Kelvin Wangonya

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

Kelvin Wangonya

Feb 10

Handling missing dict keys

#beginners #python

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Announcing the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon on DEV!

For those looking to do something with python and fastapi, yo...

Dec 16 '21

Hackathon submission

About three weeks.

Jan 10 '21

Hacktoberfest Prizes

I also never got mine. Guess it just got lost in shipping.

Jul 4 '20

Free Coil trial for all #gftwhackathon participants

👋 I’m working on a submission. Please email me information ab...

May 17 '20

A Python binding for the web monetization Javascript API

Wow, that was fast 😀

May 14 '20

Rack Middleware for the Web Monetization API

Very cool! I'm glad my idea inspired you.

May 14 '20

Are there any best resources for learning Python Automation?

This book might help.

Apr 27 '20

Progress: being notified when you're @mentioned

Thanks 😄 Yeah, I’m definitely planning to continue working on...

Apr 26 '20

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 23 '21

You can use your database as a simple calculator

#todayilearned #database

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Kelvin Wangonya

Jul 24 '21

Getting the running Go version

#go #beginners

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 8 '21

Writing DRYer tests using Pytest parametrize

#todayilearned #python #pytest #tdd

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Kelvin Wangonya

Jan 9 '21

Hackathon submission

#dohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 29 '20

Progress: Search

#dohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 27 '20

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

#dohackathon

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Dec 24 '20

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

#dohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 20 '20

Progress: Creating and viewing jobs, contacts and vehicles

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Dec 18 '20

Progress: Authentication & laying out the UI

#dohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 13 '20

My idea for the Hackathon

#dohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 10 '20

What happens when you run PSQL slash commands?

#postgres

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Kelvin Wangonya

Nov 4 '20

Working with celery signals

#python #celery #signals

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Kelvin Wangonya

Jun 21 '20

Shallow & deep copying in python

#todayilearned #python

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Kelvin Wangonya

May 15 '20

Progress: rethinking the implementation

#gftwhackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

May 9 '20

A Python binding for the web monetization Javascript API

#gftwhackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 30 '20

Project Submission: cchat

#twiliohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 26 '20

Progress: being notified when you're @mentioned

#twiliohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 25 '20

Progress: sending sms

#twiliohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 20 '20

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

#twiliohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 12 '20

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

#twiliohackathon

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Apr 10 '20

Progress: interface, authentication and receiving messages

#twiliohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 5 '20

Connect with teammates without leaving your terminal

#twiliohackathon

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Kelvin Wangonya

Jan 26 '20

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

#python #beginners #learning

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Kelvin Wangonya

Nov 12 '19

Documenting python code using docstrings

#python #beginners

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Kelvin Wangonya

Nov 1 '19

Analyzing python iterables with all() and any()

#python #beginners

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 27 '19

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

#discuss #privacy #security

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 25 '19

1_000_000_000 = 1000000000

#python #beginners

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 19 '19

Are comment sections useful/necessary for personal blogs?

#discuss

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 13 '19

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

#watercooler

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 11 '19

Writing readable code

#programming #learning

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 10 '19

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

#discuss

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Kelvin Wangonya

Oct 9 '19

Flexible Gatsby Starter

#showdev #javascript #gatsby

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Sep 22 '19

difflib - Finding close matches of strings from a list

#beginners #python

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Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 13 '19

A quick reference to Python string methods - Splitting and Slicing

#beginners #python

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Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 11 '19

A quick reference to Python string methods - Cases

#python #beginners

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Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 9 '19

HTML to JSX Compiler

#beginners #html #react #jsx

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Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 8 '19

Play games on your terminal using emacs

#todayilearned #emacs

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Kelvin Wangonya

Sep 7 '19

A quick reference to Python string methods - Find and Replace

#beginners #python

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Sep 6 '19

Python 'is' vs '=='

#beginners #python

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Sep 3 '19

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

#discuss #help #python #math

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 30 '19

Making your SMART goals smarter with Stretch goals

#productivity

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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

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 22 '19

Testing Click applications with Pytest

#python #testing #pytest

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 17 '19

Performing CRUD operations with a CLI app using Firebase

#python #firebase #crud

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 10 '19

Prompting users for input

#python

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 9 '19

Adding arguments to CLI commands

#python

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 7 '19

Adding options to CLI commands

#python #cli

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 5 '19

Using setuptools to package your Python app

#python #learning

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 3 '19

Setting up your development environment

#python #beginners #learning

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 3 '19

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

#discuss #explainlikeimfive #python

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Kelvin Wangonya

Aug 1 '19

Building Command-Line Applications with Python

#python #beginners #learning

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Kelvin Wangonya

Jun 16 '19

Fibonacci sequence with Python recursion and memoization

#python #algorithms

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Kelvin Wangonya

May 26 '19

The Plain Gatsby starter

#showdev #react #javascript #webdev

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 17 '19

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

#discuss

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 10 '19

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

#python #cli #learning #tutorial

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 9 '19

Open Dev.to from your terminal 🎉

#showdev #python #cli

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Kelvin Wangonya

Apr 8 '19

Creating a Simple ToDo Api With Django

#python #beginners #django #tutorial

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Kelvin Wangonya

Mar 25 '19

Staying Alert Without Caffeine

#productivity #health

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Announcing the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon on DEV!

Hackathon submission

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A Python binding for the web monetization Javascript API

Rack Middleware for the Web Monetization API

Are there any best resources for learning Python Automation?

Progress: being notified when you're @mentioned