Computations comparisons between pure Python vs using numpy, or PyPy, or a C extension...
By: Brad Martsberger
Date: June 12, 2014, 7 p.m.
Brad will talk on computation comparisons of collection of tools "Logistic Map Bifurcation Diagram" (https://github.com/martsberger/LogisticMapBifurcationDiagram) for creating pretty images of the bifurcation diagram of the logistic map.
You Down With EPP? Yeah, You Know Me!
By: Jason Wirth
Date: June 12, 2014, 7 p.m.
You Down With EPP? Yeah, You Know Me!
In this talk I'll discuss the Embarrassing Parallel Problems and introduce the basics of GPU computing with Python.
Engineering at Groupon - Beyond the Daily Deal
By: Tyler Jennings
Date: June 12, 2014, 7 p.m.
Tyler Jennings, Director of Engineering at Groupon, will be providing a high level overview of the unique problems our domain presents and the systems we've built to overcome them.
An IRC Connection: Implementation and Bot
By: Aaron Brady
Date: May 8, 2014, 7:50 a.m.
IRC is a protocol for text exchanges with multiple recipients with publish/subscribe capabilities. A basic program that interacts with an IRC server is easy to make, but becomes more difficult with additional functionality. The task involves a few domains: sockets, parsing, and a multi-way mapping object for the state. We take a look at 4 custom modules to get it done: Multi-connection dispatch, Raw to dict, Connection model, and Relation; plus one for "main" for the bot itself.
DJ'ing our site - How & why we replatformed to Django
By: Jake Kreider
Date: May 8, 2014, 7 a.m.
We'd like to discuss Zoro’s adoption of Django for our main website — What the key motivators were, the result, and lessons learned from the experience.
PyCon Lightning Talks
By: Jason Wirth
Date: May 8, 2014, 7:25 p.m.
Let's go over what people saw at PyCon
Simple Websockets in Flask
By: Daniel Hodges
Date: March 13, 2014, 7:45 p.m.
Using flask, websockets, and redis to make a simple multi-user drawing surface in D3.
Starting Over From Scratch
By: Malcolm Newsome
Date: March 13, 2014, 7 p.m.
Often developers get too attached to the code that they write. So much so that we dread losing it. But, what happens when you intentionally delete code and rewrite it? You might be surprised at the result.