Velda Kiara
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Velda Kiara
@veldakiara.bsky.social
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Software Developer, DevOps and Technical Writer by day, dragon slayer by night πŸ’œπŸ’š https://veldakiara.notion.site/Velda-Kiara-46aec24028fd4e8dbdba003097c18b5b
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Happy Reading Thursday! πŸ“š

New issue up: Oxford wandering, Blackwell's bookshop, PSF standing firm on principles, PyPI growth, security insights, and dev resources that actually help.

Read here: veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt51-oxf...
TSBT51: Oxford and Blackwell's
Where books come to life
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I am leading a hands-on workshop on the Model Context Protocol (MCP)β€”the open standard turning LLMs into powerful, agentic tools in Python. (Bring your laptop!)

πŸ—“οΈ Tuesday, November 19th
⏰ 6:30 PM
πŸ“Ramen Club/Space

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Season of AI - MCP Workshop with Python Β· Luma
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard that is revolutionising how Large Language Models (LLMs) connect to external data, tools, and services,…
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Happy Reading Thursday!

Time to level up your week with the new issue of The Storyteller's Byte Tales!

Ready to find your next great read?

Click below to grab the whole issue and cherry-pick the stories that best fit your interests.

πŸ”— veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt50-coc...
TSBT50: Cocktails and Lectures
Public speaking and software engineering
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Join us at Kraken for our Django London meetup on November 11th!

There is also an additional slot available! You might be our next speaker!

Apply through the link in the comments.
πŸ—“οΈ Our next Django London meetup is coming!
πŸ“ Tue, Nov 11 @ Kraken Tech
🎀 Building an AI-powered search engine with Django & LangChain by Erry Kostala
πŸ”— RSVP: www.meetup.com/djangolondon...
Come have fun with us s on the next one as a speaker!

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✨ Happy Reading Thursday! ☁️

It’s a great day to catch up on the latest issue of my newsletter, TSBT49: Code To Cloud

Have a read and enjoy!

πŸ”— veldakiara.substack.com/p/tsbt49-cod...
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Happy Reading Thursday! πŸ“š

The latest issue of #TSBT48 includes:

🧠 Resources on data structures & system design
βš™οΈ Apache Kafka insights
πŸ›‘οΈ Recommended boundaries to protect your time at work
πŸ¦‡ And yes, a little Batsy spice.

Have a read and enjoy!

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Happy Reading Thursday! ✨

It's newsletter day! πŸš€

The latest issue of my TSBT newsletter is live.

This week's issue features resources on: software architecture & Conway's Law, Python releases & performance myths, among others.

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🍫 When Life Gives You Cacao… Make Chocolate!

Happy Thursday! Another fortnight, another TSBT issue.

This week’s issue covers technical articles on SEO, abstractions and opportunities to be more involved.

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Had an incredible time at EuroPython '25 in Prague! From my talk on ORMs to helping with the Rust summit and celebrating Django's 20th birthday, it was a fantastic week.

I’ve shared all the highlights and more in my latest newsletter!

Link in comments!
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πŸŽ‰ Excited to announce our first keynote speaker for DjangoCon US 2025: Carson Gross!

Carson is the creator of HTMX and will be sharing insights on "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology" - applying Nintendo Game Boy designer Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy to web development.
Announcing Our Keynotes: Carson Gross | DjangoCon US 2025
DjangoCon US 2025 is a Python and Django focused web development conference in Chicago, Illinois.
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Happy Thursday! Another fortnight, another issue of
"The Storyteller's Byte Tales" is here

This latest issue explores how art is what you make it to be, and it's packed with resources.

Find your next byte of inspiration: {{link in comments}}
Happy Reading Thursday!

Another beautiful week to read the latest issue of my newsletter. The newsletter now has 100 subscribers;
This week's issue highlights explicit content on CTO best practices, how Kubernetes works internally, Python monitoring, and much more.

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πŸŽ‰ Celebrating a fantastic milestone for The Storyteller's Byte Tales! I just hit 100 subscribers, and I am incredibly grateful for every single one of you.
Reaching this first big milestone is a huge motivator.Thank you!

If you haven't subscribed yet, (link in comments)

Here's to the next 100! πŸš€
Happy Reading Thursday! πŸ“šπŸ“™

This week's newsletter is packed: chatter about Sherlock, art, and essential technical resources on Python f-strings & data engineering architecture.

Something for everyone!

Enjoy the read:

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TSBT42: Sherlock Holmes
221B Baker Street. The Brownstone
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What is Velda Kiara @veldakiara.bsky.social most excited about at EuroPython?
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Join Velda Kiara @veldakiara.bsky.social at EuroPython for "ORMs: A Bridge to Efficient Database Interactions with Python". Talk: ep2025.europython.eu/DKECGU