Python Ireland July meetup

Talk 1: Cython for high performance computing by Niall Moran

Python is not the traditional choice for high performance computing applications. Its flexibility makes it extremely slow for certain operations. In this talk I will demonstrate how cython can be used to get dramatic speed ups with minimal effort.

Talk 2: Event Driven Programming with Twisted (and beyond) by Owen Thornton

At BetBright we’ve built our betting platform, sportsbook and casino, using Python and a heavy reliance on the Twisted framework.

This presentation covers our experiences of using Twisted to meet the challenges of high volume data and spikey customer behaviour. We’ll talk about what has worked well and what hasn’t.

We’ll finish by describing how we plan to change our technology stack to keep the best of what works and move beyond what doesn’t.

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Thanks to BetBright for sponsoring food and drinks.

https://www.betbright.com/

BetBright is a digital entertainment company. Through innovation we aspire to give our customers the most compelling and entertaining gaming experience possible. We are bringing the very best in e-Commerce practices to the gaming sector.

We have developed our own gaming platform and are continually improving it. This allows us to be innovative and extremely agile. Our goal is to disrupt, through innovation, the current status quo and become the leading digital entertainment company in Western Europe.

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Thanks to DogPatch for providing the venue.

http://dogpatchlabs.com/