Dharma Talks

I regularly speak at the Village Zendo about Zen Buddhism. You can:

• Listen to my talks and read transcripts here
• Subscribe to my podcast in iTunes
• Podcast feed URL: http://emptysquare.libsyn.com/rss

Technical talks

ConFoo, Montréal, March 2019.

• API Evolution the Right Way
• Verify Your Distributed System with Black Pipe Testing

PyCon, Cleveland, May 2019.

• API Evolution the Right Way

Past technical talks

PyTennessee, Nashville, February 2019.

• Keynote Presentation: see the articles and studies I referenced here

PyCon Canada, Toronto, November 2018.

• API Evolution the Right Way

PyTennessee, Nashville, February 2018.

• Why Generosity Turns To Rage, and What To Do About It
• What To Expect When You’re Expiring: Safety Rules For __del__

Global Diversity CFP Workshop, February 3, 2018.

• “Writing Winning Proposals for Tech Conferences”, sponsored by PyLadies.

PloneConf, Barcelona, October 2017.

• Keynote: Why Generosity Turns To Rage, and What To Do About It.

PyCon, Portland, May 2017.

• “Grok the GIL: Write Fast And Thread-Safe Python.”

MongoDB World, New York, June 2016.

• “Smart Strategies for Resilient Applications.”

Open Source Bridge, Portland, June 2016.

• “Black Pipe Testing.”
• “March to Triumph as a Mentor.”

PyCon, Portland, May 2016.

• “Write an Excellent Programming Blog.”

“Code” Podcast

• Discussion of event loops and coroutines, with Saúl Ibarra Corretgé and Andrey Salomatin.

SoCal Linux Expo, Los Angeles, January 2016.

• “How Do Python Coroutines Work?”

Open Source Bridge, Portland Oregon, June 2015.

• “Cat-herd’s Crook: Enforcing Standards in 10 Programming Languages” with Samantha Ritter
• “How Do Python Coroutines Work?”

MongoDB World, New York City, June 2015.

• “MongoDB Drivers And High Availability”, about server discovery and monitoring.

PyCon, Montréal, April 2015.

• “Eventually Correct: Testing Async Apps.”
• “Python Profiling: The Guts And The Glory.”

Talk Python To Me Podcast, April 2015

• Episode #2: Python and MongoDB

OSCON, Portland Oregon, July 2014.

• “What Is Async, How Does It Work, And When Should I Use It?”

Open Source Bridge, Portland Oregon, June 2014

• “Write An Excellent Programming Blog.”

MongoDB World, New York City, June 2014.

• “The Weather of the Century.” (Start watching around minute 7.)

PyCon, Montréal, April 2014.

• “What Is Async, How Does It Work, And When Should I Use It?”

PyCON APAC, Taipei, May 2014.

• “Python Profiling: The Guts & The Glory.”

Open Source Bridge, Portland Oregon, June 2013

• “What Is Async, How Does It Work, And When Should I Use It?”