Paolo Melchiorre @ PyCon US (50)
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 🙂
Currently following the final keynote of @pycon 2026 🚀
Really happy to see @Rachell and @CodenameTim on stage talking about @djangonaut , a project I’m personally very connected to and that I also had the chance to participate in.
It’s great to see a keynote focused on mentorship, inclusion, sustainability, and helping more people become long-term contributors and community leaders in open source ✨
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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This morning at PyCon US 2026 I presented my talk about AI-assisted contributions and maintainer load 🎤
Thanks to everyone who joined the session. It was a really great experience, and I had many interesting conversations afterwards.
Also thanks to @simon for hosting the AI track, the first one at PyCon US ✨
I’ve already uploaded the slides to my personal website for anyone who couldn’t attend the talk.
https://www.paulox.net/2026/05/15/pycon-us-2026/
Listening to the Python Steering Council panel with Barry Warsaw, Donghee Na, Pablo Galindo Salgado, Savannah Ostrowski and Thomas Wouters at PyCon US 2026 🐍
One of those moments where you remember how much invisible work, discussion and coordination happens behind Python itself.
One of the things I enjoy the most at conferences like PyCon US is exactly this atmosphere around the hallway track.
So many spontaneous conversations, shared experiences, community stories, and people genuinely interested in collaborating and helping each other 🙂
Sitting in the keynote room at PyCon US 2026 listening to @amcasari 🎤
The way she moves through topics like complexity, socio-technical systems, and the unexpected behaviors that emerge from them makes the whole room follow along naturally.
Really enjoying the examples and the direction of the talk so far. 🐍
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I just attended the “PSF - Update from our Security Engineers” session at @pycon 2026 🔐
@miketheman and @sethmlarson were both excellent presenters: funny, clear, and very informative at the same time.
It was great to hear more about the huge amount of work happening behind the scenes to improve the security of Python, @pypi and the @ThePSF infrastructure ✨
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 🙂
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Today at 11:00 AM I’ll be speaking at PyCon US in Grand Ballroom A about AI-assisted contributions and the impact they are already having on open source maintainers 🎤
Really curious to hear how other people in the community are experiencing this shift in practice and discuss it after the talk.
