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(Mark Lakewood) Abstractions are one of the greatest tools in all of programming. But sometimes we reach for them too often. How do we know when we should use an abstraction, and when we should just use the ones that already exist.
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(Mark Lakewood) Abstractions are one of the greatest tools in all of programming. But sometimes we reach for them too often. How do we know when we should use an abstraction, and when we should just use the ones that already exist.
pretalx.com/pycon-au-2024/talk/WCUHJ8
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.
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Produced by Next Day Video Australia: https://nextdayvideo.com.au
Sun Nov 24 14:50:00 2024 at Eureka 3




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https://pretalx.com/pycon-au-2025/talk/8SKZRV/
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 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Produced by Next Day Video Australia: https://nextdayvideo.com.au
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