PC-54465.yaml

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speaker_name: "Jeffrey McLarty"

talk_title: "An Experiment in Type Punning"

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talk_tags:
- "backend"
- "type handling"
- "experimentation"
- "maintainability"
- "predictability"


talk_abstract: "When python interacts with strongly-typed systems a mapping is implicitly created.  Every.  Single.  Time.  The (1 to 0, 1 to 1, 1 to many) relationships can be unwieldy.  A related stack overflow question, Wes McKinney replies 'Welcome to Hell'. This is the story of an attempt to innovate out of hell."

talk_details: "A codification of the cognitive challenges associated with letting python talk to strongly typed systems was attempted.  This is the reasoning, approach and story of an experiment."

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about_author: "Jeffrey McLarty is a problem solver who currently works with a team of talented people who build analytics and tools for the portfolio managers investing Canada's largest nest egg.  Over the last half-decade, he's contributed a variety of minor changes to popular open source projects and maintains a few unpopular open source projects too.  He's also a runner, father, artist and investor."

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author_website: 'http://jeffreymclarty.com/' # This is blank right now, but I have something to deploy soon.