The Real Python Team

Hey, I'm Kristijan! I'm a CV/ML engineer and member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Hi, I'm Aldren and I'm the guy that helps to make this site awesome for your eyes! :)

Anja is a graphic designer and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Doug is a Python developer with more than 25 years of experience. He writes about Python on his personal website and works as a Senior Web Engineer with Shutterfly.

Andre is a seasoned software engineer passionate about technology and programming languages, in particular, Python.

Jim has been programming for a long time in a variety of languages. He has worked on embedded systems, built distributed build systems, done off-shore vendor management, and sat in many, many meetings.

Researcher in digital signal processing, telecommunications and machine learning. {free, libre, open source} {software, hardware, culture, science} enthusiast.

Kevin is a data scientist for a clinical genomics company, a Pythonista, and an NBA fan.

Dane is a Principal Engineer at ITHAKA and is currently writing Publishing Python Packages.

Stephen worked as a research physicist in the past, developing imaging systems to detect eye disease. He now teaches coding in Python to kids and adults. And he's almost finished writing his first Python coding book for beginners

Mike has been programming in Python for over a decade and loves writing about Python!

Daniel is an independent software engineer, consultant, and trainer with a focus on web development with Django. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Joe is a manufacturing engineer turned Pythonista with interests in data wrangling and visualization.

Christopher has a passion for the Python language and writes for Real Python. He is a consultant who helps advise organizations on how to improve their technical teams.

David is a writer, programmer, and mathematician passionate about exploring mathematics through code.

Bryan is a core developer of Cantera, the open-source platform for thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and transport. As a developer generalist, Bryan does Python from the web to data science and everywhere inbetween.

Ryan is an author for Real Python, technical editor for books on Python, Hugo, and the command line, and a mold tooling designer. He loves Python, Ruby, Bash, and Rust. Also, physics, calculus, woodworking, and ukuleles. Looking for work!

Chyld is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. He teaches data science and full stack software engineering to companies around the world. He loves functional programming, linear algebra, all things linux, machine learning ... and Python!

Haki is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Dylan is a Data Scientist and self-taught developer specialized in Natural Language Processing (NLP). He has experience working on large-scale Machine Learning projects and enjoys writing about data-related topics.

Jaya is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. She's a Master's student at Georgia Tech and is interested in data science, AI, machine learning and natural language processing.

Ahmed is a developer and software engineer with 4+ years of experience on building web, mobile and desktop applications. He's also an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Joska is an Ordina Pythoneer who writes for Real Python.

Martin likes automation, goofy jokes, and snakes, all of which fit into the Python community. He enjoys learning and exploring and is up for talking about it, too. He writes and records content for Real Python and CodingNomads.

James is a software consultant and Python developer. When he's not writing Python, he's usually writing about it in blog or book form.

Déborah is a data scientist who loves to explain concepts in comprehensive ways.

Charles teaches Physics and Math. When he isn't teaching or coding, he spends way too much time playing online chess.

Tappan isn't quite a Pythonista, but he edits video for Real Python anyway.

Jan-Hein is a software developer who witnessed Python's first baby steps up very close. While working in different software development roles, he always kept an eye on Python's development. He's now back at the work he loves most: Python programming!

Dan Bader is the owner and editor in chief of Real Python and the main developer of the realpython.com learning platform. Dan has been writing code for more than 20 years and holds a master's degree in computer science.

Jackie teaches computer science full-time for Cecil College, and fell in love with Python many years ago when she realized it wasn't pseudocode, but an actual language.

Alex Ronquillo is a Software Engineer at thelab. He’s an avid Pythonista who is also passionate about writing and game development.

Luke has professionally written software for applications ranging from Python desktop and web applications to embedded C drivers for Solid State Disks. He has also spoken at PyCon, PyTexas, PyArkansas, PyconDE, and meetup groups.

Reka is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Rich is an avid Pythonista and a video instructor at Real Python. He is also a Network Engineer using Python to automate the management of a large network infrastructure. He lives in Dubai, UAE, with his wife and daughter plus a Miniature Schnauzer.

Hey! 👋 I'm Sebastián (tiangolo), I'm the creator of FastAPI, Typer, and other open source tools. I'm commonly building APIs and tools for data/ML systems. 🤖

Katy is a full-stack web developer with experience in high school science education. She enjoys teaching and learning and is just really excited to be here.

Florian is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. He is a corporate student studying applied-computer science in Germany.

Ricky is a Python developer and writer who has a tendency to refer to himself in the third person. By day he is a stay-at-home dad, and by night he’s a crime-fighting ninja. You can often find him on Twitter, or at endlesstrax.com.

Ian is a Python nerd who uses it for everything from tinkering to helping people and companies manage their day-to-day and develop their businesses.

Cameron is a product manager based in London who writes both Python and English in his spare time.

Lee is a DevOps Engineer and Pythonista based in Berkeley, California.

Miguel has been working in different roles in IT for over a decade. He has a MSc. degree in Computer Science and enjoys building things using open source technologies.

