguy I’m still in touch with my elementary school math teacher that introduced me to the #Commodore64. I slightly repaid the favor thirty years later by rehabilitating a collection of #OLPC XO laptops for her to bring to kids in Africa
This past weekend at PyCon US I received this - sort of the Python community lifetime achievement award.
The projects that lead to this award were never solo efforts, they were all team efforts, so for me the significance of this award is as a reminder of the things we built together more than as a personal thing.
(Some have already made fun of me for saying that ("oh, how Hollywood of you"), but it's the truth and I refuse to let those clowns bring me down. 😝)
@flypaper@lpil not at the moment, but I really should! been following the project for a very long time so just happy for its continued growth and success :)
would say it's a proper choice for building web-based applications end-to-end, amongst other things 👍
Friendly reminder that XULRunner, the standalone Gecko runtime that once powered web-based applications like Songbird and that was abandoned by Mozilla Corporation has been revived and now builds atop Goanna. Learn more at the Pale Moon forums announcement: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=30913
Is anyone looking for a little extra development help? I've been struggling to find projects lately.
I've been building Web sites & UIs since the early 00s. I worked back through the stack with PHP & Node. I use NextJS, React, Laravel, some Vue. I'm learning Qwik.
I’m UK-based, experienced at remote. I can mentor/advise or be a CTO sounding board. I'm open to one-off, short or long term projects.