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treyhunner, 1 day ago to random

Out of curiosity, I searched for the #PyConUS hashtag on Mastodon and Twitter and scrolled back 16 hours and started counting posts. 🤔

I counted:

87 posts on Twitter on the PyCon hashtag 🐦

134 posts on Mastodon on the PyCon hashtag 🐘

The PyCon conversations have finally moved (mostly) to Mastodon! 🙌

Not a HUGE difference, but enough that I felt like there was more activity and decided to confirm my suspicion. 💗

treyhunner, 19 hours ago to python

Let's talk about different ways to grow your Python skills at 2pm tomorrow in room 316!

After that you can get a new profile picture taken at 3pm also in 316! @melaniearbor is great at taking profile pictures!

See you tomorrow afternoon in room 316! 🐍🍪

#PyConUS #PyCon

treyhunner, 1 day ago to random

Come to the Westin lobby soon and I'll teach you a card game called Cabo #PyConUS

treyhunner, 1 day ago to random

What tips do you have for folks thinking of trying out Mastodon during #PyConUS this year?

3 of my tips:

1. Follow the #PyConUS hashtag (yes you can follow a hashtag just like following a profile!)
2. If you post and realize you forgot the #PyConUS hashtag, don't delete your post. Just edit it!
3. Consider following the #PyCon hashtag also. Many folks use it without realizing that #PyConUS is the official one.

What tips do you have?

treyhunner, 2 days ago to random

What are some of your favorite @pycon tips? 💡

Reply and tag #PyConUS. 💖

treyhunner, 2 days ago to random

Don't overlook the the "outdoor space" doors in the conference center at
@pycon this year!

The first space looks inviting and it is! ✅

The second space looks like it's just concrete stairs 🤔

... but there's a great view up those stairs, including plants & benches! 😮🌿🪻🐝

You can also take the elevator to 4 or 4R to get there.🛗

#PyConUS #PyCon

Rooftop with plants and benches
View of the river and bridges

treyhunner, 3 days ago to random

Planning my veg-ish eating for #PyConUS

Rosewater Middle Eastern looks like it has good veg options and Arepittas looks like it probably does too.

ShadoBeni also looks really good, though it's a bit of a walk from the conference center.

Folks eating vegan/vegetarian this trip: found any other eats that look promising?

(Editing to also add the not-officially-recognized but widely used #PyCon hashtag as well 🤫)

treyhunner, 4 days ago to instagramreality

Not attending PyCon US and don't want to see all the social media posts about it? (I'll certainly be sharing some)

If you're on a Mastodon instance:

1. look up the "filters" setting
2. filter the phrase "PyCon" (no quotes)
3. make sure not to check "whole word' (so #PyConUS and related phrases are filtered too)

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#filters

treyhunner, 4 days ago to random

Who else will be at #PyConUS this week? 🐍✨

treyhunner, 8 days ago to python

What are your favorite #Python one liners?

treyhunner, 8 days ago to random

Coming to @pycon next week?

If this is your first #PyConUS, join us for the Newcomer's Orientation before the opening reception on Thursday!

https://us.pycon.org/2024/events/newcomer-orientation/

Also see my post on how to have a great first PyCon as well @brainwane's post for folks who've already attended a conference before.

https://treyhunner.com/2018/04/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-first-pycon/
https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/your-first-pycon-but-not-your-first-convention/

treyhunner, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to python

Python 3.13 beta 1 just landed.

My favorite new feature is the new #Python REPL.

Honestly, this may be my favorite feature since f-strings.

My write up on the differences between old and new REPLs:
https://treyhunner.com/2024/05/my-favorite-python-3-dot-13-feature/

treyhunner, 10 days ago to random

The Python Morsels REPL (https://pym.dev/repl) now properly supports using Ctrl+D to stop standard input! A user recently tested out code that relied on sys.stdin.read() and ended up stuck without a way to send EOF.

Thanks @notsolonecoder for a 1.5 year old unmerged CPython PR that contained the keys to fixing this issue!

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/97665

#Python

treyhunner, 11 days ago to random

I started a project for searching Unicode characters from your terminal, similar to unicode.party and @sethmlarson's utf8.xyz (but as a TUI instead of a web app).

I initially thought I'd call the project "utf", but that has a name conflict on PyPI (due to similarity to utf7, utf9, etc. likely).

What would you suggest I name this project?

https://github.com/treyhunner/utf/issues/17

treyhunner, 11 days ago to random

Apparently unicode.party had 42,800 requests from 3,500 unique visitors over the past 30 days. 😮

I have no idea when this many people started using it or how they found out about it.

I assumed I was one of about 12 users up until now...

/cc @bmispelon

treyhunner, 14 days ago to random

I am SO excited for the new Python REPL for 3.13 that I made the PR branch for this the default Python on my machine today so that I can test it out in the coming weeks.

If you use pyenv and you'd like to do the same, here the (AI-generated but seemingly correct) instructions I used: https://treyhunner.com/2024/05/installing-a-custom-python-build-with-pyenv/

Also listen to the core.py podcast with @ambv and Pablo Galindo Salgado. That's how I found out about this new feature months ago.

treyhunner, 14 days ago to python

If you'd like to serve up a different directory besides the current one (which is the default) you can provide a -d argument specifying the directory to serve.

Read more 👉 https://trey.io/IiyLcg

#Python

treyhunner, 15 days ago to random

Variables in Python are NOT like buckets that contain objects ❌🪣

Variables are "pointers". Imagine an arrow pointing from a variable to an object.

my_name ⇨ "Trey Hunner"

https://pym.dev/variables-are-pointers/?watch

treyhunner, 15 days ago to python

With the "else", this code looks to me a bit like a balance scale, with an "if" and an "else" on either side.

Read more 👉 https://trey.io/FlSco3

#Python #programming

treyhunner, 16 days ago to random

@buttondown will you have a booth at @pycon? I'm curious to know how Buttondown compares to my current email/newsletter setup and would love to chat with folks in-the-know.

Regardless of whether you'll have a booth, thank you for sponsoring! 💖

treyhunner, 17 days ago to random

I've had Moonage Daydream playing in my head since I woke up. Looks like that'll be my brain's background track while teaching today. 🎶

treyhunner, 17 days ago to python

The index method is for making integer-like objects.

Read more 👉 https://trey.io/kQlPCm

#Python

treyhunner, 18 days ago to python

So before you remove that "else" statement, think about whether it makes your code more readable or not.

Read more 👉 https://trey.io/FlSco3

#Python #programming

treyhunner, 18 days ago to python

This week's Python tip email will be my 100th one! 🎉

I just realized this while planning the email this morning. I'm glad I thought to check when 100 would be! 💯

That's 2 base-10-based anniversaries within a couple weeks (over the weekend I also shared that I just passed my 10 year anniversary of attending Python conferences). 🔟

This week's tip will be related to an activity that got me into this whole Python community thing. 💖

If you're into newsletters & #Python: https://pym.dev/newsletter 💌

treyhunner, 20 days ago to python

I attended my first Python conference 10 years and 10 days ago.

I wrote a meandering and nostalgic blog post (complete with links to old group selfie tweets) about the last 10 years of being part of the wider #Python community.

I'm really grateful I decided to attend PyCon 2014 and that I came back for PyCon 2015 and went to DjangoCon 2015 as well.

#PyCon #PyConUS

https://treyhunner.com/2024/04/10-years-of-python-conferences/