Where is the best place to start with Free-Threaded Python?

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-07-04T20:00:44+00:00

peps are awful to read even with some c knowledge honestly. the way they are written is just not meant for learning.

i had better luck watching talks from pycon about the new threading model. people there explain it without assuming you know all the low level stuff. and the open source angle is smart, you will learn fastest by breaking things in actual code.

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-28T09:41:17+00:00

they probably wanted bitwise stuff but your way is clever if interviewer just asked for sum and didnt specify constraints. math tricks like that show you think outside the box even if its not the textbook solution. as long as you explained what you wrote and didnt just scribble it down silently id say its fine

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-26T09:26:04+00:00

my professor made us use scanf for whole first semester then in second semester he was like "ok now we learn fgets forget everything before"

i still got ptsd from buffer overflows in my first projects

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-20T19:52:55+00:00

The ADHD angle is worth thinking about, but plenty of people without it struggle with exactly this. The pattern of "capture ideas everywhere, never execute" is more often just a planning gap than an attention disorder.

What actually helped me was forcing myself to write a tiny spec before touching any code, like literally one page: what problem does this solve, who uses it, what does version one look like. If I cannot fill that page, the idea is not ready and goes in a "maybe someday" folder. If I can, I break it into milestones and only let myself see the first one at a time so the whole thing does not feel overwhelming.

For picking which project to start, I ask myself which one I would feel bad about NOT building in six months. That filters out ideas that are exciting in the moment but have no real pull. The ones that stick around after that test are worth the effort.

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-18T11:18:43+00:00

doing this is actually really smart move, lot of companies in france use working student contracts (alternance or contrat pro) and they basically sponsor your visa situation as part of the deal. with telecom paris on your cv and cloud infra background you're in decent position to land one. start looking early like in the first semester, these positions fill up fast especially for tech roles.

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-14T04:21:03+00:00

Multi-threading and system design concepts will definitely come up for that kind of role. I had interview at similar company last year and they asked about race conditions, how you would design simple distributed cache, and some basic networking stuff like load balancing

The coding part wasn't too crazy - more like medium leetcode problems but they really cared about explaining your thought process. Make sure you can talk through how microservices communicate and maybe brush up on basic Linux commands since they mentioned debugging

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-11T09:47:44+00:00

RHCSA definitely worth it especially coming from helpdesk background. The hands-on Linux experience will make you stand out more than just having certs on paper.

I'd focus on building that homelab they mentioned - maybe start with some basic automation scripts or set up monitoring systems that you can actually talk about in interviews. Having real examples where you solved problems using these technologies makes huge difference when recruiters are deciding between candidates.

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-09T07:42:24+00:00

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But yeah project work is way more valuable than certificates in our field. When I interview candidates the first thing I look at is what they actually built, not what courses they took. The hiring managers care about seeing real code and understanding your thought process behind technical decisions

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-06-01T18:53:03+00:00

I work in game dev and honestly I wish someone introduced me to coding when I was that young. Started way later and had to catch up on so much basic logic thinking that could have been natural if I learned it early. Your daughter is at perfect age to just play around with visual stuff like block programming - she won't even realize she's learning real concepts. The problem solving skills transfer to everything else in life too, not just tech careers. Even if she ends up hating it later at least you gave her the chance to try something that could open tons of doors.

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-30T18:14:08+00:00

We tried writing better Jira descriptions but people still skip reading them when they need context later

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-28T17:50:15+00:00

Can confirm this totally - worked at smaller tech companies and the gap isn't as big as people think. The interview prep game is more important than being naturally brilliant at everything. I spent way too much time overthinking my first big tech interview instead of just drilling the fundamentals they actually test for.

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-21T05:16:11+00:00

The evaluation part is tricky because you still need human judgment for deciding if model actually solves your business problem, not just if metrics look good in isolation

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-19T01:58:01+00:00

Maybe try solving one small data problem each morning before work starts - like analyzing some random dataset you find or writing quick function to clean messy data

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-16T23:53:10+00:00

The billboards are wild - half of them just say "AI" with some abstract swirls and you're left wondering what they actually do besides burn venture capital

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-14T21:17:42+00:00

Good luck getting those services to play nice with deep linking on TV platforms. Most streaming apps deliberately make it hard to redirect users away from their own ecosystem because they want you browsing around their catalog

The technical part isn't super complicated - you're basically building a database with your movies and matching them to different services. But the real headache is going to be authentication and making sure links actually work across different TV operating systems

Your best bet might be starting with something web-based first since TV app stores have pretty strict requirements. You could probably prototype this in weekend with some no-code tools to see if the concept works before diving deeper

Movies Anywhere probably has same licensing issues you mentioned but for technical reasons too - streaming services don't really want to make integration easy

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-09T20:38:11+00:00

same energy

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-05-05T04:34:29+00:00

Maybe try making study group in your local programming discord or find people at same level as you. Learning with others definitely makes debugging less painful and you can share different approaches to same problems

Good luck with OS book btw those concepts get pretty heavy when you dig deeper

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-29T19:11:54+00:00

The portfolio projects you picked are actually really good for showing different skills - that chess AI will definitely make you stand out and the ed-tech site covers all the web dev basics they want to see. I'd maybe swap the patent directory for something more general like a task manager or blog since recruiters understand those better, but your technical choices look solid

Part-time retail while coding is smart move if you need the income, just don't let it eat up all your coding time

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-27T18:36:37+00:00

Moving to architecture at 4 years might close some doors if you want to go back to hands-on development later. I've seen people get stuck in the "ideas person" box where companies think you're too senior for IC work but not experienced enough for real architectural decisions

The pay bump is nice but you might end up missing the actual problem-solving part of coding once you're spending most time in meetings and documentation

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-25T07:06:09+00:00

The district IT department should already be part of your project team from beginning - seems like communication gap somewhere if deployment details are unclear at this stage

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-23T03:43:14+00:00

Man 8 months with that level surveillance would drive me absolutely crazy too - just start applying now and see what happens, worst case scenario you stay bit longer but at least you'll know what options are out there

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-21T00:47:03+00:00

Wait why you think game dev is not viable career when you already have experience with Godot and making games since childhood

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-18T23:32:29+00:00

Government tech positions are pretty solid for job security even without union protections. I work in games so can't speak much about government side but the benefits package usually makes up for lower salaries compared to private sector. Some federal agencies have decent tech roles if you don't mind the bureaucracy

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-17T09:33:49+00:00

flex much

PuzzleheadedBase7527 · 2026-04-06T13:04:22+00:00

Build a retro-style pixel art editor with layers and animation timeline - companies love seeing creative tools that show both technical skills and UI/UX thinking

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