There are a few themes I saw at PyCon US: (1) Practical adoption of AI (2) Pin your dependencies, audit your packages / make security accessible to everyone (3) Traveling to the US was too high of a barrier to much of our community (4) To cut through the noise, companies are trying to reach us in person
I discuss a few of these themes and explore others in my conference recap.
A journey across continents, communities, and conversations that shaped our understanding of what the Python ecosystem really needs.
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DjangoCon US is a stronghold in the Python community, widely known for being a welcoming pipeline into the world of contributing to open source. Maybe the impressive success of Django Girls, that celebrated its 10 years giving one-day workshops in hundreds of cities across the world bring tens of thousands of marginalized genders into the …
I attended my first PyCon as the Treasurer of the Python Software Foundation and Python Community Advocate with Microsoft. It's also one of the few times I've stepped foot in the midwest. I gave a talk about Dev Containers on stage and helped host the Welcome Orientation.