# Naomi Ceder - People-Centric Community Building

EP-147 | July 4, 2023 | 48:20




Robby has a chat with Independent Python Instructor and Consultant, Naomi Ceder (she/her/hers), about the importance of weighing up the costs of using 3rd party tools vs rolling your own solution, working in small teams through a career, what to consider when weighing up a rewrite vs refactoring, considerations one should make to become a technical writer and much more.





## Show Notes

Robby has a chat with Independent Python Instructor and Consultant, Naomi Ceder (she/her/hers). Naomi values clear organization, separation of concern and capsulation, visibility instrumentation, and tests when it comes to creating a legacy piece of code that will be continuously useful. She will talk about the importance of weighing up the costs of using 3rd party tools vs rolling your own solution, working in small teams through a career, and what to consider when weighing up a rewrite vs refactoring.

They will discuss her involvement in the Python Foundation and what a foundation typically offers to a community on the global and local levels. Naomi will tell us about her book,[The Quick Python Book, 3rd edition](https://www.manning.com/books/the-quick-python-book-third-edition), and give us an overview of who the ideal audience is for it. For those of you who want to become technical writers, she will share considerations for how you can get more involved in open-source communities.

## Book Recommendations:

- [Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber](https://www.amazon.com/Debt-First-5-000-Years/dp/1612191290)
- [Paula by Isabel Allende](https://www.amazon.com/Paula-Isabel-Allende/dp/0060172533)

## Helpful Links:

- [https://www.naomiceder.tech/](https://www.naomiceder.tech/)
- [https://www.manning.com/books/the-quick-python-book-third-edition](https://www.manning.com/books/the-quick-python-book-third-edition)
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomiceder/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomiceder/)
- [https://mastodon.art/@naomiceder](https://mastodon.art/@naomiceder)

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