MadPy Book Club

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Introduction

MadPy has a book club! We are a group of folks who meet bi-weekly to talk through a book about programming or software development. This is a great way to learn about new things in the industry, fill in gaps in your knowledge, and talk with other developers.

Format

We choose a book by voting in the #book-club Slack channel, and then we agree on a meeting format. Usually, this means breaking the book up into 6-7 chunks, and then we meet every other week to discuss each chunk.

We cover roughly 3 books per year, spending 3-4 months on each book.

What books do you read?

The book club has read books like Designing Data Intensive Applications and Crafting Interpreters, as well as exploring the new language Mojo.

The books are sometimes directly related to Python, and sometimes about broader concepts in software development or different technologies.

We try to have a good mix of hands on programming books and more conceptual books.

How can I get involved?

Join the #book-club channel on the Slack! We also will post to #general when we're starting a new book.

Current Book

We are currently working through Operating Systems: 3 Easy Pieces from UW's very own Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau.

Because it's a pretty dense text and a real life actual college course, we're using the video lectures as the primary text and the book as a supporting resource.

We meet every two weeks to discuss the lectures and associated textbook chapters.

Discussion Schedule:

• 17 February 2025: Lectures 1 and 2 (and associated Discussions)
• 03 March 2025: Lectures 3 and 4 (and associated Discussions)
• 07 April 2025: Lectures 5 and 6 (and associated Discussions)
• 21 April 2025: Lectures 7 and 8 (and associated Discussions)
• 12 May 2025: Lectures 9 and 10 (and associated Discussions)
• 02 June 2025: Lectures 11 and 12 (and associated Discussions)
• 16 June 2025: Lectures 13 and 14