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PyCon US 2024

Day 5: Talks (314) Kevin Brown-Silva (76)

It's interesting to see that is no longer targeting "economically depressed areas" with the 2026-2027 ones being in Long Beach, CA.

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There was a significant increase in registrations and attendance this year, resulting in selling out of all tickets for the first time.

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closing talk covering a lot of information on financials and attendance 🧵

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Now that we have reached the closing of talks, I'll no longer be posting announcements.

Thank you to everyone who has walked up to me and recognized me from posting those, my goal is to make them more accessible since we talk a lot about the hallway track.

I'll be sticking around for the if anyone wants to find me. Can't guarantee I'll be posting room locations for those 😅.

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"We will work to prevent prolonged backwards compatibility struggle." Pablo Galindo Salgado at

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Confirmed at a 5 year (maybe more, maybe less) plan for Python to remove the GIL. Currently they've got separate builds for with-GIL and free-threaded, the goal is to ensure backward compatibility while eventually getting rid of the GIL.

This is not going to be 4.

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There are no open spaces at 5pm today, but there are a few after that.

6pm in Room 308: Board games
6:30pm: Disc golf
7pm in Room 309: Social dancing
7:30pm in Room 310/311: and

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"We now have two groups with better names. Because naming things is hard." Emily Morehouse-Valcarcel at the panel

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Announcement at panel that @veldakiara is the new Steering Council Secretary, congrats!

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