David Amos

This week on Talk Julia, Randy and I share some of our thoughts on functions, methods, and multiple dispatch in Julia from the perspective of new users coming to Julia from Python.

https://share.fireside.fm/episode/kiiJzqTC+C0Yk4hNC

The other day I came across a question on Twitter that asked for an example of a string that couldn't be reversed.

I had an inkling that something like an emoji would probably work.

For example, here's what happens when you try to reverse the string "🇺🇸" in Python:

>>> flag = "🇺🇸"
>>> reversed_flag = flag[::-1]
>>> print(reversed_flag)
🇸🇺

Seems kind of weird, right?

Find out what's going on in my latest blog post:

https://davidamos.dev/why-cant-you-reverse-a-flag-emoji.

My article 3 Things You Might Not Know About Numbers in Python was featured in the latest episode of Python Bytes!

https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/267/python-on-the-beach

Talk Julia #4 is out!

This week, Randy and I explore Julia packages for reading, writing, and manipulating music and MIDI files, discuss whether or not Julia should be taught as the primary language in a machine learning course, an amazing Julia resource for Pythonistas, and a whole lot more.

https://share.fireside.fm/episode/kiiJzqTC+VVXYE9ct

The latest issue of Curious About Code is out now!

This week I explore some of the science of curiosity and how we can cultivate our curiosity as coders. You get five of the best resources about curiosity that I've found so far, including a GitHub repository full of curiosity-inducing Python code examples.

https://davidamos.dev/email/0a8c41ef-ed20-4c8a-a288-ae064339647c/

Curiosity isn't an immutable trait. You can learn how to cultivate curiosity.

But getting good at being curious means practicing curiosity.

In my latest blog post, I distill some of my thoughts on curiosity and techniques that I use to practice curiosity while coding.

https://davidamos.dev/how-to-stay-curious-as-a-coder