Hello! I am Adriana - a Graphic Illustrator with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts.

Hi! My name is Joos Korstanje. I've been working in statistics and data science for about five years. I'm a full-time Data Scientist at Disneyland Paris. In my free time I enjoy blogging about data science on Medium, Real Python and other platforms.

Hi, I'm Logan, an open source contributor, writer for Real Python, software developer, and always trying to get better. Feel free to reach out and let's get better together!

Jason is a software developer based in Taipei. When he's not tinkering with electronics or building Django web apps, you can find him hiking the mountains of Taiwan or brushing up on his Chinese.

Bartosz is a bootcamp instructor, author, and polyglot programmer in love with Python. He helps his students get into software engineering by sharing over a decade of commercial experience in the IT industry.

Christian is a member of the Real Python team and teaches lots of subjects besides Python.

Sadie contributes to written tutorials and video courses at Real Python.

Brad is a software engineer and a member of the Real Python Tutorial Team.

Hi! My name is Pedro and I'm a Python developer who loves coding, burgers and playing guitar.

James is a passionate Python developer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab who also writes on the side for Real Python.

Kyle is a self-taught developer working as a senior data engineer at Vizit Labs. In the past, he has founded DanqEx (formerly Nasdanq: the original meme stock exchange) and Encryptid Gaming.

Leodanis is an industrial engineer who loves Python and software development. He's a self-taught Python developer with 6+ years of experience. He's an avid technical writer with a growing number of articles published on Real Python and other sites.

I'm a software developer with a passion for Python and open source.

Brian is a PythonistaCafe Community Manager.

Christian is an avid Pythonista and video instructor at Real Python.

John is an avid Pythonista and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Abhinav is a Software Engineer from India. He loves to talk about system design, machine learning, AWS and of course, Python.

Django developer and open source enthusiast.

Jacob is a longtime language editor and a relative newcomer to the world of Python programming. He's learning, just like you!

Mirko has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and works as a university professor. He is a Pythonista who applies hybrid optimization and machine learning methods to support decision making in the energy sector.

Taranjeet is a software engineer, with experience in Django, NLP and Search, having build search engine for K12 students(featured in Google IO 2019) and children with Autism.

Chris is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a programmer and data analyst. He creates music under the name Tripnet. Chris lives in Colorado with his wife and two dogs.

Anthony is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. Anthony is a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation and member of the Open-Source Apache Foundation.

Lucas is a wandering Pythoneer with a curious mind and a desire to spread knowledge to those who seek it.

Austin is a video tutorial author at Real Python. He's currently a student working towards a degree in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.

A tech geek with a philosophical mind and a hand that can wield a pen.

Joanna is the Executive Editor of Real Python. She loves natural languages just as much as she loves programming languages!

Marius is a tinkerer who loves using Python for creative projects within and beyond the software security field.

Mahdi is the CTO of Gyroscope, the co-founder of the PyCoder’s Weekly, and a longtime Pythoneer.

Mandy is a budding Pythonista who wants to share her love and knowledge of Python and software engineering with the world. She is also a TinyML + Data Engineer in training, a Muley, and an aspiring part-time top competitive golfer.

Michael is a software engineer and educator who lives and works in Denver, CO.

Howard is an avid Pythonista and records video courses for Real Python. He has been teaching beginning programming at the college level for over 20 years in C++, Java, C#, and most recently Python.

Geir Arne is an avid Pythonista and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Douglas Starnes is a tech author and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies in Memphis, TN. He is also the co-director of the Memphis Python User Group and has been working with Python professionally for 8 years.

Santiago is a software and machine learning engineer who specializes in building enterprise software applications.

Jahongir is a Software Engineer based in Berlin, originally from Uzbekistan. He loves to talk about Python, Django, GCP and Kubernetes.

Moshe has been using Python since 1998. He has contributed to CPython, and is a founding member of the Twisted project. He has been teaching Python in various venues since 2002.

Paul studies ways to leverage technology to empower business and make life better. Paul has a life goal to become a CIO and more importantly, pet every dog in the world.

Philipp is a Berlin-based technical writer with a graphic design background and a passion for full-stack web development.

Liam is a software engineer and avid Pythonista. When he's not writing code to automate all of his daily tasks, you can often find him running, playing basketball and tennis, reading, or eating good food.

Kate relishes a well-placed comma as Tutorial Editor for Real Python.

James is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a web developer at Wish and also produces lo-fi hip hop and plays jazz guitar.

Colin is a freelance Software Creative who travels the unixverse in the good ship Python.

With 20 years as a teacher of music technology, Darren is keen to bring his skills to the Python table.

Andrew is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a qualified robotics and mechatronics engineer who works for an engineering firm as a production engineer and loves his sport, music, gaming and learning.

Chad is an avid Pythonista and does web development with Django fulltime. Chad lives in Utah with his wife and six kids.

Jon taught Python and Java in two high schools in Washington State. Previously, he was a Program Manager at Microsoft.