The Real Python Team#

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.

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

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

Tappan isn't sure he can call himself a Pythonista, but he edits video for Real Python anyway.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Leodanis is an industrial engineer who loves Python and software development. He is a self-taught Python programmer with 5+ years of experience building desktop applications.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Christian is an avid Pythonista and video instructor at Real 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.

Haki is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

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.

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

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.

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

Martin likes automation, goofy jokes, and snakes, so he thinks that the Python community is a good place to be. He enjoys learning and exploring and is up for talking about it, too. He writes and records content for Real Python and CodingNomads.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Reka is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

David is a mathematician by training, a data scientist/Python developer by profession, and a coffee junkie by choice.

Brian is a PythonistaCafe Community Manager.

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

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

Sadie is a subtitle and transcription editor at Real Python. She uses Python for web development, automations, and art projects.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

Joska is an Ordina Pythoneer who writes for Real Python.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Django developer and open source enthusiast.

Bryan is a mechanical engineering professor and a core developer of Cantera, the open-source platform for thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and transport.

Dane is a Lead Web Application Developer at ITHAKA and author of Practices of the Python Pro.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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

Liam is a college student 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.

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

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.

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.

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.