How do you do, fellow kids?

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A Flask API in a GitLab CI/CD crust, accompanied by its deployment on Heroku. Or how to find yourself, at 40, not having written any code since Python 1.5, up against a production-deploy problem for a demo, at an Ethereum hackathon full of German and Russian devs in hoodies.

1. A messy hackathon

It all starts with the EthParis 2019 hackathon. Of course, when someone tugs at my feelings and says “No, come on, it’ll be cool, we’ll learn a ton of stuff, doesn’t matter if your dev level is nonexistent, there’ll always be something for you to do, and besides, you’re hitting 40, you have to do this before then.” Yeah, right. Building a small API, quick and dirty, locally, no problem. Learning GitLab CI/CD and Heroku deploys in 2 hours, surrounded by German hackers, is not quite the same thing.

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How do you do, fellow kids?

1. A messy hackathon