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April 25/26, 2026. We're the boutique regional #Python conference for Northern California, The Bay Area, and Beyond! A @python.org Member Project. Post w/ #NBPy.
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North Bay Python
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· Apr 28
We did it again 💖 Thank you to all of our speakers, sponsors, reviewers, volunteers, and attendees for making North Bay Python something special. Our cups are so full -- we'll see you in 2026! #NBPy
With love,
@chrisjrn.fyi, @skimbrel.bsky.social, @aeracode.org, and @robin.riley.pub
With love,
@chrisjrn.fyi, @skimbrel.bsky.social, @aeracode.org, and @robin.riley.pub
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bad news: For the first time in a while, you're going to have to wait a full year between #NBPy events
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
June 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
bad news: For the first time in a while, you're going to have to wait a full year between #NBPy events
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
bad news: For the first time in a while, you're going to have to wait a full year between #NBPy events
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
June 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
bad news: For the first time in a while, you're going to have to wait a full year between #NBPy events
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
Good news: WE'RE COMING BACK! April 25th and 26th, 2026, at our favorite ranch just south of Petaluma. See you there!
buttondown.com/northbaypyth...
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ICYMI, my @northbaypython.org talk on prompt engineering & bias is on YouTube. Thanks so much for having me! ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkoNawv77Q
"Prompt engineering & social justice: what we know so far" - Tilde (Nbpy2025)
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May 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
ICYMI, my @northbaypython.org talk on prompt engineering & bias is on YouTube. Thanks so much for having me! ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkoNawv77Q
Hi, it's Chris here again. Hope you enjoyed the event!
We've just sent out our post-conference survey. If you were at #NBPy this year, consider responding so we know what worked well and what didn't, so we can improve for next year! Check your inbox!
We've just sent out our post-conference survey. If you were at #NBPy this year, consider responding so we know what worked well and what didn't, so we can improve for next year! Check your inbox!
April 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hi, it's Chris here again. Hope you enjoyed the event!
We've just sent out our post-conference survey. If you were at #NBPy this year, consider responding so we know what worked well and what didn't, so we can improve for next year! Check your inbox!
We've just sent out our post-conference survey. If you were at #NBPy this year, consider responding so we know what worked well and what didn't, so we can improve for next year! Check your inbox!
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April 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Another successful North Bay Python! I always leave with new ideas, technologies, approaches, and friends. I might have to propose a talk one of these years… 🤔 #nbpy
April 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Another successful North Bay Python! I always leave with new ideas, technologies, approaches, and friends. I might have to propose a talk one of these years… 🤔 #nbpy
We did it again 💖 Thank you to all of our speakers, sponsors, reviewers, volunteers, and attendees for making North Bay Python something special. Our cups are so full -- we'll see you in 2026! #NBPy
With love,
@chrisjrn.fyi, @skimbrel.bsky.social, @aeracode.org, and @robin.riley.pub
With love,
@chrisjrn.fyi, @skimbrel.bsky.social, @aeracode.org, and @robin.riley.pub
April 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We did it again 💖 Thank you to all of our speakers, sponsors, reviewers, volunteers, and attendees for making North Bay Python something special. Our cups are so full -- we'll see you in 2026! #NBPy
With love,
@chrisjrn.fyi, @skimbrel.bsky.social, @aeracode.org, and @robin.riley.pub
With love,
@chrisjrn.fyi, @skimbrel.bsky.social, @aeracode.org, and @robin.riley.pub
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Amanda and White Coat did *AMAZING* work. I've seen White Coat's work before, and it is, bar none, the best CART service I've ever seen at a tech conference.
Captioning #nbpy in the barn! One of the most unique conferences out there. ❤️
White Coat Captioning
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April 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Amanda and White Coat did *AMAZING* work. I've seen White Coat's work before, and it is, bar none, the best CART service I've ever seen at a tech conference.
The CFPs are open for @pybay.bsky.social and @pyohio.org -- please check them out!
April 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The CFPs are open for @pybay.bsky.social and @pyohio.org -- please check them out!
