Mastering Python
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Author
Rick van Hattem
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About the Author
Rick van Hattem is an experienced programmer, entrepreneur, and
software/database architect with over 20 years of programming experience,
including 15 with Python. Additionally, he has a lot of experience with
high-performance architectures featuring large amounts of concurrent users
and/or data.
Rick has founded several start-ups and has done consulting for many companies,
including a few Y Combinator start-ups and several large companies. One of the
startups he founded, Fashiolista.com, is one of the largest social networks for fashion
in the world, featuring millions of users and the performance challenges
to accompany those.
Rick was one of the reviewers on the book PostgreSQL Server Programming,
Packt Publishing.
Thanks to my family, in particular Marloes, who supported me every
step of the way; and my mother and sister, who have always been
there for me.
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