Category: 3-SometimeTechTalk

Lots of people who work outside of programming learn Python as part of their job. When folks from telecom, academia, or medical science want to build a web app to help with their job or share their findings with the world, they may feel they need to learn Javascript, CSS, HTML, and half a dozen frameworks to get started. 

Anvil is a platform that hopes to enable the creation of great web apps with nothing but Python code. You can drag and drop your user elements and rely on Anvil to handle your server and database. 

He also created Skulpt, which you can check out here. It's decscribed as follows, "Python. Client Side. Skulpt is an entirely in-browser implementation of Python. No preprocessing, plugins, or server-side support required, just write Python and reload. 

Want to go deeper? Check out his talk on Full Stack Web Development with nothing but Python here. 

You can follow him on Twitter here and Github here.

Links from the show:

• php.internals: PHP 8.1 Release Manager Selection
• PHP: rfc:auto-capture-closure
• https://wiki.php.net/rfc/noreturn_type
• Changes to Git commit workflow - Externals
• Extensions | Plates
• System76 Blog — carl-testimony-HB21-1199.mp3
• System76 laptop engineer SUPPORTS Right to Repair; interview with Louis Rossmann - YouTube
• Nat Friedman on Twitter
• Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles and Even Defecate En Route, Despite Company Denial
• AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship

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Despite its reputation, there is a Go To for every language. You can dive deeper with the Summer of Go To.

There is a lot you can learn from it as a beginner, even if it is worth avoiding as a professional.

Paul's children have learned to inspect the element and the document object model. Being deep into computers seems normal in an era of remote school and omnipresent devices. 

Who doesn't like making tree maps of memory usage or cropping and splicing footage on TikTok? 

If all kids are into computer hacking and AV Club activities like film editing and music producing...what does being a nerd mean anymore? 

Google has a whole slew of online certificates that allow you to find entry points into a career in  data analysis, UX design, or project management.

 

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Official Twitter Account of PHP.net - https://twitter.com/official_php 

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• Eric Van Johnson - https://twitter.com/shocm
• Oscar Merida - https://twitter.com/omerida
• Eric Mann - https://twitter.com/EricMann 
• Tom Rideout - https://twitter.com/RealRideout 
• John Congdon - https://twitter.com/johncongdon
• Sara Golemon - pollita@php.net

Austin Collie, former NFL wide receiver and current business development executive at JOLT Advantage Group joins the show to discuss what playing in the NFL taught him about becoming better in his role as an IT professional. We also discuss why RPA is bringing so much value to enterprise organizations, his secret to learning complex playbooks, and gives listeners a first-hand glimpse at what it is like to play in the Super Bowl.

Original episode:

https://the-yield.simplecast.com/episodes/reinventing-the-wheel-trends-challenges-in-fintech

Episode Notes

The evolution of FinTech has come an impressively long way in a short period of time, but the transformation is far from over. In today’s episode, Yieldstreet’s CTO Hrishi Dixit and Noah Labhart, Co-Founder and CTO at Veryable, discuss the evolution of finance through technology, from updating archaic systems to blockchain hype and the impact of legislation on this developing industry.

Key Takeaways:

[2:24] Noah’s journey from corporate America to tech entrepreneur.

[5:15] Challenges and complexities of building a profitable platform.

[8:10] Key factors that have enabled the commoditizing of APIs.

[13:17] Steps to help develop a strong and updated infrastructure ecosystem.

[17:26] Blockchain hype, facts and its potential to upgrade archaic systems.

[23:39] The impact of state legislation that is targeted at the gig economy.

[25:03] Will the marketplace have an influence on new legislation?

[26:23] What’s coming next in fintech reinvention and innovation?

[28:50] Will legislation have a positive or negative impact on the gig economy?

[30:42] Yieldstreet offerings are required to comply with regulations.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Yieldstreet

Veryable

Original episode:

https://the-yield.simplecast.com/episodes/reinventing-the-wheel-trends-challenges-in-fintech

 

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Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat are two of the most prominent Facebook critics worldwide. Cadwalladr is the journalist who broke open the Cambridge Analytica story for the Guardian and The Observer. Eisenstat, a former CIA officer, worked on election integrity inside Facebook for six months before quitting and speaking out against the company. The two Facebook critics join Big Technology Podcast to discuss some people’s disenchantment with tech criticism, the role of Facebook’s Oversight Board, and how the company might fix its product.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Number One, that's "retract plank," not "remove plank."
• SQLAlchemy 1.4.0 Released
• django-tenants
• pre-commit ci
• Snyk (Python) Package Advisor
• PyWebIO
• Extras
• Joke

See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/227