ChiPy August 2026 __main__ Meeting

ChiPy August Main Meeting - August 20, 2026, 6pm.
We will have food and beverages at 6pm, with talks starting at 6:30pm.
Hosted by: Slalom Build
Exploring Execution Modalities
By: Andrew Wingate
Experience Level: Advanced
Length: 30 Minutes
Description:
There are many types of programs and programming, especially when we care about time. What are they and how do we harmonize between them? We'll explore these taxonomies and how to piece them together.
Docstrings as a Database — Building a Documentation Pipeline with Python & 11ty
By: Roger Steve Ruiz
Experience Level: Intermediate
Length: 10 Minutes
Description:
A contract renewal is coming. Your team has built a complex system over years, but the people who need to understand its value — subject-matter experts, product folks, the client — don't read code. Swagger/OpenAPI tells them what the API accepts and returns, but not what the system does or why.
This talk is the story of how I built a documentation site that solved that problem: a local-first, portable doc site that treats Python docstrings as a database of business logic. You'll learn how to extract structured data from Python docstrings using `griffe` and `docstring-parser`, why a Python → JSON → 11ty pipeline decouples data from presentation, how to build hard validation guardrails, and how persona-based information architecture serves both SMEs and developers from the same data.
No prior experience with 11ty, griffe, or static site generators needed.
In-Person:
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Further details:
https://www.chipy.org/meetings/1179/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/chipy/
Logistics
When: August 20, 2026, 6:00 pm
Hosted by: Slalom Build
Where: 200 E Randolph St, Suite 3700, Chicago, IL 60601