Mailman 3 February 2018 - python-uk

London Dojo next Thursday
by Tom Viner March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024

Hi all, For February's London code dojo, we'll be at Sohonet <https://www.sohonet.com/>. We'll have pizza, drinks and some fun group coding. All abilities welcome! There'll also be the prize draw for a random O'Reilly Python book as usual. *6:30pm Thursday 1st Feb 2018* Get your tickets while they're hot: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-9-episode-6-t… If you need any more information, contact the team via Twitter: @ldnpydojo <https://twitter.com/ldnpydojo> or via e-mails to team(a)ldnpydojo.org.uk We're always looking for venues to host the Dojo and volunteers to be cat herders, i.e. writing an email like this and coordinating the voting etc. Look forward to seeing you next Thursday! Tom @tomviner <https://twitter.com/tomviner>

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Wanted: thoughtful engineers at Octopus Energy
by David Winterbottom Feb. 27, 2018

Feb. 27, 2018

Hello everyone, We're looking for Python engineers to join our Soho team - full details here: https://octopus.energy/careers/back-end-developer/ In short, this is a good opportunity as: We have high engineering standards. We pair program, use TDD, have weekly tech-talks, monthly blitz-days, thorough code reviews and maintain fast, high-value test suites. We're an innovative company, dragging the UK energy industry into the 21st century. For example, we were the first supplier in the world (as far as we know) to introduce a half-hourly tracker tariff: https://octopus.energy/agile/ https://www.theguardian.com/money /2018/feb/22/energy-company-promises-to-pay-customer-to-use-electricity We have a public REST API so you can program charge your appliances/electric-car when electricity is extremely cheap in the night - example API call: http https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/AGILE-18-02-21/electricity-tariffs/E… This is a rare opportunity to employ your Python skills to help fight climate change. We're a rapidly-growing, innovative new-entrant to the UK energy market. The software we write helps the UK use green technology and switch more households to renewable energy sources. Our platform, which is largely built with Django and Celery, processes over £100m annually and support over 160k customers. Get in touch directly or via talent(a)octopus.energy -- *David Winterbottom* Head of Engineering, Octopus Energy 20-24 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 8HT Octopus Energy Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 09263424. Registered office: 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT.

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The March London Python Code Dojo is happening in Februrary
by Gautier HAYOUN Feb. 21, 2018

Feb. 21, 2018

Good morning Python UK, As a twist on the regular naming of our Dojos we are going to run the March London Python Code Dojo on the 28th of February 6:30pm. Founders Factory has kindly agreed to be our new host this time, their office is at Founders Factory Northcliffe House Young St W8 5EH We've been told that there is another entrance to the building but it is important to use the Young Street reception. There will be pizza, drinks and group coding. Beginners are very welcome! There will also be a prize draw consisting from an O'Reilly Python book. Get a free ticket while they last! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/ e/london-python-code-dojo-season-9-episode-7-tickets-43382895408 If you need any more information, contact the team via Twitter: @ldnpydojo <https://twitter.com/ldnpydojo> or via e-mails to team(a)ldnpydojo.org.uk We're always looking for venues to host the Dojo and volunteers to be cat herders, i.e. writing an email like this and coordinating the voting etc. See you next week, Gautier

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Pandas sprint
by Marc Garcia Feb. 7, 2018

Feb. 7, 2018

Hi there, For anyone in the data side of Python, you may be interested in this world wide Pandas sprint, which aims to leave all the API documentation in perfect shape, in a single day: https://python-sprints.github.io/pandas/ We're organising one of the chapters from the London Python Sprints group [1]. If any other user group is interested in joining, please get in touch. Cheers! Marc 1. https://www.meetup.com/Python-Sprints

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