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Five Minutes of Fame!

Talk about something cool, weird, or hilarious.  Whether it's your favorite Python trick, a project demo, or a wild tech story--this is your chance to shine for five minutes and win a prize!

Submit your lightning talk here: https://www.chipy.org/talks/topics/propose

Come celebrate another awesome year of Python with ChiPy--code, community, and quick-fire fun!

 

When: Dec. 11, 2025, 6 p.m.

Where: N/A

RSVPs

Registration for this event will close on Thursday December 11 at 12:00 p.m.

Attendance:
In Person Pythonistas: 4

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TOPICS FOR NEXT EVENT

Slow, Inaccurate and Brittle: How I Built The World's Worst Data Pipeline
By: MK Barton
Experience Level: Intermediate

"There is nothing so permanent as a temporary solution". Come learn how a combination of misunderstanding, bad assumptions, tech debt and general chaos created the world's worst data pipeline.

It's slow. It's inaccurate and sadly it lived in production for 3 years. Learn from my mistakes!

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Cropping Multiple Lens film photos with OpenCV
By: Josh Martin
Experience Level: Intermediate

Hello,

I love film cameras. Especially multiple lens film cameras that take photos all at once or in a sequence. The true pain is getting my scans back from the film lab I use and a set of photos being put into one photo because of how the cameras take the photos in the first place.

In this talk I will show how to perfectly crop a set of images into multiple images even if the vary in size.

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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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