Bad Code (was Python Gone Wrong -- festive season event)

The topic is now A Discussion of Bad Code given there's been zero submissions for lightning talks...

The old event was:
This month we're doing something different to round out 2024. The theme is "Python Gone Wrong -- Lightning Talks".

Unfortunately, bad code can be written in any language and we've likely seen our fair share of strange things . Despite its clean, expressive syntax, even Python isn't immune from bad code. This event isn't for simply messy code or common problems. We want to focus on unearthing rare & exotic Python: bizarre coding, feature abuses & just plain strange things you've encountered.

The format is lightning talks, discussing strange code & your experiences in short, 5-10 minute presentations. Ideally, each presentation will be a few slides covering:

• Background: what was the problem?
• What do you think the dev was attempting to achieve?
• What did they do? What went wrong? (code examples)
• How did you fix it? (if possible)
• What did you learn? What can we learn?
• Q/A session?

If you'd like to volunteer to discuss some code, please:

• Collect code samples
• Anonymise/obfuscate if necessary
• Submit your idea(s) & a brief description by one of the following options:
• comment here
• or contact us by whatever we respond to.

List of ways to contact:

• meetup messaging
• slack https://canberrapug.slack.com
• github https://github.com/canberra-python/
• let us know at https://www.meetup.com/canberra-python-meetup-group/events/304105613/

If we haven't responded, we haven't received it. The best submissions will be selected and the submitter invited to prepare some slides. Please submit your code examples by 23:55 Monday 2/12/2024.

See you there!

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Hosted by: Ben Davies

Thank you Ben!

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Pizza and drinks provided by our sponsors: Linux Australia, Reposit Power, ANU and the people who give their time to organise it.