I recently hosted an episode of Software Engineering Radio called "Samuel Colvin on the Pydantic Ecosystem"!
🚀 Hi! I'm a researcher, teacher, podcaster, and software developer!
Innovating in technical areas such as software engineering and software testing, I teach courses, conduct research, write papers and a blog, give presentations, create software, and serve organizations. Working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at Allegheny College, I am an associate editor for the Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, an academic editor for the PeerJ Computer Science journal, a program committee member for conferences like the International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation and the International Conference on Software Engineering, and a reviewer for journals like Transactions on Software Engineering and the Journal of Software Testing, Verification and Reliability. Along with media appearances on podcasts like Stack Overflow and Talk Python, I interview the world’s leading experts on software engineering as a co-host of Software Engineering Radio. You can learn more about me and my work by reading my biography, downloading my curriculum vitae, and subscribing to my mailing list.
Database Testing: Automatically test relational database schemas
Flaky Tests: Find and fix unpredictable and harmful test cases
Mutation Testing: Using automatically seeded defects to evaluate tests
Regression Testing: Efficiently and effectively rerunning test suites
Web Testing: Detecting and repairing responsive web page layout
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| Venue | Role(s) | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering | Program Committee Member, Reviewer | 2026 - 2005 |
| International Flaky Tests Workshop | Program Committee Member | 2025 - 2024 |
| International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis | Tool Demonstrations Program Committee | 2025 - 2024 |
| PeerJ Computer Science Journal | Academic Editor | 2025 - 2019 |
| Journal of Software: Evolution and Process | Associate Editor, Reviewer | 2025 - 2012 |
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Algorithm Analysis: Implement and evaluate correct and efficient algorithms
Data Abstraction: Build and manipulate correct and efficient data structures
Discrete Structures: Clearly connect mathematics to Python programming
Operating Systems: Build and understand operating system components
Software Engineering: Team-based introduction to building software systems
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Cellveyor: Easily convey reports from Google Sheets to GitHub
Chasten: Configurable linting tool that uses XPath expressions
GatorGrade: Python front-end for the GatorGrader assessment tool
GatorGrader: Automated assessment for source code and writing
SchemaAnalyst: Data generation and mutation analysis for database schemas
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Another stupid idea, pypi.org should include a "share" button that creates a QR code with link to the project/package so that I can easily share that package with people in talk presentations (because now I have to manually generate those QR codes myself in my talks)
I wonder how many bugs, collectively in the entire world, have been caused by NULL always making comparisons fail in SQL.
2 of 3 Podcasts archived
Test & Code, archived -> pythontest.com/testandcode
Python People, on hold -> pythontest.com/pythonpeople
Python Bytes, still active, of course -> pythonbytes.fm
I just tried out https://github.com/ethersync/ethersync with @meejah and golly it's fast!
@pamelafox seems like most of these models need at least 32 GB RAM to really be usable locally.