David's talks at PyCon are all amazing. My favorite is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCs5OvhV9S4

Funny enough, a few months ago we decided to start a new project and we chose async Python. I had no clue how'd work so I decided to read the PEP and learn a bit more. Big was my surprise when I realized I "knew" all the fundamentals just by understanding how coroutines and generators worked low level, thanks to David's talks.

EDIT: His talks about the GIL are also super informative!

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jjice 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He is a natural born teacher. The kind of person whose excitement and love to share is contagious. Best of luck to him!

I saw some old code of mine that used PLY a few weeks ago and god damn is that a fine library. Fast, to the point, and a beautiful API.

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globular-toast 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My favourite is lambda calculus in Python. It's something to save for a rainy day and follow along with. Great fun and really enlightening.

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zelphirkalt 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Sounds like one of the things where Python's broken/stunted lambdas would really hurt.

	▲	pjmlp 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed, although expressions and intertools can be a workaround.

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agumonkey 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

he has a way to make it lean and engaging that is very sweet