Peter Lovett
where else to find them
what they talk about
where they keep going back
- PyCon AU3 editions2016–2026
- PyCon Australia Education Miniconf3 editions2013–2015
on a stage with
never shared a talk
who talks about the same things
- Evan Kohilas14 talks
- Trey Hunner23 talks
- Harry Percival10 talks
- Larry Hastings9 talks
- Benno Rice11 talks
- Tennessee J Leeuwenburg15 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| The Virtues of Being Lazy | PyCon AU 2026 | 2026-08-26 |
Describes a concrete claim: Python 3.15 adds a lazy keyword that defers module imports to first use and measurably cuts startup time and memory. Live demo… | ||
| Faster, Faster! Improving regex performance with atomic grouping, possessive quantifiers and more! | PyCon AU 2023 | 2023-08-18 |
Benchmarks run on Python 3.11 (CPython 3.11.4) on Windows 10 and timed with an IPython timer show concrete fixes: compile patterns (module cache actually… | ||
| Python on Windows | PyCon AU 2016 | 2016-08-12 |
Notes: recent python.org Windows installers can add Python to PATH and include a command‑line installer; expect installs under Program Files or user profile… | ||
| On Being Pythonic | PyCon Australia 2015 | 2015-07-31 |
Claims that many classic design patterns become unnecessary in Python and shows the concrete mappings that replace them: classes-as-factories… | ||
| Bang the gong, the game is on: What can Python people learn from Ruby? | PyCon Australia 2014 | 2014-08-01 |
Clear comparisons and concrete takeaways: Ruby wraps primitives as objects and lets methods be named with ? for predicates and ! for mutators, so mutating… | ||
| Python 102 - a recap and a bit more. | PyCon Australia 2013 | 2013-07-05 |
Covers Python 2.7 (with a few Python 3 notes), uses the interactive shell and Windows PowerShell, and demos a concrete car program that evolves from parallel… | ||
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