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Chetan Giridhar is a technology leader and an open source evangelist. He is the author of Learning Python Design Patterns, Second Edition , has been an invited speaker at international PyCon conferences, and is an associate editor at the Python Papers journal. He takes keen interest in platform engineering, distributed systems, mobile app development, and real-time cloud applications. You can take a look at his experiments at https://github.com/cjgiridhar and his website https://technobeans.com.

In his current role as the chief technology officer, Chetan owns the product strategy and drives technology for CallHub. Prior to CallHub, he was associated with BlueJeans Networks and NetApp, where he worked on cloud, video, and enterprise storage products.

Chetan believes that the world is full of knowledge; he's always curious to learn new things and share them with open source community, friends, and colleagues. You can connect with him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjgiridhar).

I'd like to thank Packt team to have worked with me on this book. This book wouldnt have been possible without the support and encouragement of my family(Jayant, Jyotsana, Deepti, and Pihu) and friends.

Maurice HT Ling has been programming in Python since 2003. Having completed his PhD in Bioinformatics and BSc (Hons) in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne, he is an honorary fellow in the University of Melbourne, Australia. Maurice is the chief editor of Computational and Mathematical Biology, and coeditor of the Python Papers. Recently, Maurice cofounded the first synthetic biology startup in Singapore, AdvanceSyn Pte. Ltd, as a director (technology). He is also the principal partner of Colossus Technologies LLP, Singapore. His research interests lie in life--biological life, artificial life, and artificial intelligence--using computer science and statistics as the tools to understand life and its numerous aspects. In his free time, Maurice likes to read, enjoy a cup of coffee, write his personal journal, or philosophize on the various aspects of life. His website and LinkedIn profile are http://maurice.vodien.com and http://www.linkedin.com/in/mauriceling, respectively. Last but not least, Maurice has started and maintains a few open source projects (https://github.com/mauriceling), notably:

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