While I was working on my project on software licensing, I noticed that there are several packages in PyPI [https://pypi.python.org/pypi] which do not have a requirements.txt file (the file mentioning the dependencies). License files, though not a rare species but surely an endangered one in…
In the developers’ sprint at PyCon US, I was sitting in the MicroPython room. After the second half, many of the developers left the room. The room turned into a Tundra region (I came from a place where the temperature was 40C). The only option left was to get into…
The one thing I missed the most, in PyCon US, 2017, was my PyLadies Pune group. We were hoping to contribute to projects individually and as a group for a long time now. For our June meetup, we planned to give a shape to this idea. Kushal [https://twitter.com/…
> Ohh you guys came alone, no Py this time? > No Py this time; missing all the noise and fun around. (How can you miss the noise? It is supposed to be a disturbance.) These were some introductory reactions from friends meeting us at FOSSASIA 2017. Kushal and I…
PyCon Pune devs sprint hardware room time 10 AM The room was full with engineering students, professional engineers, hardware guys. And among them there was me, a lawyer and I do not understand a single bit of hardware. I was cursing myself why am I here. In fact I have…
Pyladies Pune is 8 meetups old now, (after the rebooting). I missed last month's meetup, as Py was unwell. This month's meet up was special. It was the first time the PyLadies meetup took place in reserved-bit, the coolest place in Pune. Thank you reserved-bit for…
July, 2017 PyLadies Pune came out of hibernation [http://anweshadas.in/coming-out-of-hibernation-pyladies-pune-chapter/] and rebooted its journey. Let me tell you honestly it has been quite a roller coaster ride since then. We faced a lot of problems but among them the biggest one was lack of participation by women. For…
"The future of the world is in my classroom today"- Ivan W. Fitzwater. To shape the world we need to give the children the correct environment to learn new things. BBC micro:bit [https://www.microbit.co.uk/] is such a project. It has been a year…