David Seddon
Employers on the program
- 2023–2025Kraken3 talks
Appearances by year
- PyCon (national Python conferences)
- EuroPython
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2025 | PyCon UK 2025 | PyCon (national Python conferences) | talk | Beyond lists: why other collection types are often better as Kraken Tech Lists are everywhere in Python. But are they always the best tool for the job? Find out why tuples, sets and frozensets are often a better choice when working…Show lessLists are everywhere in Python. But are they always the best tool for the job? Find out why tuples, sets and frozensets are often a better choice when working with collections. | |
| May 22, 2024 | PyCon Italia 2024 | PyCon (national Python conferences) | talk | Crabs in Snakes! as Kraken Tech Python is great for productivity and readability. Rust is great if you want things to run really fast. Isn't it a shame we can't use both in the same program?…Show lessPython is great for productivity and readability. Rust is great if you want things to run really fast. Isn't it a shame we can't use both in the same program? It turns out we can! Learn how, with the help of some clever libraries, we can write compiled Python modules in Rust. | Video |
| Sep 22, 2023 | PyCon UK 2023 | PyCon (national Python conferences) | talk | Domain Driven Design and PythonHave you heard of Domain Driven Design? Not well known in the Python world, it's an influential development approach that aims to 'tackle complexity in the…Show lessHave you heard of Domain Driven Design? Not well known in the Python world, it's an influential development approach that aims to 'tackle complexity in the heart of software'. If you're working on complex problems, come find out more: it may change the way you think! | |
| Jul 17, 2023 | EuroPython 2023 | EuroPython | talk | Learning the ropes: understanding Python generics as Kraken Technologies (part of Octopus Energy) What if you don't want a Cat to be an Animal? What is the Liskov Substitution Principle? | Video |
| Sep 13, 2019 | PyCon UK 2019 | PyCon (national Python conferences) | talk | How to write readable testsSo often, our tests are much harder to understand than the rest of our code. This is a shame! Find out how to write tests that act as living documentation from…Show lessSo often, our tests are much harder to understand than the rest of our code. This is a shame! Find out how to write tests that act as living documentation from which you can gain deeper understanding of your system. |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniele Procida | 5 | — | 2025 |
| Ben Nuttall | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Dom Weldon | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Hynek Schlawack | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Tibs | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Mia Bajić | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Emma Delescolle | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Christian Heitzmann | 2 | — | 2025 |
| CJ Shearwood | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Daniel Rios | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Diego Russo | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Hannah Hazi | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Irit Katriel | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Jesse Carnaxide | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Kane Swartz | 2 | — | 2025 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.