Paolo Melchiorre @ PyCon US (50)
Currently following Pablo Galindo’s keynote at PyCon US 2026 🎤
It’s the first keynote in Spanish at PyCon US, and even as an Italian speaker I’m able to follow most of it surprisingly well 🙂
Pablo is giving a keynote that is both very interesting and genuinely funny, while talking about the life of open source maintainers and the changing world around them.
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One of the funniest moments in Pablo Galindo’s keynote this morning was realizing that several slides were almost identical to some I used yesterday in my talk about AI-assisted contributions and maintainer load 😄
Completely different talks, prepared independently, and yet we both referenced the same stories from projects like Matplotlib and Godot.
I guess many maintainers across open source are currently running into very similar problems at the same time.
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 🙂
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 ✨
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 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 ✨
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 😄
Thank you @samdoran 🙂 hearing that means a lot to me.
I had the feeling during the conference that this topic has been weighing on many people in open source for quite some time, so I’m really happy the way I approached it resonated with you. 😊
I hope to continue discussing it with more people across the community, and in the meantime I’ve shared the slides from the talk on my website ✨
https://www.paulox.net/2026/05/15/pycon-us-2026/#1
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.
Currently following the D&I panel at PyCon US 2026: “Python is for Everyone — Growing the Community Without Limits” ✨
Really interesting discussion around community building, inclusion, education, and local Python communities from different parts of the world.
Panel with Débora Azevedo, Alla Barbalat, Georgi Ker, Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah, and Abhijeet Mote.
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