Paolo Melchiorre @ PyCon US (50)
I met old friends again, exchanged a few words with many people, and captured a few more moments together with photos 🙂
These small moments with the community are honestly one of the most meaningful parts of conferences like this.
Day two of PyCon US 2026 is over ✨
It was another intense day full of talks, discussions, hallway track conversations, and many more encounters with people from the community 📸
I just joined the PyLadies Auction together with many other people here at PyCon US ✨
People donated all kinds of objects to help raise money for the PyLadies community, and the auction became both a fundraising moment and a very fun social event during dinner 😄
This afternoon, before the Expo Hall closed, we took a big group photo together at the Django and Djangonaut Space booth 📸✨
Django Fellows, Steering Council representatives, DSF members, volunteers, contributors, and community participants all joined together.
Guido van Rossum also stopped by and shared kind words about Djangonaut Space and the constant work the Django community brings into the wider Python ecosystem 🙂
After lunch I joined the “Community Organizers Unite!” open space at PyCon US 2026 ✨
It was really interesting to connect with organizers from conferences, meetups, and other technical communities, and exchange stories, ideas, and experiences around community building.
One of those sessions where you leave with many new thoughts and contacts 🙂
This morning at the Django booth there was a very interesting meeting between the BeeWare and Django projects 📱✨
Russell gave a small demo showing how the Django admin could become a native mobile application using BeeWare.
Natalia and Jacob, our two Django Fellows, seemed very interested, so maybe some interesting collaboration or experiment could grow from this meeting.
I just attended the PSF Member Lunch at PyCon US 2026 🍽️
It was really interesting to hear the updates and reports from the PSF and PyCon US organizers.
I also enjoyed the Q&A session afterwards and the chance to stay around talking with other participants and sharing experiences from the community ✨
This morning I joined an interview at the @jetbrains booth during PyCon US 2026 🎤
It was a really interesting experience being interviewed by @wsvincent
Thanks also to Alex for the audio/video support, @pauleveritt for the “security service” during the interview 😄, and Kristel for the assistance around the booth ✨
Come visit the Django Software Foundation and Djangonaut Space booth in the PyCon US 2026 expo hall ✨
If you have questions about Django, want to meet people from the community, or just say hello, you may find Django Fellows, DSF Board and Steering Council members, Djangonauts, and other community volunteers around the booth 🙂
CC @pycon @django @djangonaut @ThePSF @webology @bmispelon @Rachell @CodenameTim
Another thing I really appreciated in Pablo Galindo’s keynote was the conclusion.
After talking about maintainer pressure and the growing flow of contributions, his final message was that the antidote is still connecting more as humans.
He showed photos from Python core sprints at Arm in Cambridge and moments shared with contributors over the years.
It felt very close to the conclusion of my own talk yesterday about bringing more real human collaboration back into open source
