Régis Behmo

Online and offline teacher, fullstack freelance software engineer: Python, data science, data engineering. Open edX expert. Climber. Peanut butter enthusiast.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@overhangio As open source maintainers, you have the power to support Ukraine. Use it.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@air_force_won @CadeMetz I wrote a blog post about this in 2014 :) https://t.co/t4XysxoxgK

[EDLY @edly_inc]

The Edly family just got a little bigger! We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired @overhangio

Read more about this acquisition: https://t.co/O8Wxvjpwlz

#Edly #Overhang #Education #EdTech #Acquisition #onlinelearning @regisb @yasserbashir

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@RahulEapen96 @edXOnline @OpenEdX Running Open edX (with Tutor) off of Digital Ocean should cost you $50/month in hosting.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@__97bee Yes.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@__97bee Ah yes. The alternative to Docker was the native installation, which was worst (IMHO). Unfortunately there's nothing I can do about your Internet connection problems. Are you running on a server or your home connection?

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@__97bee Out of curiosity, which issues did you face?
In our defense, Tutor is complicated because Open edX is. Believe me when I say that we try very hard to keep it as simple as possible.

[Ghassan Maslamani @ghassanmas]

I just published an article about the history of @OpenEdX project, git cli was more useufl that what I thought!

https://t.co/vycIOiDq6L

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@overhangio As open source maintainers, you have the power to support Ukraine. Use it.

[Overhang.IO @overhangio]

As of today, access to the Tutor documentation, forum and commercial website is blocked for users from inside Russia and Belarus. Requests are redirected to https://t.co/Ub54bctq6y
We strongly encourage other open source maintainers to do the same.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@MrGrob Me too!
CS50 Introduction to Game Development (from Harvard) https://t.co/Ih7JZDC2wo This course is a little bit advanced, as it does not cover the basics of programming. Also, the formatting is a bit of a pain (2h-long videos). But the content is awesome.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

my usual workflow dealing with python errors
1. google the problem
2. find out that @nedbat filed an issue two years ago about it
latest example: https://t.co/Ncy98rigTj

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@abursuc @CSProfKGD I remember some very famous people from the computer vision community in that very room who argued that CNN worked so well only because there was "a bias in the data". This made me hysterical.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@abursuc @CSProfKGD It's really cool to be reminded of that moment, thanks for that :) With hindsight, I'm really glad to have been there at that presentation, and very proud to have understood what a watershed achievement it was.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@dckahc Serious question: why did you pick the Bitnami image and not the Tutor-based official installation?

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

@freling Yes, exactly :) it took me a long while to figure out this one...

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

Python trivia which I just accidentally discovered:

x: 1

This is valid Python 3.6+ code. Can you guess why?

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

Also, and that should be a big clue, the code snippet raises a SyntaxError in Python < 3.6.

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

Note that `x` does not have to be a defined variable.

[Overhang.IO @overhangio]

"Hack it, Build it, Ship it, Sell it (with Tutor)" presentation from @OpenEdX end-of-year event: https://t.co/OIsROlpOBx
Slides: https://t.co/nMvcRyfXRN

[Régis Behmo @regisb]

Serious question: given that Docker support sucks on Mac OS, and it's even worse on ARM, and it's not changing for the better, why do devs who run Docker keep buying Apple laptops?