Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2019

16 Dec 2019, 12:29 p.m.

An Annotated Bibliography of the Inside of My Head

A friend suggested: You know those books that you can’t stop thinking about, won’t shut up about, and wish everyone around you would read? The ones that, if taken in aggregate, would tell people more …

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04 Dec 2019, 15:46 p.m.

Some More Grants for Open Source Work

This is a followup to my 2014 post on grants you could apply for. Several foundations and funders are seeking applicants who are working on free and open source software projects. I am listing a …

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29 Nov 2019, 14:29 p.m.

A Heritage

I was talking with a friend earlier today about how I've come to understand some different temperaments and skills I inherited from my different parents. And the specific thing I am reflecting on now is …

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12 Nov 2019, 17:25 p.m.

My New Title, Improving pip, Availability For Work, And SSL (No, The Other One)

A few professional announcements. Seeking developers for paid contract on pip; apply by Nov. 22 One is that I helped the Packaging Working Group of the Python Software Foundation get funding for a long-needed improvement …

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04 Nov 2019, 12:56 p.m.

Art of Python Seeking Organizers for 2020

In May, I chaired "The Art of Python", a festival of arts about programming that took place at PyCon North America. People presented short plays, monologues, songs, and a video remix that explored how it …

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01 Oct 2019, 10:02 a.m.

Availability Update for October

I'm going to be off social media a lot between October 4th and about October 30th. Please email if you want to reach me - https://www.harihareswara.net/ & https://changeset.nyc/#contact have my address - but I will …

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30 Sep 2019, 11:36 a.m.

The Breath Before

A few days ago, Leonard and I went to see a movie at our local museum/arthouse theater. We settled into our seats and turned off our phones and chitchatted, and I mentioned a funny line …

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26 Sep 2019, 7:36 a.m.

Cambrian explosion of discussions about the future of software freedom

In 2009, Dreamwidth user rydra-wong did the great favor of making link roundups to help people keep track of a distributed conversation happening on lots of people's blogs about a current controversy. I'd love for …

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22 Sep 2019, 14:03 p.m.

Futureproofing Your Python Tools

The people who maintain Python and key Python platforms want to help you protect the code you write and depend on. If you write software in Python, or depend on something that's in Python, this …

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08 Aug 2019, 11:49 a.m.

When/How Do People Decide To Apply To CS Grad School?

I'm trying to understand how people decide to go to CS grad school in the US. For instance, what proportion of PhD applicants are coming straight from undergrad, versus another graduate degree (such as an …

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