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Armin Ronacher
July 01, 2013
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Thinking Outside The Box
Keynote for EuroPython 2013.
Armin Ronacher
July 01, 2013
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Transcript
ThinkinG - = outside The box
Hello, I'm Armin! I do Computers - with Python. Currently
at Fireteam / Splash Damage. We do Internet for Pointy Shooty Games. c w
q t t j j d
the box is comfortable X
the comfort is dangerous l
the 9 dots puzzle 0 j 5 (and things of
similar nature)
h - W < å ≥ h ≥ U using
exactly 4 straight lines, without retracing or removing one's pen from the paper connect the dots j
h - W < å ≥ h ≥ U using
exactly 4 straight lines, without retracing or removing one's pen from the paper connect the dots j
g i know it's cliché Ç
J the six thinking hats
J the six thinking hats This
the majority is always wrong: congratulations; you're now a cynical
asshole 7 z “ ”
a change of environment 1 z m
c computer games
˚ 4 * this graph is not very scientific h
≥ Online
˚ 4 * this graph is not very scientific python!!!11
h ≥ Online
community influences your thinking . a - ∫ Î
C++ good; Scripting Languages Bad u
... if it takes you 30 minutes to do a
one line change then you obviously would not want to have runtime type checks ... E
it's too easy to dismiss something on fringe or outdated
experience alone
• never underestimate how much your environment/community influences you 1
• never underestimate how much your environment/community influences you 1
(unfortunately that also includes things like “the GIL is not a problem")
asking the right questions 2 j 5
the wrong questions are easy to spot on others a
- ˚ 4
<redacted> how do I do something after return render_template(...) if
I don't want to register teardown_request for all requests. J
• he was looking for celery / message queue ©
• first expectation was that the user wanted to change
the HTTP response 0
• teardown_request would not have worked anyways O
I don't want my user to wait while I do
some processing on his data v “ ” better:
t j the box was Flask
how to ask the right questions2 - 5 B
• assume you already started out wrong • describe the
•actual• problem =
How do I use Websockets with Flask? z “ ”
How do I notify my user about changes with low
latency. 6 better: “ ”
5 question leaves room for the answer
(a) Server-sent events via WSGI (b) application <-> redis <->
persistent connection server Ô bit.ly/pypush
f Jump on IRC help out other people < >
questioning the right things 3 z m
the worst parts in my libraries are the ones where
I took the design from elsewhere O
it's not because I know better ... ∆ Ò
• most things have some design behind • as people
copy it, the original design gets obscured and forgotten • the original design might no longer apply 1
• starting something new? • question everything! ˝
not with the intention of proving existing design wrong; with
the intention of understanding it. 9
9 paradigm shifts 4 F
Many times we don't even realize that things were an
example of thinking outside the box. (a) "echo" -> Request/Response objects (b) Interactive Interpreters 9
That's also what makes it hard to find examples now
... 9
every idea is a rehash don't get too excited when
you feel all "obviously ..." sometimes all that's necessary is transposing a concept from one industry to the other. 9
9 interesting examples 5 F
• Mill Processor: • Basic Block: One entry, one exit.
• Break instruction bundles in half • Two decoders, one moves left from EBB entry point, one moves to the right =
• Mill Processor: • Basic Block: One entry, one exit.
• Break instruction bundles in half • Two decoders, one moves left from EBB entry point, one moves to the right = two independent units, two separate caches
=a High-level Queues for Request Handling Stateful Frontend Servers Stateless
Workers
• Sending around signed data • Cookies • Access/Refresh Tokens
• Activation Links • Offers ˆ
• The Rust Programming Language • Memory ownership tracking 1
(and otherwise just steal from C++, C, Python, Ruby, Haskell and Scheme)
• Spotify's Native/Web Bridge • spawns HTTP server on localhost:XXXXX
• provides OAuth bridge • JavaScript authenticates with local server, sends commands and retrieves updates. c
That's it; Now ask questions ? @mitsuhiko lucumr.pocoo.org/talks gittip.com/mitsuhiko y
y y d
calibration slide -- 2 2 2 2 2 2 c