Ideas, Visions and Reality: Looking back on 20 years of community work / 想法、展望與現實：回望過去二十年的社群耕耘成果 - Marc-Andre Lemburg

Python has become a very important part of life for many of us - as the basis for making a living, as a way to enjoy programming, or as a project which brings together people. I've had the opportunity to work in all these fields in the last two decades and have learned a lot. In this keynote, I'd like to take you on a tour and share some of the insights I have gained.

To start the collaborative writing here

tags: PyConTW2021

motivation comes from 1994 when first discover python
finds phython in a OS2 CD, at the time was a C programmer, it's nice can use structure like that, on the same interface work on high and low.

elegants of the language, easy to code and understand
small community and very smart people, really inspiring

in the those days

CS extendstions in python
database in text python engine

python code itsself,
pybench, benchmark
python DB-API

pthon software foundation found 2001
confernce in ipc 9
PSF memebership is small

maining python wikis
all the perspective in python community
difficult sometimes to make people understand what they are doing

European conference IPC (python conference commericially organized in the us)

EPS board and run on euro python

motivatior~ think something is good for community~ covince others

many conferece will go hybrid appproach to get people involve as well so that people can join online as well.
can join this year and last to work on the online event
integret into the personal events

in-person conferece, people chat with people

in-person conferece in dublin in 2020, were plan to do this year and call off. for next year hope that can work, welcome people that vaccinated and fewer than usual.
(before was 1200-1400 people, probably won't make that many then we have to fil the gap)

online conference online, running confereces