What is __init__.py doing? Why is it in all of my directories? If you’re just starting out learning Python (or even if you’ve been using it for decades), these might be questions you’ve asked before. This talk is all about __init__.py: its history, its usage, and what can go wrong with it.
Speaker: William Horton
William Horton is a Senior Software Engineer at Compass, where he works on systems for ingesting, processing, and serving millions of real estate listings. In his spare time, he blogs and speaks about deep learning, contributes to open-source Python libraries like fastai and pytorch, and competes in computer vision competitions on Kaggle. When he’s not doing tech things, he enjoys powerlifting and singing a cappella.