#19: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Some of the things we do in life are tedious and boring. It's the kind of thing that machines or robots could do. So let's build those machines!

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0:00.0	You know, some of the things we do in life are tedious and boring.
0:04.1	They're the kind of things that machines, or maybe robots could do.
0:08.0	So let's build those machines.
0:09.8	This is Talk Python, and we'll be automating the boring stuff with Al Swigert.
0:14.2	It's show number 19 recorded Thursday, July 2nd, 2015.
0:19.5	I'm a developer in developers, developers, developers, developers.
0:21.9	I'm a developer in many senses of the word, because I make these applications, but I also
0:27.2	use these verbs to make this music.
0:29.6	I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.
0:34.2	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
0:37.3	Anyone can get the job done.
0:38.6	It's the execution that matters.
0:40.4	I have many interests.
0:41.7	Sometimes it can flake.
0:43.3	Hello, and welcome to Talk Python to me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
0:52.1	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
0:55.3	Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy, keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at talk pythonimmy.com.
1:00.8	Also, follow the show on Twitter where it's at Talk Python. This episode will be talking with
1:07.7	Al Swigert, author of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python,
1:11.4	Practical Programming for Total Beginners, and founder of InventwithPython.com.
1:17.6	This episode is brought to you by Hired and KoChip.
1:21.3	Thank them for supporting the show on Twitter via at Hired underscore HQ and at KoChip.
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