From Kenya to London - Velda Kiara

Velda is a software engineer at RevSys based in London and an extremely active member of the Python and Django communities. She is a PSF Fellow, former Djangonaut, co-maintainer of django-debug-toolbar, regular conference speaker, and Microsoft MVP. 🔗 Links * Velda at RevSys: https://www.revsys.com/about/bio/velda-kiara * Velda’s Substack: The Storyteller's Byte Tales: https://veldakiara.substack.com/ * Velda on GitHub: https://github.com/VeldaKiara * Optimal Performance Over Basic as a Perfectionist with Deadlines: https://youtu.be/dvxzJDk6x9Q?si=Qa7rKnDFFvOBHDrq * More about me: https://veldakiara.notion.site/Velda-Kiara-46aec24028fd4e8dbdba003097c18b5b * Neapolitan: https://github.com/carltongibson/neapolitan 📦 Projects * django-linkcheck: https://github.com/DjangoAdminHackers/django-linkcheck * adamghill/django-lsp: https://github.com/adamghill/django-lsp * django-debug-toolbar: https://github.com/django-commons/django-debug-toolbar 📚 Books * A History of the Bible by John Barton: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317975/a-history-of-the-bible-by-john-barton/ * Python Mastery, a course from David Beazley: https://github.com/dabeaz-course/python-mastery * Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner 🎥 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@djangochat ### Sponsor This episode was brought to you by [Buttondown](https://buttondown.com/django), the easiest way to start, send, and grow your email newsletter. New customers can save 50% off their first _year_ with [Buttondown](https://buttondown.com/django) using the coupon code **DJANGO**.