In this episode we introduce our new logo and share the backstory how it came about and its meaning.

We think it better aligns with our mission of creating well-rounded developers and growing people's careers.

What we're currently reading:
- Bob: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (+ on reading list: The Nineties: A Book)
- Julian: Create Space: How to manage time and find focus, productivity and success

Have a good weekend and thanks for your support.

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Today we have Thomas Gaigher (creator of pypyr) back on the show to talk about debugging.

We hit on various important areas:
- Visualization.
- The debugging process.
- Tracking and tracing.
- Preventative measures.

We even unexpectedly (and interestingly) spoke about design patterns.

We hope you enjoy the show.

Mentioned resources:
- A debugging tale PyBites article
- Thomas' first appearance on the podcast

Books mentioned:
- Metropolitan novel
- Design patterns (Gang of Four)

Reach out to Thomas:
- Twitter
- PyBites Slack

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In this episode we talk about The Great Resignation and the responsibility of companies and employees to seek improvement in this regard. It might be a bit soapboxy, but it's an important trend we wanted to cover on our podcast. We hope it's helpful.

Books mentioned:
- Writing Solid Code
- Search Inside Yourself

(Btw these links go to our PyBites Books app, a nice and simple way to track your reading.)

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This week we have Tim Gallati on our podcast to talk about his Python journey and a very interesting search database he developed: QuietLinks.com

We discuss the problem his solution solves, the stack it uses, and some of the challenges he faced when developing this app.

He talks about the importance having an MVP (Minimal Viable Product), which is in line with our philosophy of shipping soon and often.

Check out QuietLinks here and connect with Tim on LinkedIn or Slack.

Mentioned infinite scroll YouTube video.

This podcast episode is based on this article.

Additional resources:
- 10 Tips to Write Better Functions in Python
- Linting tools: flake8, black and pre-commit on which we have a training: Increase Python code quality with pre-commit
- Mentioned Vim plugin I use to disallow save if there are syntax errors
- Two exception handling articles: 7 Tips to Improve Your Error Handling in Python and Errors should never pass silently
- Not mentioned but relevant for the namespaces part: When to Write Classes in Python And Why it Matters
- Useful Python Built-in Functions [Beginner / Intermediate]
- Idiomatic Python: EAFP versus LBYL
- Zen of Python (or type "import this" in the REPL) / PEP8
- A great book in this context is Uncle Bob's Clean Code.

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This week we talk with Josh Engroff about his Python and career journey.

We talk about how he landed a developer job, what he does day to day, learning technical skills, job interviewing, the mindset of a successful developer, and more.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

Connect with Josh on LinkedIn and PyBites Slack.

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This week we talk about the challenge of changing jobs and that a lateral move is sometimes strategically smarter for your longer term goals.

Main take aways of this episode:

- Being in a certain role for too long you might become too comfortable and in order to grow you'll need to become uncomfortable again.

- Take advice from others with a grain of salt, keep a varied group of "advisors" to make the best (unbiased) decision.

- Sometimes you have to take one step backwards, to take two or three steps forward.

- You are the an accumulation of your past experiences. Don't underestimate this! Leverage your adjacent skills when applying for a new job.

- And remember, you are never ready, you'll get ready when you actually start executing!

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Books mentioned: Super Human and Game Changers

Welcome back to the PyBites Podcast. In this episode we invited Ed Garcia to share his inspiring journey of becoming a Python developer.

He joined PDM almost a year ago as a beginning Pythonista and has built a couple of projects end-to-end boosting his skills and with that his confidence.

His latest app is a complete SAAS business idea turned into reality! He also contributed to PyBites OpenSource and is an active member of the PyBites community.

Ed put in the hard work, it wasn't easy, he could have given up on more than one occasion. But he didn't!

Listening to Ed's story we see important lessons we often teach: don't get stuck in tutorial paralysis, start building, persist / adopt a positive mindset, don't let imposter syndrome stop you in your tracks, embrace it! Be coachable and accept that there is always more to learn, that apps are never done and that's ok (drop perfectionism!)

We hope his journey will inspire you to aim higher and to ruthlessly go after your goals, you can do it!

Check out Ed's MaxUptime app and WorldClock cli tool / contribution.

What we're reading:
A Curious Moon
Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python
The Obstacle is the Way
The Slight Edge

Reach out to Ed on PyBites Slack and/or LinkedIN.

This week we have Oli Bridge from Bonjoro on the show.

Bonjoro lets you boost customer engagement with personal videos and we're big fans (ab)using the service (you might have gotten one or more videos from us already!)

He goes into the backstory of Bonjoro and some fun ways people have used the service.

He goes into the tech stack and the importance of Zapier integrations, their customer first focus, moving from product into platform, and last but not least he has some really useful career tips for us.

Reach out to Oli on Twitter and try Bonjoro for free here.

What we're reading:
What I Talk about when I Talk about Running
The Power of Strangers
The Minimalist Entrepreneur
Python Distilled
Show Your Work!

Welcome back to the PyBites Podcast and happy New Year!

We kick this episode off with what we're going to focus on as PyBites this year. 

We also discuss why "the ONE thing" and setting boundaries matter. Not only for reaching your goals, but also to keep a healthy sustainable balance (now more than ever!) 

As usual we relate via some of our own stories. 

Enjoy and hit us up if you have ideas or preferences for the show:
https://pybit.es/community/

Check out our productivity reading list:
https://pybitesbooks.com/lists/productivity

If you struggle with productivity as a developer, check out our course:
https://pybitesproductivity.com