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• Sans I/O programming: what, why and how (PyCon UK talk)

  Code that pushes I/O to the boundary is simpler, easier to reuse and easier to test.

• Assume worst intent (designing against the abusive ex)

  How do we design services and platforms to reduce the risk of harassment and abuse from other users?

• Building trust in an age of suspicious minds

  Notes and slides from my PyCon UK 2018 keynote. In a world where people are less and less trusting, how can we take steps to make ourselves more trustable?

• Signs of the time

  A few lessons I learned while doing the signage for this year’s PyCon UK.

• Making the venue maps for PyCon UK

  A quick braindump of my thoughts from drawing some venue maps for PyCon UK.

• Lightning talks

  Why I like the lottery system used to select lightning talks at PyCon UK this year.

• Silence is golden

  PyCon had a dedicated quiet room for people to get some downtime, and I think it’s a great idea.

• Live captioning at conferences

  Live captioning of conference talks was an unexpected bonus at this year’s PyCon UK.