Paolo Melchiorre (41)
This afternoon, after the closing keynote of the second day of PyCon Italia 2026, many of us gathered by the hotel pool for a group photo, a drink, and a chance to relax together ☀️🏊🍹
After a full day of talks and conversations, it was nice to slow down for a moment and enjoy a few more chats with friends old and new before the evening events ✨
Closing the second day of @pycon 2026 as talk manager for @BajoranEngineer keynote.
After a long day, I’m tired but genuinely happy to help Dawn on stage. Years ago, she helped me when I gave my first talk abroad at @djangoconeurope 2019 in Copenhagen. It feels special to return the favour.
Her keynote, "Stop Being a Generalist", explores why going deep on a domain can be more valuable than trying to do everything.
Tonight was the PyCon Italia 2026 social dinner 🍝🍷🐍
A lovely opportunity to share good Italian food, meet new people around the table, catch up with old friends, and enjoy conversations that rarely fit between talks and conference sessions.
Sometimes the best part of a conference is simply sitting down together and talking for a few hours ✨
This afternoon I had the pleasure of introducing @sarahboyce keynote at @pycon 2026 🐍
Her talk, “Django has a marketing problem”, tackled some old myths about Django and reminded us that, after 20 years, it is still modern, fast, and actively developed.
As someone involved in the Django community, it was a real pleasure to welcome Sarah on stage 💚
One thing I always appreciate about PyCon Italia is that part of the schedule is in Italian, making the conference accessible to people who may not be comfortable following talks in English 🇮🇹🐍
This morning I’m attending Juna Salviati’s talk, “L’essenziale è invisibile agli occhi (ma non a Python)”, an introduction to steganography and the art of hiding messages in plain sight. Very interesting topic and a great example of how broad the Python ecosystem can be ✨
One of the nice things about the social dinner was also getting up from the table to say hello to people at other tables and meet even more members of the community 🍝🍷🙂
We also witnessed Andrew attempting to order a cappuccino at 11 PM, with the predictable reaction from the bar staff 😄☕
And after dinner, many of us moved to the hotel bar to keep the evening going a little longer with another drink and a few more conversations ✨
After the closing session this afternoon, several conferences and community initiatives from around the world were presented on stage 🌍✨
I also had the chance to go on stage to briefly talk about @pycon 🇮🇹 and Django on the Med 🏖️
Pictures from @kati 🙏
This afternoon at PyCon Italia 2026 I’m serving as talk manager in the “Gnocchi” room 🎤🍝
Right now I’m helping Aastha Asthana prepare her talk “Beyond Caching: Supercharging Python with Redis Data Structures”.
It’s always nice to help other speakers feel comfortable on stage, especially people giving one of their first talks, just like many others helped me years ago with mine ✨
Today was Beginners Day at @pycon 2026 🐍
Me and @carlton used the morning to run Django Off The Med: a small @django sprint, far from the sea but with the same spirit of Django on the Med.
Beginners, first-time contributors, and more experienced people worked together on issues and pull requests.
A productive and very nice way to start the conference 🙂
#PyCon #PyConItalia #Django #DjangoOnTheMed #DjangoOffTheMed #DotM
Missed the PyCon US 2026 CFP deadline because you were “just about to submit”? ⌛
If you too are a “professional procrastinator”, don’t worry, this is your lucky exception 😉
The CFP for PyCon is still open…
just not the one in Long Beach 🏖️
Jokes apart, you can present your talk in Bologna at PyCon Italia 2026: English talks, 1k+ attendees, late spring weather, great food, and a historic city 🇮🇹
Submit here 👉 https://2026.pycon.it/en/call-for-proposals
