More Tools: How To Be Heard
Call I'm not going to explain why calling is the single most effective way to reach your Congressperson. There are plenty of resources online to do that for me: ... Read more
2017-03-22
PostgreSQL Date Partitioning and a Stored Procedure
A decade ago, when I was a Django early adopter, I remember being very anti-ORM. I dug my heels in hard and used raw SQL for longer than I want to admit. It wasn't that the Django ORM (or other fram ... Read more
2017-03-21
A toolbelt for the next 2-4 years and beyond
I was going to present all this information in a Twitter thread, but then I realized my descriptions could easily stretch into dozens of tweets. At that length, it should be in a blog post. Still, I ... Read more
2017-01-15
Interviewing While Female
This year has thrown a couple of tough interviews my way - nothing too difficult technically, they just didn't work out for one reason or another. I've always been a nervous interviewer - clearly I ... Read more
2016-09-14
Dynamic Inlines in the Django Admin
I'm not sure how many of you know this, but in the interest of having a well-rounded life, I make a lot of things in my spare time. Over the years, I've been a costumer, a jeweller, a photographer, an ... Read more
2016-08-03
Bonus Points For Project-Based Interviews
I'm in the middle of a job hunt right now, and so I'm thinking about a lot of issues as they relate to questions I'm asking during interviews. How do these companies determine 'culture fit'? How do I ... Read more
2016-07-27
Looking Ahead
After nearly four years at my current company, I am looking for something new. I love my team, and I'd happily stay here longer (the challenges laid at my feet over the years have been exciting). But ... Read more
2016-07-22
PyGotham 2016 - "Young Coders (or, 'How To Teach Python To Kids')"
(Note: These are the slides and speaker notes from my 2016 PyGotham talk, "Young Coders (or, 'How To Teach Python To Kids')".) This talk is for any Python programmer who's interested in pas ... Read more
2016-07-16
Young Coders: Intermediate
We've been putting on a Young Coders class at PyCon North America for several years now - it started in San Jose, continued in Montreal, and has morphed into something a little more challenging in Por ... Read more
2016-06-07
A Quick Look At Programmer Productivity Pitfalls
I tweeted a couple of things within a few hours of each other this past weekend. It wasn't until Monday morning that I realized how connected they are: Play the animation. At first glance, it seems ... Read more
2016-02-23