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Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 11/12/2023 (self.newzealand)
submitted 11 months ago by Dave to c/newzealand
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Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I started working with python last year and now it an every day tool for me. Some of it is data / analytics, taking graphql queries, using pandas to restructure etc.

I looked at pycharm for a while, but started out with VSCode; and then jumped to using a linux server & nvim instead.

[–] NoRamyunForYou 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds pretty cool!

Did you have some programming experience before Python? - How long do you think it took for you to start being getting some "useful" outputs using Python?

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but not really.

Yes - I started in the 80s typing in BASIC by hand into my C64, and did a really half assed visual basic course in tertiary study. But outside of that not really until I started playing around with esp32s and having to learn a bit of C until I found out that micropython ran on them and was way easier, plus you didn't need to use the Arduino IDE.

Mucking about with sensors & ESP32 etc is actually a good way to intro yourself to it I think; especially as there's a big community so loads of projects online to take inspiration from.

At work most of what I do is about manipulating data so we can take it from one system and merge it into another so I don't have to do too much actual data analysis with it most of the time. Usually just simple maths like taking a rate from some prometheus data, figuring out what the actual configured speed on a circuit is & then converting it into a percentage so it can be visualised more easily.

All really basic stuff compared to what some folks get up to with python.

[–] NoRamyunForYou 1 points 11 months ago

I've really been enjoying working with microcontrollers. Started with Arduino, and quickly moved onto ESP8266's. I've got a couple of ESP32's and have been meaning to start giving them a go, but have been procrastinating as usual lol.

We've actually got quite a big need for that as well - Moving Data from one system to another, and ensuring it's in the right format etc. Might be able to get some real benefit out of that :)