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The @pyohio.org CFP is open for the rest of today which is plenty of time for you to submit a talk idea (or 2 or 3!) I've always personally loved seeing talks that are a bit outside the "normal" for Python confs. If you have an idea, go now! PyOhio ❤️ first-time speakers!
pretalx.com/pyohio-2025/cfp
pretalx.com/pyohio-2025/cfp
PyOhio 2025
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for PyOhio 2025
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April 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The @pyohio.org CFP is open for the rest of today which is plenty of time for you to submit a talk idea (or 2 or 3!) I've always personally loved seeing talks that are a bit outside the "normal" for Python confs. If you have an idea, go now! PyOhio ❤️ first-time speakers!
pretalx.com/pyohio-2025/cfp
pretalx.com/pyohio-2025/cfp
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And there were some “awards” of various dubiousness. #nbpy #excavacon
April 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And there were some “awards” of various dubiousness. #nbpy #excavacon
You can donate to help make sure #NBPy continues happening! nbpy.link/donate
April 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
You can donate to help make sure #NBPy continues happening! nbpy.link/donate
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April 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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They also shared their slides! speakerdeck.com/annthurium/n... are @annthurium.bsky.social 's #nbpy slides. Thanks, Tilde!
North Bay Python: Prompt Engineering & Bias
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April 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
They also shared their slides! speakerdeck.com/annthurium/n... are @annthurium.bsky.social 's #nbpy slides. Thanks, Tilde!
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Other types of bias seen here include hemisphere bias (like disproportionately snowy images for "January") , locality bias ("Asian" disproportionately gives East Asian), and gender bias derived from languages' default noun gendering. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #NBPy
April 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Other types of bias seen here include hemisphere bias (like disproportionately snowy images for "January") , locality bias ("Asian" disproportionately gives East Asian), and gender bias derived from languages' default noun gendering. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #NBPy
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Both Stable Diffusion and Dall-E refused to generate "sensitive" images like "a gay couple" 🙃 Firefly did a better job, though! - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
April 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Both Stable Diffusion and Dall-E refused to generate "sensitive" images like "a gay couple" 🙃 Firefly did a better job, though! - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
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When you specify that discrimination is illegal and undesirable, multiple research teams found that several different models return less discriminatory results. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
April 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
When you specify that discrimination is illegal and undesirable, multiple research teams found that several different models return less discriminatory results. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
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Shout-out to the weather for finally coming through on the @northbaypython.org brand promise 😂 #NBPy
April 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Shout-out to the weather for finally coming through on the @northbaypython.org brand promise 😂 #NBPy
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The Claude team ran an experiment like this, but didn't incorporate aspects of real-world discrimination like intersectionality. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
April 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Claude team ran an experiment like this, but didn't incorporate aspects of real-world discrimination like intersectionality. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
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There's not any one commonly-used means of measuring bias in AI model output, but one common strategy is to give the same prompt with different demographic implications (for example, "John Smith" vs "Jane Smith" both as the actor in an otherwise-identical sentence). @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
April 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There's not any one commonly-used means of measuring bias in AI model output, but one common strategy is to give the same prompt with different demographic implications (for example, "John Smith" vs "Jane Smith" both as the actor in an otherwise-identical sentence). @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
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We're starting with examples of prompts! Prompts are what you give the model to request it complete a task. You can include examples with strategies like "one-shot prompting" (one example), or use chain of thought prompting to ask for step-by-step reasoning. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
April 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We're starting with examples of prompts! Prompts are what you give the model to request it complete a task. You can include examples with strategies like "one-shot prompting" (one example), or use chain of thought prompting to ask for step-by-step reasoning. - @annthurium.bsky.social at #nbpy
Capping off our weekend we have @annthurium.bsky.social with "Prompt engineering & social justice: what we know so far" ✊ #NBPy
April 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Capping off our weekend we have @annthurium.bsky.social with "Prompt engineering & social justice: what we know so far" ✊ #NBPy