Paul Cantrell
Bio
Paul fell in love with programming at first sight on an Apple ][+ and never looked back. He teaches computer science at Macalester College and is a freelance software developer (often with the fine folks at Bust Out).
Living a secret double life as a classically trained composer and pianist, he brings a musician's passion for aesthetics and nuanced detail to the craft of writing software, thus making his bio sound all fancy.
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Presenting Sessions
Past Presentations
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What’s the Next GOTO?
Minnebar 17 -
7,777 votes: How we generate the Minnebar schedule
MinneBar 14 -
The (not so) Secret to Hiring Great Junior Developers
MinneBar 13 -
What’s the right way to learn (and teach) programming?
MinneBar 12 -
Thinking Swiftly: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in Code
MinneBar 11 -
How to Make a Bonsai Tree out of Math
MinneBar 10
Participating Sessions
- MN Indie Gamedev Microtalks, 2025
- How to (Privately!) Surf the Internet
- Open Source Technology and The Future of Civic Tech
- Can LLMs Reason? Challenges, Breakthroughs, and Future Directions
- ✱✱ State of Minnestar: A Community Conversation on the Past, Present & What’s Possible! ✱✱
- This Machine ____s Fascists (fill in the blank)
- Lightning talks! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
- Teaching Kids Coding: The Different Kinds of Students and How to Work With Them