Last month was PyCon US 2026, and it was my first time back since the three I attended before the pandemic began—2017, 2018, and 2019. 2020 and 2021 didn’t happen in person, in 2022 and 2023 I still felt unsafe traveling and spending significant time indoors among large crowds, and in 2024 and 2025 travel was prohibitive for a number of reasons. With it arriving to my relative back yard, I was determined to take full advantage of that, and I did, being present from Wednesday to Tuesday. It was fantastic. Note: This post doesn’t really cover the talks very much, since I attended so very few. I heavily focused on spending time with the humans I don’t otherwise get to see much but greatly appreciate, so I’ll write a follow-up post when the videos are posted and I go through the ones I’m looking forward to seeing. Also, I’m awful at remembering to take photos, but there are a few at the very bottom of the post. People Why do I go to conferences (and meetups)? It’s the humans, silly. The…
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