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Learning Coding on Oil Rigs
- Samuel Colvin learned programming during downtime on oil rigs in Indonesia, which sparked his passion for coding.
- Early struggles with programming led to learning through reading code and trial and error rather than formal study.
Pydantic's Balanced Validation Approach
- Pydantic maximizes data validation by trying to coerce input into correct types rather than just rejecting them.
- It balances Pythonic leniency with practical strictness to reduce errors without over-rejecting data.
Customize Model Serialization
- Use
.dict()and.json()methods on Pydantic models to convert to dictionaries or JSON strings easily. - Leverage include/exclude parameters and aliases to customize output for APIs or storage.