Last weekend I went down to Melbourne to attend PyconAU 2016. As always, it was a fantastic event but the highlight for me was the opportunity to run the inaugural Internet of Things (IoT) miniconf on the Friday. We had some fantastic speakers, including Damien…
Medium Snippet: “A sexist app and API in 2016? Surely Not.”
With some time over the Easter long weekend I took the opportunity to do a little bit of digging into the Cricket Australia web-app. The article that followed can be found on Medium and the summary is below. TLDR: In spite of a…
Some (Brief) Reflections on Engineering
I recently had the opportunity to speak briefly on the role, importance and challenges facing the engineering community. I am passionate about the role of engineers and as a community it is vitally important we reflect on our achievements as…
Adventures at PyConAU 2015
Its been a long while since PyconAU 2015 and an even longer time since I last posted here but as my new years resolution I am going to try and post more regularly – lets see how I go Although 2015…
Adventures at PyConAU 2014
This past weekend saw me attending PyCon AU, in Brisbane, for the very first time. It was a truly great experience and I was struck by how welcoming the Python community was. Aside from learning lots I met some really great Pythonistas…