# PyGotham talks - and sprint/hackday? **URL:** \ **Category:** Packaging\ **Created:** [July 22, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018 "2019-07-22T01:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/1 "2019-07-22T01:09:49Z")
[PyGotham will be October 4th and 5th in New York City](https://2019.pygotham.org/) and I do plan to be there. Packaging talks: - [“Improving PyPI’s security with Two Factor Authentication”](https://2019.pygotham.org/talks/improving-pypi-s-security-with-two-factor-authentication/) by @woodruff who, you know, is rather an expert on it - [“Poetry: ‘dependency management and packaging made easy’”](https://2019.pygotham.org/talks/poetry-dependency-management-and-packaging-made-easy/) by Samuel Roeca Tickets for PyGotham usually sell out, so if you want to go, [register](https://2019.pygotham.org/registration/) soon. PyGotham doesn’t host sprints, but I know several packaging developers will be in the area and it would be a shame to waste the opportunity. If Bloomberg, Google, NYU, Datadog, or another NYC org wants to host, it would be neat to have a hackday on Thursday the 3rd or Sunday the 6th! Speak up here? ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/2 "2019-08-15T02:39:49Z")
@trishankatdatadog @Julian @woodruffw @bhrutledge @pganssle @dustin and other people who are potential PyGotham attendees (just guessing: @JustinCappos @jaraco, for instance) – I’d like to get further in planning this! Tentative plan right now is that there’ll be an [NYC Python](https://www.meetup.com/nycpython/) event on Thursday night Oct. 3rd at Datadog. People who have never made Python packages can learn how to [create their first packages](https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/distributing-packages/) – getting over the intimidation factor – and people who have questions about their existing packaging problems can come to “office hours” with Python packaging experts. So if a few people could volunteer to help with this, that would be great - please speak up in a reply. I’d also like to to get at least 3-4 existing packaging developers (experts and intermediate-skilled people) together for a day, either on Thursday Oct. 3rd or Sunday Oct. 6th, to break code review logjams, make architectural decisions, and even promote new maintainers – basically along the lines of what I describe in [“Software In Person”](https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/software-in-person). If you’d be interested in participating in that hackday, please mark by “liking” (the “heart” button) dates that work for you, and I’ll check the aggregate sometime Monday to make a decision: ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/3 "2019-08-15T02:40:53Z")
If you would like to participate in an NYC hackday and roughly 10am-5pm Thursday Oct. 3rd works for you, like _this_ post. ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/4 "2019-08-15T02:41:15Z")
If you would like to participate in an NYC hackday and roughly 10am-5pm Sunday Oct. 6th works for you, like _this_ post. ---
**Author:** ![Julian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/julian/32/1277_2.png) [@Julian](https://discuss.python.org/u/Julian)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/5 "2019-08-15T07:12:32Z")
Cool 🙂 – I _possibly_ can make the October 3 stuff, but bit more likely the 6, so ticked my vote there. ---
**Author:** ![trishankatdatadog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/trishankatdatadog/32/1558_2.png) [@trishankatdatadog](https://discuss.python.org/u/trishankatdatadog)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/6 "2019-08-15T18:56:01Z")
@sumanah Datadog should be able to host the hackday as well (Oct 3 works better for me). Let me check and get back to you… ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/7 "2019-08-26T22:29:52Z")
I see everyone who spoke up or voted can make daytime on Thursday the 3rd, so let’s do that! @trishankatdatadog please let us know whether you can host - otherwise we’ll need to look for a different host. ---
**Author:** ![trishankatdatadog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/trishankatdatadog/32/1558_2.png) [@trishankatdatadog](https://discuss.python.org/u/trishankatdatadog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/8 "2019-08-26T23:34:26Z")
Sumanah, we are on for Oct 3, Lauren Oldja can correct me if wrong… ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/9 "2019-09-26T15:35:15Z")
OK! [https://www.meetup.com/nycpython/events/265028634/](https://www.meetup.com/nycpython/events/265028634/) has the details! ---
**Author:** ![bhrutledge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/bhrutledge/32/4482_2.png) [@bhrutledge](https://discuss.python.org/u/bhrutledge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/10 "2019-09-27T13:10:42Z")
@trishankatdatadog Is there still going to be be a hackday at Datadog on October 3 from 10am-5pm? Also, is this thread the best way to stay updated on PyPA/PyGotham-related activites? ---
**Author:** ![trishankatdatadog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/trishankatdatadog/32/1558_2.png) [@trishankatdatadog](https://discuss.python.org/u/trishankatdatadog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/11 "2019-09-27T14:59:39Z")
Unfortunately, I can’t confirm or deny that. Will keep you posted. ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/12 "2019-10-02T13:46:45Z")
The hackday during the day tomorrow (Thursday) is actually going to be at NYU’s Brooklyn campus, near the Jay Street-MetroTech subway stop. I’ll be in touch with @bhrutledge, @Julian, @glasnt, @woodruffw, @pganssle, @dustin, @JustinCappos, and Samuel Roeca about the exact location, since you/they are the ones who spoke up or whom I am reasonably sure are interested. Everyone else: hope to see you [tomorrow evening at DataDog](https://www.meetup.com/nycpython/events/265028634/). ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pygotham-talks-and-sprint-hackday/2018/13 "2019-10-07T20:07:45Z")
Thanks to everyone who participated in the hackday and the sprint night. [https://wiki.python.org/psf/PackagingSprints](https://wiki.python.org/psf/PackagingSprints) has a list of some resources we used to teach git and packaging, some issues people took on, and some slides we used.