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NEXT EVENT
CHIPY __MAIN__ MEETING

When: Oct. 9, 2025, 6 p.m.

Where: American Planning Association (APA)

200 E Randolph St Suite 6900 Chicago IL 60601

Directions:

Directions to Aon Building (69th Floor) - You’ll receive your guest pass by email on the day of the event. - Scan the pass at the lobby turnstiles. - Use the lower-level elevators (odd floors) to reach the 69th floor.

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In Person Pythonistas: 4

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TOPICS FOR NEXT EVENT

Automating Large-Scale CD Archiving with Python, Docker, and Observability
By: Max McCann
Experience Level: Intermediate

Ripping and archiving thousands of music CDs for personal use can be a daunting task—especially when you care about safety, automation, and system reliability. In this talk, I’ll share how I built a secure workflow using Python, shell scripts, and Docker to ingest and organize a large CD collection into a Plex server. I’ll demo the Nimbie disc autoloader (“the hopper”), explain how containerization helps isolate untrusted media, and show how I monitor throughput and reliability using Datadog metrics. This …

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Founded in 2003, Chicago Python User Group is one of the world's most active programming language special interest groups with over 1,000 active members and many more prestigious alumni. Our main focus is the Python Programming Language. There are many ways to get and stay involved. Meetings are open to all levels. Our main meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of every month and happen online remotely. We have SIGs (Special Interest Groups) in: Mentorship, Data Science, Web technologies, and Finance.
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