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Moshe Zadka

Belmont, CA

Moshe has been involved in the Linux community since 1998, helping in Linux "installation parties". He has been programming Python since 1999, and has contributed to the core Python interpreter. Moshe has been a DevOps/SRE since before those terms existed, caring deeply about software reliability, build reproducibility and other such things. He has worked in companies as small as three people and as big as tens of thousands -- usually some place around where software meets system administration.

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Customizing my Linux terminal with tmux and Git

Set up your console so you always know where you are and what to do next.

Moshe Zadka (Correspondent) 02 Jul 2020 9 votes

4 essential tools to set up your Python environment for success

This selection of tools will streamline your Python environment for smooth and consistent development practices.

Moshe Zadka (Correspondent) 17 Jun 2020 45 votes 2 comments

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Never forget your password with this Python encryption algorithm

This unique algorithm using Python and Shamir's Secret Sharing protects your master password from hackers and your own forgetfulness.

Moshe Zadka (Correspondent) 11 Jun 2020 66 votes 11 comments

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Teach kids Python by building an interactive game

Open source tools can help anyone get started learning Python in an easy and fun way—making games.

Moshe Zadka (Correspondent) 20 May 2020 69 votes 9 comments

My Little Pony

11 DevOps lessons from My Little Pony

What you never thought you could learn about DevOps for Twilight Sparkle and her friends.

Moshe Zadka (Correspondent) 05 May 2020 75 votes 4 comments

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How to use pyenv to run multiple versions of Python on a Mac

If you need to run a project that uses a Python version you don't have installed on macOS, try pyenv.

Matthew Broberg (Red Hat) 07 Apr 2020 40 votes 3 comments

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Announcing the Opensource.com Correspondent program

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Matthew Broberg (Red Hat) 25 Nov 2019 163 votes 4 comments

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Commented on 5 May 2020

11 DevOps lessons from My Little Pony

I recommend both! MLP:FIM is an amazing show, and DevOps is a really important approach to developing and maintaining systems collaboratively.

Commented on 2 May 2019

Format Python however you like with Black

You can configure black to do anything you like, as long as what you like is its default configuration. https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Henry-Ford-say-%E2%80%9CA-customer-can-hav...