Kelvin Wangonya

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Kenya Joined on Mar 22, 2018 kwangonya@gmail.com https://wangonya.com/

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Python

https://github.com/wangonya

91 posts published

169 comments written

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 1

On embracing asynchronous communication

#productivity #career

2 min read

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Kelvin Wangonya

Mar 6

Pydantic validators don't raise validation errors immediately

#todayilearned #python #pydantic

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Jun 24 '23

Taking notes

#learning

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Feb 10 '22

Handling missing dict keys

#beginners #python

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 23 '21

You can use your database as a simple calculator

#todayilearned #database

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Jul 24 '21

Getting the running Go version

#go #beginners

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 8 '21

Writing DRYer tests using Pytest parametrize

#todayilearned #python #pytest #tdd

3 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Jan 9 '21

Hackathon submission

#dohackathon

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 29 '20

Progress: Search

#dohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 27 '20

Progress: Improved dashboard (with real data) and "no data" placeholders

#dohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 24 '20

Progress: Improved UI, update and delete for models, and some data on the dashboard

#dohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 20 '20

Progress: Creating and viewing jobs, contacts and vehicles

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 18 '20

Progress: Authentication & laying out the UI

#dohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 13 '20

My idea for the Hackathon

#dohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 10 '20

What happens when you run PSQL slash commands?

#postgres

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Nov 4 '20

Working with celery signals

#python #celery #signals

4 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Jun 21 '20

Shallow & deep copying in python

#todayilearned #python

3 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

May 15 '20

Progress: rethinking the implementation

#gftwhackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

May 9 '20

A Python binding for the web monetization Javascript API

#gftwhackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 30 '20

Project Submission: cchat

#twiliohackathon

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 26 '20

Progress: being notified when you're @mentioned

#twiliohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 25 '20

Progress: sending sms

#twiliohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 20 '20

Progress: creating/deleting channels, switching active channel and chat history

#twiliohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 12 '20

Progress: sending messages and being notified when people join the channel

#twiliohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 10 '20

Progress: interface, authentication and receiving messages

#twiliohackathon

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 5 '20

Connect with teammates without leaving your terminal

#twiliohackathon

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Jan 26 '20

When to use python's enumerate() instead of range() in loops

#python #beginners #learning

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Nov 12 '19

Documenting python code using docstrings

#python #beginners

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Nov 1 '19

Analyzing python iterables with all() and any()

#python #beginners

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 27 '19

Do you ever read "Terms and Conditions" and/or "Privacy Policies"?

#discuss #privacy #security

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 25 '19

1_000_000_000 = 1000000000

#python #beginners

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 19 '19

Are comment sections useful/necessary for personal blogs?

#discuss

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 13 '19

What are some funny O RLY? "books" you've seen?

#watercooler

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 11 '19

Writing readable code

#programming #learning

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 10 '19

How do you list social media links on a website without using icons?

#discuss

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 9 '19

Flexible Gatsby Starter

#showdev #javascript #gatsby

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 22 '19

difflib - Finding close matches of strings from a list

#beginners #python

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 13 '19

A quick reference to Python string methods - Splitting and Slicing

#beginners #python

3 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 11 '19

A quick reference to Python string methods - Cases

#python #beginners

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 9 '19

HTML to JSX Compiler

#beginners #html #react #jsx

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 8 '19

Play games on your terminal using emacs

#todayilearned #emacs

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 7 '19

A quick reference to Python string methods - Find and Replace

#beginners #python

4 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 6 '19

Python 'is' vs '=='

#beginners #python

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 3 '19

I just solved this coding challenge, but I don't understand why my solution works 🤔

#discuss #help #python #math

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 30 '19

Making your SMART goals smarter with Stretch goals

#productivity

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 24 '19

Automatically counting and numbering HTML elements with CSS counters

#css #webdev #beginners

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 23 '19

Publishing your Python packages on TestPyPi before publishing on PyPi

#python

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 22 '19

Testing Click applications with Pytest

#python #testing #pytest

3 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 17 '19

Performing CRUD operations with a CLI app using Firebase

#python #firebase #crud

5 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 10 '19

Prompting users for input

#python

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 9 '19

Adding arguments to CLI commands

#python

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 7 '19

Adding options to CLI commands

#python #cli

2 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 5 '19

Using setuptools to package your Python app

#python #learning

3 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 3 '19

Setting up your development environment

#python #beginners #learning

4 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 3 '19

What's the use of if name == 'main': in Python?

#discuss #explainlikeimfive #python

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 1 '19

Building Command-Line Applications with Python

#python #beginners #learning

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Jun 16 '19

Fibonacci sequence with Python recursion and memoization

#python #algorithms

3 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

May 26 '19

The Plain Gatsby starter

#showdev #react #javascript #webdev

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 17 '19

How many ads is the average user exposed to in a day? 😱

#discuss

1 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 10 '19

How I made the open-dev.to CLI app with Python

#python #cli #learning #tutorial

4 min read

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Participant — DigitalOcean App Platform Hackathon on DEV

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Twilio Hackathon Participant

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Hacktoberfest 2019

8 Week Writing Streak

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