Talks
Conference talks, with links to the recordings
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2026
Taking Generators Too Far: Writing a PDF from Scratch in Python
PDFs feel like a black box. Writing a PDF writer from scratch is a good way to open it up — and a chance to push generators well past their usual job.
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2025
Broken
__slots__are a silent performance killer — let’s fix them!Slots save memory and speed up attribute access, unless a subtle mistake in the class hierarchy quietly undoes it. How to spot broken slots, and how to catch them automatically.