I'm passionate about explaining technical concepts with engaging explanations and clear analogies. You can check my previous talks below to find examples of my live coding or colourful diagrams.
Reach out to me if you'd like me to speak at your event or company.
Talks
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PyCon Lithuania 2026
The paradox of itertools.tee
PyCon Lithuania 2026
NP-completeness
Dayton Dynamic Languages Group
A tour of the module itertools, part 2
Stockholm Python User Group
The paradox of itertools.tee
Python Users Berlin
A tour of the module itertools
PyCon Portugal 2025
A tour of the module itertools
EuroPython 2025
A tour of the module itertools
PyCon Italia 2025
Dipping my toes in metaprogramming
PyCon Italia 2025
503 days working full-time on FOSS: lessons learned
PyCon US 2025
Understanding Polars data types
PyData Global 2024
503 days working full-time on FOSS: lessons learned
PyCon Portugal 2024
Animations from first principles
EuroPython 2024
503 days working full-time on FOSS: lessons learned
PyCon Italia 2024
Descriptors made easy
PyCon Italia 2024
525 days working full-time on FOSS: lessons learned
PyCon DE & PyData 2024
503 days working full-time on FOSS: lessons learned
PyCon Lithuania 2024
What are descriptors and why does Django need them?
PyCon Lithuania 2024
Describing Descriptors
PyCon Ireland 2023
Comprehending comprehensions
PyCon Portugal 2023
How APL made me a better Python developer
Func Prog Sweden meetup
How dunder methods rule Python under the hood
EuroPython 2023
You DON'T know comprehensions
EuroPython 2023
Describing Descriptors
PyCon Sri Lanka 2023
Pydon'ts - Write elegant Python code v4
PyCon Portugal 2022
Comprehending Comprehensions
PyOhio 2022
Why APL is a language worth knowing
FnConf 2022
Pydon'ts - Write elegant Python code v3
PyCon Sri Lanka 2022
Fifty shades of `sign`
PyCascades 2022
Pydon'ts - Write elegant Python code v2
Pyjamas Conf 2021
Pydon'ts - Write elegant Python code v1.1
DjangoCon US 2021
Pydon'ts - Write elegant Python code
EuroPython 2021
Tutorials
If you would like me to give any of my conference tutorials at your company, reach out to me.
The Pokémon trainer's guide to Polars
PyCon Portugal 2025
Advanced decorators – decorators & classes
PyCon Portugal 2025
Mastering decorators
EuroPython 2025
Reimplementing the module itertools for fun & profit
PyCon US 2025
Reinventing the itertools wheel for fun and profit
EuroPython 2024
The Pokémon trainer's guide to pandas & matplotlib
PyCon US 2024
How to implement a Python-like programming language
PyCon Ireland 2023
More Textual
New Zealand Python User Group
Terminal-based user interfaces (TUIs) with ease using Textual
New Zealand Python User Group
Mastering comprehensions
PyCon Portugal 2023
Practical introduction to descriptors
EuroPython 2023
Build a terminal TODO app with Textual
EuroPython 2023
Python objects under the hood
EuroPython 2022
Python objects under the hood
New Zealand Python User Group
Your first Python class
New Zealand Python User Group
Implementing a Neural Network from Scratch
EuroPython 2021
⚡ Lightning talks
Lightning talks are one of my favourite parts of any Python conference. This table lists most of the lightning talks I've given at conferences over the years.
| Date | Conference | Talk title | Watch | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-04-2026 | PyCon Lithuania 2026 | What the Python? | TBA | |
| 08-04-2026 | PyCon Lithuania 2026 | Who wants to be a millionaire: iterables edition | TBA | |
| 24-07-2025 | PyCon Portugal 2025 | What the Python? | YouTube | - |
| 29-05-2025 | PyCon Italia 2025 | What the partial? | YouTube | Blog |
| 16-05-2025 | PyCon US 2025 | Meta lightning talk | YouTube | - |
| 17-10-2024 | PyCon Portugal 2024 | Python light: now with 0% sugar | YouTube | Blog |
| 18-09-2024 | PyData Amsterdam 2024 | Who wants to be a millionaire: PyData edition | YouTube | - |
| 12-07-2024 | EuroPython 2024 | Who wants to be a millionaire | YouTube | - |
| 24-05-2024 | PyCon Italia 2024 | Elegant (line of) code | YouTube | Blog |
| 18-05-2024 | PyCon US 2024 | Counting to 698,438,863,898,480,640 in <1ms | YouTube | Blog |
| 03-04-2024 | PyCon Lithuania 2024 | Hold my parentheses | - | Blog |
| 11-11-2023 | PyCon Ireland 2023 | Elegant (line of) code | YouTube | Blog |
| 11-11-2023 | PyCon Ireland 2023 | How to draw a fractal with Python | YouTube | Blog |
| 08-09-2023 | PyCon Portugal 2023 | (More) Animations from first principles in 5 minutes | YouTube | Link |
| 07-09-2023 | PyCon Portugal 2023 | Animations from first principles in 5 minutes | YouTube | Link |
| 20-07-2023 | EuroPython 2023 | What APL taught me about Python | YouTube | Link |
| 14-07-2022 | EuroPython 2022 | Smoosh all the things | YouTube | Link |
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