Marlene
@marlene.bsky.social
Pythonista, explorer living in London atm, AI & Python at Microsoft🐍✝️✨
Today @ 12 pm ET, join us for "A Practical Introduction to Agentic Coding," a hands-on #ACMTechTalk w/ #Python & #AI expert @marlene.bsky.social, Senior Dev Advocate @microsoft.com. Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe will moderate. Register (free) to attend: bit.ly/406LhYv @python.org @scott.hanselman.com
My daughter is killing her first talk!! I’m so proud right now.
@anthropic.com is investing $1.5 million in the PSF, focused on security. These funds will make an enormous impact on the PSF and the security of millions of #Python and @pypi.org users. Please join us in thanking Anthropic for this landmark gift! Read more on our blog:
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I wrote about my second c-section experience! cassidoo.co/post/c-secti...
My second c-section experience
I had a c-section recently and delivered my second baby! It was a lot.
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*publishes a technical video* Me: “let me know if you have any questions😊” The questions😆:
We had a wonderful meetup last night, with two excellent talks from David Imba Zorto and Adam Johnson. Thanks to all that came! #Django
Now this is one April Fools joke that I can get behind youtu.be/wgxBHuUOmjA?...
BREAKING: Guido van Rossum Returns as Python's BDFL
YouTube video by Honeypot
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I wrote about a little HTML dialog feature that I just implemented on my blog! cassidoo.co/post/html-di...
Create an HTML dialog when you click an image
Sometimes you just want an image to be more in your face, you know?
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Should AI write tests? Does it write good tests? Will that lead to worse software? @brianokken.bsky.social and I debate that and more with live code demos as we pick apart the generated code and discuss the risks and benefits. youtu.be/a_V-BH_luJ4?...
Should AI write tests? Debate with Anthony Shaw and Brian Okken
YouTube video by Anthony Shaw
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🐍 Calling all Python data engineers! I’m looking to chat with Python developers working in data engineering—whether you’re building pipelines, wrangling data, or just figuring things out as you go. Details 👇
Today is International Women's Day, and I would like to take the chance to celebrate all the women that do amazing work in Open Source projects. I'm closer to the Python and PyData world, but please comment in the thread adding women you'd like to celebrate. Look for awesome women in the threads.
Some GOOD news - remember this young person you all helped raise money for his trip? He made it! www.linkedin.com/posts/ditiro...
Just donated to help this young person from Botswana, currently in Scotland, attend PyCon Nambia 2025 and give a presentation on using AI to detect Malaria gofund.me/1fad0ab5 please feel free to share and deonate
For more than 25 years in 3 editions The Quick Python book has helped over 100,000 coders learn Python. That makes me feel old! To celebrate the release of the 4th edition, my publisher @manningbooks.bsky.social is offering 50% off of all formats with the code PBceder5 through March 17. mng.bz/ZlYR
The Quick Python Book, Fourth Edition
A fast-paced introduction to Python for intermediate developers–now with coverage of generative AI!</b> For over 25 years, The Quick Python Book</i> has been one of the best Python books money can bu...
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Last major update to PEP 751 before I submit it! This last update adds support for extras and dependency groups, so all the pieces should be there for multi-use lock files. discuss.python.org/t/pep-751-on...
PEP 751: one last time
There’s scope for lockers to not support (or rather, use) it. Installers will need to support the full format, otherwise it’s not much of a standard 🙂 But it’s not a huge burden from the installer si...
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📝 "PSF CSA Award Blog Post 2019 Q2" 👤 Christy Heaton 📖 PyCon '19: Spanish talk, AfroPython meet, & a PSF award story! 🔗 https://christyheaton.github.io/blog/psf/2019/09/26/2019-q2-psf-csa-blog.html #pyladies #python #blog #psf
⏳🔥 Last chance to vote for the talks you love before it’s too late! 🔗 Head to: https://ep2025.europython.eu/programme/voting/ NOW 🚨⚡
Voting | EuroPython 2025 | July 14th-20th 2025 | Prague, Czech Republic & Remote
Your opinion for a great conference!
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One of the most interesting new research in the LLM space: introducing Large Language Diffusion Models. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09992
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I’m excited to get back into making videos on my YouTube channel! I just published: 'How to use DeepSeek R1 with Langchain' 👩🏿💻💕 Walking you through the code you need to run things in Python, and talking about reasoning vs chat models🐍✨ m.youtube.com/watch?v=aBkp...
How to use DeepSeek R1 with Langchain
YouTube video by Marlene Mhangami
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🎉 We are now on the ‘Awesome Inclusion Open Science list’ 🤗: github.com/willingc/awe... Many thanks to @willingc.bsky.social for creating the list. #Inclusion #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource
GitHub - willingc/awesome-inclusion-open-science: Curated resources for inclusive collaboration in open science.
Curated resources for inclusive collaboration in open science. - willingc/awesome-inclusion-open-science
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Build intelligent applications that harness LLMs and RAG with Azure Container Apps, Azure OpenAI, and Azure AI Search. From real-time data generation to GPU-powered fine-tuning, this setup delivers powerful AI capabilities for modern apps. Learn more www.youtube.com/shorts/aIDkX...
Intelligent Apps with Azure Container Apps – in 1 Minute #azuredeveloper #azure
YouTube video by Microsoft Azure Developers
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It's that time of week, y'all! Come by for some good reads. 🤠 My weekly newsletter has thousands of devs learning, practicing coding, and reading jokes, and you should join 'em! cassidoo.co/newsletter/
rendezvous with cassidoo
A weekly newsletter with web development content for everyone, from beginners to pros.
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DEI is when a woman or non-white person who is qualified for a job receives that job. The meritocracy is when a 19 year old gets to run the United States government because he posted the dankest memes
Yes totally cool that a 19-year-old who called his deleted LinkedIn "Big Balls," where he lists his experience working as a camp counselor can access the entire US federal payment system without anyone looking into his background, for instance, his Russian national close relatives or anything else
I did it - I built my first PC! 👩🏾💻 And I didn’t even cry. I cursed a lot. But this PC build didn’t make me cry. Gonna change the LCD screen to Whitley in the AM but for now, it’s Aaron Pierre. 🥰