About us
We are an international group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community.
Our main focus is Python programming language but we at Stockholm chapter often try to create meetups about broader topics as well related to software development in general, computer science and data. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events, and social gatherings.
PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support network for women and a bridge to the larger Python world.
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Upcoming events
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Who Is Holding Up the Internet? Open Source, Data & the People Behind Your Phone
SUNET, Tulegatan 11, 113 53 Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, SEWe are moving to Luma, so please, register at PyLadies Stockholm Luma
so we know how many of you to expect.
Thank you!📅 Wednesday, October 28, 2026
🚪 Doors open 17:30 · Talk starts 18:00
📍 SUNET, StockholmEvery time your phone shows the right time, opens a photo or loads a website, it relies on open source software. Much of that software is looked after by a surprisingly small number of people, often unpaid and working in their free time.
Part 1 of the Meetup: The people holding up the internet
We'll start with the data story "The people holding up the internet" (sheets.works), which digs into the code behind billions of devices and asks who actually keeps it running.
We'll talk about:
- How much of our digital infrastructure depends on just one or two maintainers
- What happens when critical projects have no backup, no funding and no recognition, from burnout to security incidents
- Why money for open source tends to arrive only after something breaks
- How raw commit histories were turned into a clear, human visual storyPart 2:
And what about the women???
Every maintainer featured in the article is a man. So we'll ask: does that mean only men hold up critical software? Of course not! Women have been building, maintaining and fighting for open source infrastructure in the past and present, from Python core developers to maintainers of tools whole ecosystems depend on, to the researchers who first sounded the alarm about unpaid digital labor. We'll talk about some of them, why their work is often even less visible, and what we can do to change that.Whether you write Python every day, are curious about open source, or just love a good data visualization, you're welcome.
No prior knowledge needed. Read the article beforehand if you like, but you don't have to.
There will be time for discussion, questions and mingling.
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