Python

FOSDEM 2021 edition takes place online. I won’t miss the overcrowded rooms, the slightly overlapping sessions at opposite sides of the campus, the driving under the marginal weather conditions, the queue for not-so-great food or eating my own spartian lunch. What I surely miss: the atmosphere, the chance to join a session with former colleagues, chat with random people from many countries, grab some swags, remember the years I studied there, and feel the energy. (…)

Let’s start off the year with a small home project. I have a Fritz!Box 7430 DSL gateway (wireless router and VDSL modem). After I ran into degraded performance, I wanted to record how my line performs. The box has a web interface with mighty functionalities and it exposes nerdy data - although I’m still looking for the obvious "disconnect DSL" button, dude please. The interface is surprinsgly clear compared to the standard market crap (bbox I’m looking at you). (…)

I don’t think I will be going to FOSDEM next year. Last year, in 2013, I was lucky enough to get a seat in the Python track by grabbing a chair one talk earlier than planned. 3 talks went on with the room overcrowded in a sickening heat and I congratulated myself for coming extra-early - the previous talk was not that bad anyway. Following another track, I was lucky to be able to sit or stand against a wall in yet another full room. (…)