Personal Projects, Ideas, and Thoughts
When I was writing Robust Python, I wanted to put an epigraph at the beginning of each chapter from various quotes that I found from around the web and from books that influenced me. My editor wisely steered me away from this idea, because it interrupted flow and it felt forced, but I always wanted Continue reading On The Shoulders Of Giants
I was fortunate enough to go to my 2nd PyCon this year. Even better, I was selected to give one of the talks, which was an immense honor. Out of the hundreds of proposals, my talk about Extensible Python got picked, which I can t express enough gratitude for. I always like writing up what I Continue reading PyCon 2024 Trip Report
Every year, I try to catch up on the YouTube videos of CppCon to see what s going on. I use C++ day to day, so keeping up to date on the tools I use is imperative to success. I try to watch any video that captures my interest. I ve learned a ton of things over Continue reading My Favorite Talks of CppCon 2023
On Father s Day, 2020, my wife got me something that I have been looking forward to for a long time: The Art Of Computer Programming Boxset. See, while I see myself as a Software Engineer, I also see myself as a Computer Scientist (and I consider those two very separate things). I love things like Continue reading One Down, Four to Go
It s that time of the year again! After finishing up 2017 and 2021 s Advent of Code this year, I had to make sure that I didn t lag behind by not completing this year s. Since I m doing C_++ as my full day job, I decided to tackle the full project as C++. I knew I wouldn t Continue reading Advent of Code 2022
Well, it s December, so that means it s Advent Of Code Season again. While I m working on 2022, I also want to try and hit my yearly goal of 360 stars. I started this Advent of Code way back in 2017, got stuck for like five years, and decided to come back and crack some problems. Continue reading Advent of Code 2017 Reflection
Well, it took me way longer than I wanted (I did the first 20 throughout Advent, but took six months off ), but I finally finished 2021 s Advent of Code. It definitely got sloppier as I went on, but hey, I cracked 300 stars! (I only have 48 stars that I have not done at Continue reading Advent of Code 2021 Reflection
Today, Carlton Gibson posted a wonderful short programming question: I love little questions like this, and instantly came up with a solution. However, before I shared what I came up with, I took a quick look at the answers, and saw a bevy of very creative solutions. None of these felt like an awesome solution Continue reading The Zen Of Python, One-Liners and Being Pythonic
I wasn t able to do Advent of Code 2020 last year because I spent just about every night working on my book. However, one of my goals this year was to complete 107 stars on Advent Of Code. If I can pull that off, I ll be just 50 stars shy of full completion (of course Continue reading Advent Of Code 2020 Reflection
I played a lot with Rust this month, so wasn t working in new technologies a whole lot; I don t have a lot of tips and tricks. I m not sure I found anything revolutionary in Rust that is worth stating just yet. Linux/Ubuntu See Package Release Notes In case you ever want to know what has Continue reading Tips and Tricks of the Month August 2020