
Kenneth Reitz is a well-known software engineer, international keynote speaker, open source advocate, street photographer, and electronic music producer.
He is the product owner of Python at Heroku and a Board Member at the Python Software Foundation. He is well-known for his many open source software projects, specifically Requests: HTTP for Humans.
See also: External Content. Personal Values. Tattoos. Travel History. Upcoming Events. Archive.
Latest News
- 2017-11-08: Fourth studio album, Alchemical Divorce, available!
- 2017-07-17: Third studio album, Resolution, available!
- 2017-06-11: Elected to Python Software Foundation Board!
- 2017-05-15: New album: Messengers Rising by Infinite State released!
- 2017-05-14: New Site: Kenneth Reitz's Journal released!
- 2017-05-01: FAQ Section launched.
- 2017-01-22: Pipenv released!
- 2016-12-19: Maya: Datetime for Humans released!
- 2016-11-21: saythanks.io v1 pushed to production!
- 2016-09-21: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python, Now Published!
- 2016-08-03: Hosting programming AMA at Hashnode.
- 2016-07-26: Requests reaches 20,000 GitHub stars! ⭐️
- 2016-07-25: em, the cli emoji keyboard Python project released!
- 2016-07-21: New episode of Import This with Eric Holscher released (finally)!
- 2016-07-17: New album: Unmastered Impulses by Infinite released!
- 2016-06-16: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python available for pre-order on Amazon!
Testimonials
The attention to detail Kenneth puts into his code and best practices is something that everyone can aspire to achieve. With his help, I have gone from novice to a full-time developer in under a year.
Many thanks to @kennethreitz for his ongoing effort making things that inspire us. #positivepython
Your contributions to the Python eco-system and the overall development community, are really helpful and inspiring.
Thank you @kennethreitz for saving us from the horrors of urllib with the beautiful Requests library. #positivepython
There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is.
If you want an insight to software as a craft, you can’t go wrong with Kenneth Reitz.
“His photos are the only ones I’ve ever seen some value in.”
What sort of accolade can I give to Kenneth that hasn’t already been given by someone with much more clout than I?
Give it up for Humans, Kenneth Reitz is a champion of making things work #positivepython
Every time I get the opportunity to hang out with @kennethreitz I’m sad when it’s over.
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