Last Week in Pony - November 10, 2024 (#1023)

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+  - seantallen
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+  - "Last Week in Pony"
+title: "Last Week in Pony - November 10, 2024"
+date: 2024-11-10T07:00:06-04:00
+---
+
+Pony was the topic of a recent episode of Mike Shah's "First Impressions" series.
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+## Items of Note
+
+### "First Impressions" Video
+
+Adrian Boyko let me know that a fellow named Mike Shah did a [video about his first hour exploring Pony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA9I6KiCIFA). It starts from "I was told about Pony" and him doing some Googling and ends up with him part way into the tutorial.
+
+Both myself and Sylvan watched the video and loved it. It was great to see someone new to Pony working through the website and the tutorial and getting a feel for the language. It's always interesting to see what people find confusing or difficult when they're new to Pony.
+
+I liked it enough to log into YouTube so I could leave a comment for Mike letting him know how much I loved it.
+
+A few quotes from Sylvan:
+
+> "I hope this guy is a professor somewhere. I think he'd be a legit good teacher."
+>
+> "I really like that he appreciates the docs."
+>
+> "I give that a '0% hot take' rating. This guy is great."
+
+There's a few bit of documentation that I wrote that are full of my own special form of jackassery. I'm really happy that Mike got a kick out of the [bureaucracy package documentation](https://stdlib.ponylang.io/bureaucracy--index/).
+
+You aren't going to learn any Pony from this video, but if you are into programming languages, I think you'll like it.
+
+### Office Hours
+
+Office Hours this week was some combination of myself, Adrian, and Red. We talked about a variety of topics, few of which were Pony related. We had a good time. You should stop by and join us some time. We are happy to help with Pony questions or just shoot the shit.
+
+---
+
+_Last Week In Pony_ is a weekly blog post to catch you up on the latest news for the Pony programming language. To learn more about Pony, check out [our website](https://ponylang.io) or our [Zulip community](https://ponylang.zulipchat.com).
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