JR Rickerson

Founder of Red Rivet Studios, a software development and consulting firm. Passionate tech educator. Pythonista and tinkerer.

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@RealBenjizo "Dad" if you're using Python 3.7 or higher, and either "Mom" or "Dad" if you're using an earlier version. Python dictionaries didn't always maintain insertion order. 😁
https://t.co/XsGEZtq3Pq

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

I often reflect on how Python programmers have to juggle many concerns at once but this wasn't exactly what I had in mind... 😁
#PyConUS #PyConUS2023

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

If you're an educator or interested in being one for Python or anything related to it, come meet up at the open space session 251F this morning to chat, trade tips, share experiences or just hang out! #PyConUS #PyConUS2023

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

Just had a great time taking a break from talks to play around with #circuitpython thanks to the fine folks at @adafruit. If you're new to #PyConUS don't neglect the Open Spaces, they can lead to some great experiences! #PyConUS2023

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

After a fantastic keynote by @nedbat reminding us all that #Python and #PyConUS is really about people, #PyConUS2023 is in full swing!

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

Met a lot of great folks yesterday for day one of my first in-person PyCon in 3 years. Looking forward to great talks and conversations this weekend! #PyCon2023 #pycon

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@techleadhd I won't address your comments about women - the women in the thread have that covered.
But men too can have good careers W/O working 24/7. Lets leave the 1950s in the past and say fathers can be PRESENT and ENGAGED with family too. Breadwinner != Father. Absence == Cowardice

[Aaron Boodman @aboodman]

I am a professional software engineer that has been writing JavaScript for 25 years. I am incapable of setting up a modern JavaScript stack from scratch. If I cannot find a start repo with the set of tools I want to build already configured, I'm just stuck.

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@fimion Breathing itself is fine I guess, but I'd really like to see a more efficient implementation, and try to abstract away that hard dependency on "oxygen" so I can test it in a vaccum or on Mars.

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@kefimochi Practice with the tools and techniques is one part. Practice with having the feeling of not knowing, experimenting, stumbling, and eventually figuring it out is a much bigger part. Keep at it!

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@_kaizensoze I've been trying to stress this to my students for years. Tech Trivia is what Google/StackOverflow is for. Coding complex algorithms on a whiteboard from memory is not what the role entails daily. If the interview goes that way, politely excuse yourself. We have to make change.

[Christer McFunkypants Kaitila @McFunkypants]

#gamedev #protip:

instead of optimizing a function, ask yourself if it really needs to be run every single frame?

what if it only ran 6x a second?

instead of tons of work optimizing, in no work you get 10x perf boost

example: ai pathfinding

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

Writing items on a to-do list on physical paper and realized I indent lines after the first one for single item like I do in Python. #python #programmer #codewritesme

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@lucyamorris I feel like this has nothing to do with generations and just points out there's always been (and probably will be) crappy people trying to exploit passionate people for their own gains.

[Nathan W Pyle @nathanwpyle]

recently I started drawing a series called ✨Strange Planet✨

here is a thread of these comics

https://t.co/WcqCOljAIJ

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@tylerdave This is the only way Brussels Sprouts can be good.

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@tylerdave 🤫

[Raymond Hettinger @raymondh]

#python tip: __slots__ is underappreciated

* Declares attributes upfront for readability
* Saves significant space
* Speeds up attribute access
* Detects misspelled assignments

It has a somewhat high payoff for so little work invested

[JR Rickerson @RedRivetStudios]

@adriennefriend @wholemilk @sigje Nachos occupy the quantum food realm, like pizza or sandwiches. They represent infinite potentiality.