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FOSDEM 2026, one of the world's largest software meeting will start in 2 days in Brussels 🇧🇪. This edition features 1176 speakers and 1063 events (fosdem.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Neha@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev
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The vast majority of events (talks, hacking sessions, open discussions) are held inside “developer rooms” (“devrooms”), which are mini-conferences organized and managed by open source projects themselves.

It’s also FREE !! 🥳

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Actually going this year. Have wanted to for many. Really looking forward to it.

[–] IanTwenty@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hoping this tool lives up to its own hype:

PyInfra—where your infrastructure is actually code. Real Python. With loops that don’t require learning a DSL. With functions that are... wait for it... actual functions. With error handling that doesn’t involve praying to the YAML gods

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/VEQTLH-infrastructure-as-python/

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Given the quality of your average Python code this sounds like a terrible idea.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Compare it to your average clickops delpoyment, ansible, tf, or crossplane though

[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Which talks are y'all looking forward to?

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Since that whole vibe-coded Cloudflare Matrix nonsense and associated attempted retcon -- see here for context -- I am looking forward to a talk on how Matrix actually works.

Specifically, I'd like to know what aspects of a secure, decentralized message platform are particularly hard. That's in the context of whether Matrix can ever grow into a bona fide Signal competitor (nb: Signal remains the gold standard), and also whether Matrix would function well as a Discord replacement, even if it doesn't have as strong of group chat privacy and encryption protections.

[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apparently some interesting XMPP talks, but I haven't had a closer look at the schedule yet

[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 3 points 2 months ago

I'll spend more time talking to people, plotting Linux phone world domination type stuff and planning to take people off WhatsApp with XMPP folks, tbh

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Hoping for a big announcement from CalyxOS

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Will they finally be uploading their talks to peertube? Or will I need to use YouTube again?

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And there are cookies 🍪

Do they share my cookies with third parties? /s

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

What funny is it is Mozilla giving away free cookies with a sign that says, “Only accept my cookies”.