Ben Hampson

Python + Django developer.

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@develobile Hi! I'm getting to know pyto. Really cool app. Just FYI I couldn't find the docs for shortcuts_attachments(). It took some guesswork for me to find out it was in the pasteboard module. Thanks again!

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@jugmac00 Haha! This is hilarious! Be sure to charge them 💰💰💰for the source code + a monthly charge for spellchecking services.

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@pvrconsulting @GridEdgeLtd Thanks Perry! The Python conference definitely helped me out a lot on my way to this first job!

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

Today, I start my new job as a Python Developer at @GridEdgeLtd! 🥳 🙌🏼

They use AI to help places like the Bullring and Birmingham Airport reduce their electricity consumption and costs, as they endeavour to reach #NetZero. I’m excited to get stuck in!

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@jugmac00 @GridEdgeLtd Thank you Jürgen! And thank you for your help and encouragement along the way. You’ve been a real help!

[Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team @hotosm]

The HOT Tech Team is looking for a Backend Engineer to be a keystone of the team in developing quality FOSS software for humanitarian data. Looking for 3-5 years experience.

Deadline is 8 August. https://t.co/108Zkc5ozl

#remotejobs #techjobs #opensourcejob

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@jugmac00 Haha! 😆 That could have been a nice little money maker! 💶

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

Today I've been going through Python's built-in functions. format() has commas for thousand separators. Neat.

price = 14336540
print(format(price, ','))
# >>> 14,336,540

[Helen Atkinson @baskerhel]

What data vis tools do we use to make our charts at @TheEconomist ? I answered this frequently asked question in our weekly data newsletter https://t.co/15aQrW05d6

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@jugmac00 @fluentpython Haha fair enough! 20+ years is impressive!

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@EliHolderness Fantastic, thanks so much for letting me know!

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

Launching https://t.co/RbQRoDR9nI!
Check out the projects I’ve built:
📈 Tradebot - a trading bot (with a /very/ creative name)
🐦 Twitter Clone - built with Django
📍 https://t.co/RbQRoDR9nI - built with Django + Wagtail
Need a junior backend dev? Hello! 👋 Get in touch! 📮

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@jugmac00 @pycon I actually tried to bake one loaf last year and it turned out like a rock. I had to throw it away - it was inedible. 🤦‍♂️ Thankfully coding went a lot better.

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

@jugmac00 @pycon Thank you Jürgen! So kind of you!

[Jürgen Gmach @jugmac00]

@BHampson @pycon He is one of the good ones!

He is super motivated and picks up things super quickly.

If you have an open position, go get him!

Also, he uses tox 😎

[Jürgen Gmach @jugmac00]

@BHampson While I learnt to bake bread during the pandemic, this guy researched and developed his own stocks and cryptocurrency trading system 😱

I met Ben during @pycon where he voluntered as a session host. He also took part at the sprints where he contributed to an OSS project.

[Alex Pate @alexjpate]

The web team @monzo is growing!

- Based either in London or UK remote
- Joining a highly impactful team within the company
- £60-90K

https://t.co/AlqA4LoPjc

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

Does anyone have a better way to deploy small Django projects on your own VPS? It’d be good to know any ideas for next time! #Django #DjangoConEU

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

I severely underestimated the amount of work required to containerise my Django app along with Postgres + nginx. Plus adding SSL is a bit finicky when you have things in containers.

[Ben Hampson @BHampson]

After a few false starts, these 2 guides from @testdrivenio are 👌🏼. Definitely the way to go.

https://t.co/A1qJQ5TOKy

https://t.co/TZ4TCsMlIq