Brett Cannon - Tall, Snarky Canadian (Page 22)

Stop using Python 2.6 please

Dec 20, 2015 3 min read Python

Python 2.6 has been around for over 7 years, first released in 2008 [https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/] and last released in 2013 [https://www.python.org/download/releases/

Why Python 3 exists

Dec 16, 2015 5 min read Python

This month I invited to Q&A at PuPPy [https://youtu.be/2XviXtxWKO8?list=PL4S0lvhXvdhIV2C28Ia_DeIeloBrsQBOW] (the Puget Sound Python users group) that eventually led to me explaining why Python 3 came

If I were designing Python's import from scratch

Dec 3, 2015 5 min read Python

Talk to any developer that inherits some large, old code base that has developed semantics as time has gone on and they will always have something they wished they could change about the

Comparing Twitter & Google+ engagement

Dec 2, 2015 2 min read

I was employed at Google when Google+ [https://plus.google.com] launched. Like many Googlers, I tried it out, loved the sharing model, and stuck with the platform. People always joked that Google+

How I stay happy making open source software

Nov 29, 2015 6 min read open source

Over the past month I have become aware of multiple people either stepping away from open source or trying to figure out how not to burn out from it [1 [http://www.drmaciver.