Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
(Amanda Hogan) _Golf lessons beginning in month six for Tiger Woods (6)_
Code golf is terrible programming practice AND no one would want to read text written the same way as cryptic crossword clues. Neither makes any sense! But you can learn from both and they tickle one's brain in a way that puzzles often do.
The benefit of both Cryptic crossword clues and code golf is that they are motivating ways to learn the rules of a thing. In Cryptic crosswords you essentially learn the rules of cryptic crosswords while also learning a way to look at the English language at its most flexible. Tiger Woods is the name of a golfer but without the capitalisation it can also be used indicate the habitat of a tiger... not normal woods, but the type of woods in which you'd find a tiger!
Likewise code golf can be a puzzle that helps you to learn the tricks of a language. Do you understand the parsing rules of white space? You will when you want to remove one more character. Do you use the walrus operator? It can save you a whole line! Come along and learn a bit about code golf and a bit about cryptic crosswords and probably get addicted to one or the other.
(The answer was _JUNGLE_ by the way)
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/VSVXTJ/
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Sat Aug 29 14:35:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 3
(Amanda Hogan) _Golf lessons beginning in month six for Tiger Woods (6)_
Code golf is terrible programming practice AND no one would want to read text written the same way as cryptic crossword clues. Neither makes any sense! But you can learn from both and they tickle one's brain in a way that puzzles often do.
The benefit of both Cryptic crossword clues and code golf is that they are motivating ways to learn the rules of a thing. In Cryptic crosswords you essentially learn the rules of cryptic crosswords while also learning a way to look at the English language at its most flexible. Tiger Woods is the name of a golfer but without the capitalisation it can also be used indicate the habitat of a tiger... not normal woods, but the type of woods in which you'd find a tiger!
Likewise code golf can be a puzzle that helps you to learn the tricks of a language. Do you understand the parsing rules of white space? You will when you want to remove one more character. Do you use the walrus operator? It can save you a whole line! Come along and learn a bit about code golf and a bit about cryptic crosswords and probably get addicted to one or the other.
(The answer was _JUNGLE_ by the way)
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/VSVXTJ/
python, pycon, australia, programming, conference, technical, developers, panel, sessions, libraries, frameworks, community, sysadmins, students, education, data, science
Videos licensed as CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
PyCon AU is the national conference for the Python programming community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers, sysadmins and operations folk, students, educators, scientists, statisticians, and many others besides, all with a love for working with Python.
Licensed as CC BY-NC-SA - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Produced by Next Day Video Australia: https://nextdayvideo.com.au
Sat Aug 29 14:35:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 3
