Pamela Fox (31)
Want a visual exploration of vectors?
Check out the full size poster here:
https://tinyurl.com/visual-vectors-poster
Repo with visualizations and learning links here: https://github.com/pamelafox/vector-embeddings-demos
Look at the amazing earrings I won at the PyLadies #PyconUS Auction!
1,674 glass beads arranged to represent a Python program.
Should I wear them to my poster session for everyone to check out?
Yes, I will find any excuse to wear my llama ears at #PyconUS.
I was so excited to meet the creator of the earrings that I won from the #PyconUS #PyLadies auction -- and discover she made a pair for herself, too!
If you squint hard, you can kind of read the Python program in the earrings...
Want to geek out on vector embeddings?
Come check out my poster at #PyconUS, from 10am-1pm today!
Spoilers: Here's the digital version for anyone not here:
https://tinyurl.com/visual-vectors-poster
Learnt a ton from @crazy4pi314 in their "Snakes in a Grid" tutorial at #PyconUS about how we can use Python to work with Excel spreadsheets:
* Use pandas read_excel() to turn an XLSX into a dataframe, and to_excel() to turn a dataframe to an XLSX
https://github.com/crazy4pi314/snakes-in-a-grid/blob/main/2_work-with-pandas.ipynb
* Use openpyxl to create a spreadsheet from scratch, complete with working formulas and charts!
https://github.com/crazy4pi314/snakes-in-a-grid/blob/main/3_work-with-openpyxl.ipynb
I loved this talk at by @Reuven about when students should and should not use LLMs when learning to program.
Lots of practical tips: https://speakerdeck.com/reuven/edu-summit-2025-dot-key
I wrote up my tips for teaching Python with GitHub Codespaces, based off what I shared during the #PyconUS Education Summit session:
https://blog.pamelafox.org/2025/06/teaching-python-with-codespaces.html
(It's actually a lot about how to set up dev containers with Dockerfile/docker-compose, which is helpful even if you're not teaching)
#PyConUS talks are going up on YouTube now, wooot.
I co-presented the sponsored session for Microsoft with my colleague Rohit, where we walked through a development flow from VS Code to Azure, using a *ton* of VS Code extensions plus the Azure Developer CLI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Vm2hakkV4
Repo:
https://github.com/rohit-ganguly/rag-postgres-openai-python
FlaskCon is happening again this year at PyCon US 2025!
https://flaskcon.com/2025/
FlaskCon will be the first day of PyCon, Friday May 16, 2 - 6 PM. We're looking for talk proposals about using Flask, Quart, or other Pallets projects.
CFP closes April 17!