We attended the 10th edition of PyGrunn, a Python (and friends) conference in Groningen, NL. Here's what we learned.
PyGrunn
PyGrunn is a conference about the Python programming language and its uses. It is also about related subjects, hence "and friends". As this was the 10th edition, it was dubbed PyGrunnX.
It was a great experience to be at a real live conference again. Discussing stuff with others, meeting with ex-colleagues, making new contacts and sharing knowledge, we've missed it.
Talks
To get an idea about the diversity of subjects, have a look at the schedule.
Coen spoke about live blogging with Wagtail Live.
Kees spoke about better code reviews (slides).
Lessons learned
Without further ado, here are the learnings:
When doing a live demo during a talk, always have a plan B.
"Coen during his talk"
You can change a callable's signature.
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Pattern matching in Python 3.10 is cool.
More understanding of
selfShorter is often quicker
Maths is hard
Getting up at 6 sucks and Groningen is a long way from Arnhem.
"At Zwolle train station, about 08:00"
pytest --cov-branchWhen doing a talk, always have an USBC-HDMI adapter with you.
"Kees during his talk"
Large scale websites are always hard
Calling your dad in the middle of the night is fun.
Beer is good
Body needs more than 2 hours of sleep
Oneliners are allowed if you studied maths
Groningen is cool
A lot of words can be made from the letters of "spindle"
Have a matrix for edge cases in tests
Don't use Julia for web applications
More information
All talks were recorded. These videos will be published shortly, probably at the PyGrunn Youtube channel.
A more detailed write-up of specific talks can be found at Reinout van Rees' blog.
More pictures / impressions via Twitter.