PyCon AU 2024

Tom Eastman

In 2001 Tom handed in a programming assignment for a university class that came out to about two thousand lines of Java. His professor later shared their model answer to the problem, it was thirty lines of Python. Tom switched sides on the spot.

Tom is a senior software engineer for Kraken Technologies, and is the president of Python New Zealand, the charity promoting and supporting the Python language community in New Zealand.


What is your Mastodon/Fediverse handle?

@tveastman@cloudisland.nz

What is your Twitter/X handle?

@tveastman

What pronouns do you use?

He/His

What is your Bluesky handle?

@tom.eastman.nz


Session

11-22
09:20
30min
Why UUIDs are Secretly Incredibly Fascinating
Tom Eastman

What even is '06462f89-b4ef-7f7d-8000-edda1bba5155' and why should you actually care?

(you should, but "why"?)

DevOops
Goldfields Theatre