SF Python December at Sentry

Want to learn more about Python and meet other Pythonistas?

Please register here: https://ti.to/sfpython/dec-10th-sf-python-sentry?source=meetup

Please support our sponsors Sentry!

👉 Submit your 5, 15 or 25 mins talk proposals here: https://bit.ly/bapyacfp

SCHEDULED TALKS

🔎 Talk (~30 mins + Q&A)
Args: Amazing or Approaching? - Evan Kohilas
Abstract:
From default args, to **kwargs, and everything in-between, Python's comprehensive argument system lends itself to some of the most effective code, through encouraging readability, reuse, and easy refactoring.
But is that really true? Why, and why not? What could we learn from other languages? And what else could lie in their future?
In this session, we'll give a rundown of Python's comprehensive function argument system and how its features allow for safety, conciseness, and expressiveness (whether you're calling or writing functions).
We'll then give examples for where that system lacks, where it could bite you, and give suggestions for what more could be done on Python code to fix those limitations.
Evan is a serial international speaker and engineering productivity advocate who values frictionless simplicity, taming tech debt, thinking in systems, and tightening feedback loops – all to improve the developer experience and achieve nohumanerrors.com
When he's not working on his next talk or project idea, you may catch him dodging magpies while bike riding, chasing frisbees, defending subway cookies, or as the previous Assistant Director for PyCon Australia 2025.

🔎 Talk (~30 mins + Q&A)
TBD

AGENDA
6:30p Reconnect with friends!
7:00p Opening remarks, sponsors acknowledgement
7:10p Scheduled talks and Q&A + networking break
8:30p Wrap up last talk, more networking

THIS EVENT IS PRODUCED BY
SF Python, a volunteers-run organization aiming to foster the Python Community in the Bay Area