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Ep 48 - Ali Spittel, creator of Zen of Programming

2018/9/23
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On today's episode, Quincy Larson interviews Ali Spittel. She's a Washington DC-based developer and artist.

Ali runs the popular Zen of Programming blog, where she writes about design, data visualization, and other programming topics.

She talks about how her interests in political journalism lead to a passion for data and data journalism.

Ali also talks about her love of Python. She reads the poem "The Zen of Python" and talks about how it has influenced her programming style and her way of thinking about software development.

Interview by Quincy Larson: https://twitter.com/ossia) Ali Spittel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aspittel)   Zen of Programming website: https://zen-of-programming.com/) Learn to code for free at: https://www.freecodecamp.org)

Intro music by Vangough: https://fcc.im/2APOG02)