Podcast

The Alfa Coding Podcast

Devs from Amazon, Pypy, CPython, bright topics and popular figures

Hosted by @osdotsystem · Touches Python, freelancing, career, dev and OpenSource

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EP 5 46:34 23-03-2022 space ↗

Business, The Serious Side of Python

guest Bojan Miletic MLops consultant
co-host Mostafa Moradian Senior software engineer at k6.io and Grafana, specialised in load testing
host Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

Learn about running an MLops business with Bojan Miletic!

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EP 4 49:02 21-03-2022 space ↗

The Passion For Python

guest Michael Driscoll Celebrated figure in the Python community
host Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

Michael Driscoll has been a Python fan since the days PyPI did not yet exist. He is an author, blogger and tinkerer. He runs PyDev of The Week. He needs no introduction. This episode interviews Python world’s interviewer!

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EP 3 43:30 18-03-2022 space ↗

14 Years Old And Teaching Typing To The World

guest Arian Mollick Wasi / WasiMaster Pypi cmd and Typesplainer maintainer
host Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

A casual chat with the maintainer of the pypi commandline package and typesplainer. A dive into his journey into tech and how he tackles projects. We talk along the way of a discord.py/nextcord visual code extension, mypy from the programming interface and a linter specifically for discord bots projects. We also get to hear the secret behind recipe behind awesome projects!

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EP 2 1:28:55 10-03-2022 space ↗

Knowledge Transfer in OpenSource

guest Dr. Carl Friedrich Bolz-Tereick Long time Pypy core developer
co-host Batuhan Taskaya CPython and Pypy core developer
host Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

This podcast features two Pypy and one CPython core devs. Projects like Pypy and CPython are complex undertakings. Even to start contributing, people are intimidated. As maintainers of such projects, the amount of knowledge accumulated over the years is just huge. This episode explores the history and evoltion of Pypy. It debunks the myth of it’s difficult to contribute to Pypy. It covers efforts undertaken to help people get initiated and progress. We also get to listen to Bahutan’s own experience of being onboarded to the Pypy project. It also contrasts the Pypy experience with the CPython one. You also get a lots of Pythonista gems along the way. A dream podcast for me!

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EP 1 1:41:34 19-02-2022 space ↗

Breaking Into Tech: The Traditional Way v/s OpenSource

guest Osmar Mansoor Amazon engineering manager. Ex-Apple, Uber, Microsoft
host Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

Osmar Mansoor has had a rich career at big tech companies. Now an Engineering Manager at Amazon, he has been at Apple, Uber and Microsoft. Me i owe my path 100 percent to OpenSource. The episode covers the normal break into tech path preparation as well as illustrates how OpenSource can be an incredible shortcut. It also covers the evolution of tech back then and now. It’s a breal break into tech podcast!