Python talk night at GitHub

Join us for an exciting talk night at Github's office in Bellevue!

Agenda:

5:30-6pm: Doors open/networking
6-6:10pm: Opening remarks
6:10-6:35pm: Talk #1
6:35-6:50pm: Intermission
6:50pm-7:05pm: Lightning talk
7:05-7:30pm: Talk #2
7:30pm-8pm: Networking
After party to follow at Lucky Strike Bellevue (700 Bellevue Way NE Suite #250, Bellevue, WA 98004)

What we'll do:

This event will feature the following presentations:

Talk #1: Exploring Wordle
Speaker: George V. Reilly
Description: A talk about solving Wordle in Python: taking a few guesses and finding the words that match. I'll start out with Unix pipes, then refine my approach several times in Python, fixing subtle problems and showing a few tricks.

Lightning talk: Sequences, Iterators, and Iterables
Speaker: Devon Terrell,
Description: Ever wonder why you can index a list but not the items of a dictionary? Have you ever tried to loop over a reversed list twice only to find the second loop empty? In this whirlwind tour of Python's iteration protocol we'll untangle some of the foundational types in `collections.abc` and cover when you might run into them in the wild.

Talk #2: Sync vs Async in Python: Hard Lessons and a Helpful Linter
Speakers: Rohit Musti
Description: A deep dive into the real-world challenges I've faced navigating Python's sync and async worlds—and how those pain points led us to build a custom linter. This talk will cover tricky async pitfalls, what made them so hard to catch, and how we approached building a tool to enforce safer patterns. You’ll leave with a stronger grasp of Python async quirks and a sense of how you might write a similar linter for your own codebase.

What to bring:

Since this is a talk format meetup, you don't need a computer. Banh Mis and fresh rolls from Saigon Vietnam deli will be provided at the event.

Building access:

The elevators lock at 6pm. GitHub is willing to let people in until 6:30pm. If you arrive after 6:30pm we unfortunately cannot guarantee you will be able to access the event.

Parking:

There is paid parking in the Skyline garage underneath the building, accessible via 110th Ave NE between 4th and 6th going southbound only

Transit:
GitHub is near the Bellevue Downtown link station and the Bellevue transit center which provide attendees with a number of options for getting to tonight's event.