Growing Dask To Make Scaling Python Data Science Easier At Coiled - Episode 275

August 10, 2020 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Growing Dask To Make Scaling Python Data Science Easier At Coiled - Episode 275

Python is a leading choice for data science due to the immense number of libraries and frameworks readily available to support it, but it is still difficult to scale. Dask is a framework designed to transparently run your data analysis across multiple CPU cores and multiple servers. Using Dask lifts a limitation for scaling your analytical workloads, but brings with it the complexity of server administration, deployment, and security. In this episode Matthew Rocklin and Hugo Bowne-Anderson discuss their recently formed company Coiled and how they are working to make use and maintenance of Dask in production. The share the goals for the business, their approach to building a profitable company based on open source, and the difficulties they...

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Supporting The Full Lifecycle Of Machine Learning Projects With Metaflow - Episode 274

August 4, 2020 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Supporting The Full Lifecycle Of Machine Learning Projects With Metaflow - Episode 274

Netflix uses machine learning to power every aspect of their business. To do this effectively they have had to build extensive expertise and tooling to support their engineers. In this episode Savin Goyal discusses the work that he and his team are doing on the open source machine learning operations platform Metaflow. He shares the inspiration for building an opinionated framework for the full lifecycle of machine learning projects, how it is implemented, and how they have designed it to be extensible to allow for easy adoption by users inside and outside of Netflix. This was a great conversation about the challenges of building machine learning projects and the work being done to make it more achievable.

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Learning To Program By Building Tiny Python Projects - Episode 273

July 28, 2020 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Learning To Program By Building Tiny Python Projects - Episode 273

One of the best methods for learning programming is to just build a project and see how things work first-hand. With that in mind, Ken Youens-Clark wrote a whole book of Tiny Python Projects that you can use to get started on your journey. In this episode he shares his inspiration for the book, his thoughts on the benefits of teaching testing principles and the use of linting and formatting tools, as well as the benefits of trying variations on a working program to see how it behaves. This was a great conversation about useful strategies for supporting new programmers in their efforts to learn a valuable skill.

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Idiomatic Functional Programming With DRY Python - Episode 272

July 21, 2020 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Idiomatic Functional Programming With DRY Python - Episode 272

Python is an intuitive and flexible language, but that versatility can also lead to problematic designs if you're not careful. Nikita Sobolev is the CTO of Wemake Services where he works on open source projects that encourage clean coding practices and maintainable architectures. In this episode he discusses his work on the DRY Python set of libraries and how they provide an accessible interface to functional programming patterns while maintaining an idiomatic Python interface. He also shares the story behind the wemake Python styleguide plugin for Flake8 and the benefits of strict linting rules to engender good development habits. This was a great conversation about useful practices to build software that will be easy and fun to work on.

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The Past, Present, And Future Of The FLUFL: Barry Warsaw Shares His History With Python - Episode 271

July 13, 2020 Tobias Macey Comments Off on The Past, Present, And Future Of The FLUFL: Barry Warsaw Shares His History With Python - Episode 271

Barry Warsaw has been a member of the Python community since the very beginning. His contributions to the growth of the language and its ecosystem are innumerable and diverse, earning him the title of Friendly Language Uncle For Life. In this episode he reminisces on his experiences as a core developer, a member of the Python Steering Committee, and his roles at Canonical and LinkedIn supporting the use of Python at those companies. In order to know where you are going it is always important to understand where you have been and this was a great conversation to get a sense of the history of how Python has gotten to where it is today.

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