My Open-Source Journey From Graduation to Maintainership
It was the beginning of 2020, and I had just arrived in France after earning my undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of São Paulo. I had been hired as the first developer on a new team at reciTAL—the first and only developer on the team, it turned out, because COVID-19 quickly forced […]
Introducing Numerically Speaking: The Anaconda Podcast
Anaconda is excited to introduce Numerically Speaking: The Anaconda Podcast, hosted by CEO Peter Wang. On the show, Peter and an impressive roster of guests including data science experts, creators of cutting-edge open-source tools, and executives pushing the boundaries of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) explore a variety of topics surrounding the dynamic world […]
There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer: Part 2
Check out part 1 of our “There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer” series. So you or someone you know is interested in becoming a software engineer or pursuing one of the many adjacent careers (e.g., data scientist, system administrator, tech support, etc.). Well, here’s the not-so-secret secret: There is no wrong way […]
Open-Source Tools for Graph Data Science
This could be you! Click here to submit an abstract for our Maker Blog Series. In this day and age, we use and are exposed to a vast amount of data. Most of this data is connected and features implicit or explicit relationships, and in such cases we can rely on relational databases for organization. […]
10 Years of Data Science Innovation: Anaconda’s Commitment to the Open-Source Python Community
For the last decade, Anaconda has helped define the guard rails and infrastructure of Python programming to empower a new generation of data science professionals and enthusiasts. Over the years, we’ve watched as the open-source Python community has burgeoned into a thriving network of creators, contributors, and dedicated maintainers. Because of the human ecology that […]
Grayskull – The Community-Developed conda Recipe Generator
This is part one of a two blog series. In this blog I talk about software packaging and conda. Head to part two to read about my work and experience during my internship at Anaconda. Once again attempts were made to, once again, clarify that conda is not Anaconda’s nickname. This time through tweets and […]
There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer: Part 1
Check out part 2 of our “There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer” series. Hi! My name is Bianca Henderson, and I’m a software engineer at Anaconda. When people think about developers, most tend to think about computer science graduates or people who are super good at math; as a single mother and […]
Anaconda Acquires PythonAnywhere to Increase Python Accessibility and Adoption
At Anaconda, we are always seeking new ways to empower people with data literacy. With that in mind, we built the Anaconda Distribution to include an easy-to-use package and environment manager, packages that contain their cross-language dependencies, installers for all major operating systems and architectures, and a desktop console with direct access to all the […]
A Case for R & R: My Women Who Code CONNECT Recharge 2022 Keynote
This blog post was adapted from Princiya’s keynote presentation at the Women Who Code CONNECT Recharge 2022 event. Princiya is a Leadership Fellow with Women Who Code and an Engineering Manager at Anaconda. When the phone battery drains, what do we do? When the laptop gets overheated, what do we do? We are forced to […]
Getting Started with conda Environments
In this tutorial, we are going to learn about using conda environments and why they are an effective tool for organizing your work when using conda. By the end of the tutorial, you should have a firm grasp of following concepts: Creating, updating and removing conda environments Saving your environments as config files Creating and […]