PyBelfast: Spring Meetup!

When

After an awesome turnout at our last meetup on Thursday, March 24th, 2022, we are excited to return with the PyBelfast meetup in what will soon become a return to a regular cadence of Python meetups again!

Where

This meetup will take place in Belfast within the Slice office space located in the city centre. The Slices office is located beside City Picnic - there are large glass doors leading to an elevator and we will add signage to help folks identify the entrance.

Call for Speakers

As always, we welcome returning and new speakers to come to give a talk of any duration (5 minutes to 30) on any Python-related subject. If you would like to give a talk at this meetup or the next - feel free to reach out.

Kindly sponsored by Slice & Cloudsmith

Talks:

Scream if you wanna go Fast(API)er
by Simon Hewitt (@tyndyll)

An introduction to FastAPI, a modern, high-performance web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.

SRE and the rise of the Platform Engineer
by Dan Murphy (@d_murph21)

Google has once again rewritten the rule book with SRE. As it finally gains momentum in Northern Ireland, I examine why it is such a revolution. The rise of Platform Engineering or PaaS has built upon SRE and DevOps culture to connect services in ways never thought possible. Let me take you through its history, and present and explore how it can help your business.

Announcements:

Django Girls Belfast
by Simon Hewitt (@tyndyll)

An insight into Django Girls Belfast and the work they do to help create a safe environment where women can explore technology.

Django Girls Belfast is trans-inclusive and welcomes all women from all walks of life. Men are welcome to attend as well. We don't want men out of the IT industry, we want more women in it.

If you are a woman and between the ages of 18-100 you can apply for a pass to the workshop on the 18th of June 2022, in Puppet Belfast! You don’t need to know any technical stuff - it is a very informal day with coaches on hand to help assist.

What is #HackTheHub?
By Conor Graham (@hackthehub)

HackTheHub is the UK & Ireland's No.1 Hackathon. An event that combines, code, creativity, and community. Bringing together developers, data scientists, designers, and product owners of all levels to develop innovative solutions and collaborate on a project over a weekend. HackTheHub will help you with your idea, work out the kinks, and get it into a presentable state in just one weekend.

The next event is taking place on Saturday 28th May 2022, on the 4th Floor, McAuley House, Belfast: Sign up at https://www.hackthehub.com/