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: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Description: TBD

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.

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.

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