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Tonight's the night! 8p CST in our Discord server ... We've got some incredible mentorship lined up! Wisdom to impart to you from an incredible #AppSec engineer & #python programmer. Join us at the link in the first comment 👇 Please react to, comment on, or share this post so others are more likely to know about this before it's too late 😲

Interested in #python programming and #MachineLearning? Join #PyLadies Austin TONIGHT at 7p CST to learn: 👉 difference between outcomes & features in ML & #DataAnalysis 👉 when to use classification vs regression models 👉 ... and more! Join us via the link in the first comment 👇

Less than 1 week to go! Join us on the 1st Tuesday of every month at 8p CST. For June, we've got some incredible mentorship lined up! Wisdom to impart to you from an incredible #AppSec engineer & #python programmer. Join us at the link in the first comment 👇 Please react to, comment on, or share this post so others are more likely to know about this before it's too late 😲

Join us for our monthly meetup! The June meetup will take place in the PyTexas Discord server, so be sure to join. 💛 This month we are excited to be joined by Josh Schneider! Learn more in the event invite or at the URL. 👀

#Python, GenAI - oh my! There's a lot to learn when building something for real people, not just for yourself. Find out the lessons learned when these 2 pythonistas used #AI to build a social platform this upcoming Tuesday - May 5 at 8p CST on the #PyTexas Discord stage! Join us via the link in the first comment 👇

#Python, GenAI, oh my! There's a lot to learn when building something for real people, not just for yourself. Find out the lessons learned when these 2 pythonistas used #AI to build a social platform this upcoming Tuesday - May 5 at 8p CST on the #PyTexas Discord stage!

Now that the dust has settled and I've slept, every time I think about the PyTexas Conference this year all I can do is smile. This was a monumental year for us for a number of reasons. First, not many conferences make it to 20. Running a conference is hard. There are so many moving pieces, things to organize, issues that pop up, and all that happens behind the scenes often completely unnoticed by the attendees. There were years I didn't know if we'd continue (ie Pandemic) but I'm glad we pushed through that and are stronger than ever. Second, the turnout rate this year blew me away. We had a 92% checkin rate this year. That's wild. The largest I've seen in my 5 years running the conference was 84%. The venue was packed with folks coming to network and learn more about Python. Third, our "First Time Attendee" metric shrank again this year. My interpretation of this is it's actually striking a good balance. Over the last few years we've gone from a 70% First Time Attendee rate to now 59%. To me, this says that we're actually building a community folks want to be a part of. A community folks return to. This is what I hoped for when I started this year ago, and the proof is there. All this to say, it was a great year. And the most interesting thing is, I did less this year than I ever have in the past. Why? Because of my organizers. I don't know how I could ever do this without them. It was fantastic to watch people step up, own projects, and deliver. Laura always tells me I should delegate more, and this year is the first year I feel like I did a good job of it. Thank you to Laura Santamaria, Kevin Horn, Brad Brown, Jesse Flippen, Kassandra Keeton, SEP, Josh Schneider, David Antonini, Joshua Cannon, Jacob Neeley. Your dedication and commitment is greatly appreciated.

Happening right now! PyLadies Austin event tonight ... Supported by #PyTexas & Anaconda, Inc. 💛 https://lnkd.in/gJVsBKtd