I Like Makefiles
Fancy new build tools come and go, but I think I will stick with using makefiles to orchestrate everyday tasks in my projects.
Hi, I'm Sebastian
Python freelancer, consultant, and speaker.
Latest posts
Web Automation With n8n, Telegram, Online Forms, and a Bit of Python
How I used a bunch of open-source tools to automate the management of my side project.
I've Built My First Successful Side Project, and I Hate It
How I learned the old truth that when building a software product and selling it to people, "building" is just the beginning. And often, it's the easiest part.
My Stream Deck Setup
My setup and some tips and tricks for other MacOS users who want to make the most of their Stream Decks.
Most popular posts
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Talks
I spoke at 20+ Python conferences around the world.
Get in touch if you would like me to present at yours.
Here are some of my favorite talks.
Optimizing Your CI Pipelines
Take your Continuous Integration to the next level! Learn how to optimize your pipelines for faster and more efficient builds by making things start faster (caching, smaller containers), finish faster (failing early, splitting tests), and making more things run at the same time (parallelization).
Python CI 101: A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration
Streamline your Python development process with Continuous Integration. From choosing the right CI tool to implementing it in your project, this presentation will cover all the basics and best practices of CI, leaving you with a working setup that you can reuse in the future.
Writing Faster Python 3
A talk about source code optimization. How some common problems can be solved with different code structures, together with benchmarks and explanations why one way is usually better (and often faster) than the other.
This is a revised version of my very first talk that I created in 2016 - adjusted for Python 3 with new code examples.
Modern Python Developer's Toolkit workshop
This is a tutorial for PyCon 2020 that I wish someone gave to me when I first learned Python.
Python is (relatively) easy and fun to learn, but there is a gap between "knowing how to write Python code" and "knowing the tools and good practices when writing Python code". This tutorial will try to bridge this gap. It's intended for beginners who know Python, but who are not sure how to write a Python project from scratch.