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?
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.
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?
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.
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 :)