Coming to Bangalore, it just hit me.
This is my 10th year of hosting meetups, building communities ๐ซถ๐ผ
Open-Source, Python, Linux, Hardware, & now AI.
ALiAS (2016-20)
PyDelhi x PyCon India (2018-23)
OpenHiL (Virtual '24)
GitTogether Delhi ('24 - present)
And, now Command Code India ๐ฎ๐ณ
10 years. Different cities. New technologies. Covid. The people in the room always mattered more than the slides.
I've made lifelong friends, met future colleagues, and built it all in the open - from lecture halls to international stages.
Vipul, back then, was an introvert, couldn't string together 3 sentences, and was struggling with C
Not sure if even Vipul knew what was about to happen when he attended PyDelhi Conf 2016, but here we are!
Looking forward to meeting friends again.
Attaching usernames to faces.
And, paying it forward one day at a time ๐๐ผ