Christopher Neugebauer
Christopher Neugebauer is an Australian developer, speaker, and serial community conference organiser, who presently lives in the United States.
He recently served as a Director of the Python Software Foundation, and is co-organiser of the acclaimed North Bay Python conference, a boutique one-track conference run in unusual venues — include an old vaudeville theatre, and more recently a barn on a farm — in Petaluma, California.
Sessions Montréal 2027
Adventures in GIL-Free Python
Session en Anglais - Intermédiaire
In Python 3.14, there are two ways to do single-process concurrency without being slowed down by the Global Interpreter Lock: Free threading and subinterpreters.
Now it's easier to do concurrent processing that's actually fast. We'll look at the models available to you, how to pick and choose between them, and why you might still want to have the GIL get in your way.
What's new in Python (2027 edition!)
Session en Anglais - Débutant
Let's look at what things are new in Python. We get a new release every year now, so let's take a look at what's come out in 3.14, as well as some features that you might have missed in the last few years.
