Pybites Podcast #167 - Code Reading Club with Blaise Pabon

Pybites Podcast

In this episode Blaise Pabon shares his experience joining a Code Reading Club and how it helped him improve as a developer.
He hosted one in PDM last week and it was a cool experience, a great exercise to better read unfamiliar code and to learn from each other in a group setting.
Enjoy this insightful conversation with Blaise ...
Resources:
Code Reading Club website
Felienne Hermans' work:
- The Programmer's Brain (also discussed with AJ here)
- Code Reading Club
Connect with Blaise:
- Pybites Community
- LinkedIn
- GitHub
- Fosstodon
Ad segment: PDM developer coaching program.

Luvut

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. What is Code Reading Club? (00:01:12)

3. The goal (00:04:00)

4. Coming up with a good code example (00:05:40)

5. Format: paper + using color pens (00:09:38)

6. The group dynamic (00:11:00)

7. PDM ad segment (00:11:38)

8. Tips for a good group dynamic (00:12:00)

9. Takeaways/benefits you've gained from this (00:15:20)

10. Start one yourself, suitable for all levels (00:19:15)

11. Ideal number of people for this (00:21:15)

12. Wrap up (00:23:25)