🇧🇪🇩🇪🇮🇹 All booked for Brussels, Berlin and Bologna!
Anyone else off to @fosdem, @FOSSBackstage or @pycon Italia?
(Also going to skip PyCon US this year, already decided before the latest.)
I gave a lightning talk at a bunch of conferences in 2025 about some of the exciting new things coming in Python 3.14, including template strings.
One thing we can use t-strings for is to prevent SQL injection. I illustrated this with xkcd 327 aka “Little Bobby Tables”.
I localised most of the slides for the PyCon I was at, including this comic. Here they are!
https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/localising-xkcd/
#Python #python314 #xkcd #PyCon #PyConItalia #PyConGreece #PyConEstonia #PyConFinland #PyConFI #PyConSweden
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
Did anyone take a photo of Deb Nicholson pineapple pizza slide? 🍍🍕
As an Italian, I was too shocked to react quickly enough and capture it myself 😭
Yesterday the first acceptance emails for PyCon Italia 2026 were sent out. 📩
Huge congratulations to all the speakers who got in. I know how much work and courage it takes to submit a proposal. 🎉
And a big thank you to everyone who sent a talk and to the community who took the time to vote. That energy is what makes this conference real. 🙏
See you in Bologna at the end of May 😎
CC @pycon
I also had a talk in the CFP, and one made it through the community vote, so I’ll be joining the speaker lineup. 🎤
I wonder who else around here is coming as a speaker this year. 🕵️
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
Right now I’m on the train heading to Bologna 🚆
This trip has become a small ritual for me over the years. A few quiet hours to slow down, think, revisit slides, and decompress a little before the usual whirlwind of people and events. 🧘♂️
The train keeps moving north along the Adriatic coast, with the sea outside the window accompanying much of the journey 🌊
I’m curious if other people also have rituals like this before conferences. In any case, safe travels everyone 🙂
CFP is now closed and it is time to VOTE 🗳️ ! Head to https://2026.pycon.it/voting-info
Voting is open to anyone who meets at least one of these criteria:
Has purchased a ticket for the conference
Has participated in PyCon Italia 2025 or PyCon Italia 2024
Submitted a proposal to PyCon Italia 2026
Is part of the association Python Italia
Not my first time going to #PyConIT but it will be my first time in #Bologna - come and find me to talk about #PyCharm and #Python
