PyTexas 2026 Recap
8 points by gaborjbernat
8 points by gaborjbernat
For a language focused con that recap seemed to be really focused on AI/LLMs. I guess that's to be expected given python's popularity in the space. The bit about python as a DSL was interesting. I wonder if there's examples of instances where python doesn't provide sufficient expressiveness to model a domain in the way a domain expert would think about the problem.
I think the use of agentic coding is pretty much the biggest worry and concern on any programmer's mind at the moment. It makes sense that any programming language conference would contain a healthy dose of it. It makes sense for attracting people to attend the conference in the spirit of the supply and demand.
Al wrote Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
I was very surprised to see the claim that this book was AI-generated, and then I realized that was a lowercase L.
So, it was actually that "Al [Sweigart] wrote Automate the Boring Stuff with Python."
Also, thanks for this writeup! I wish more people would write about their useful takeaways from conferences.
Miguel Vargas’s framing: AI agents produce cleaner, safer code in codebases that are already clean, safe, and typed, so Ruff, ty, and uv matter more now.
I had the same thought, so a few months ago I built script-prompter that instructs agents to construct single file python scripts with inline dependencies, tests, lints, and type checking (uv, pytest, ruff, ty). From using it myself a little bit, the results seem fine, but ymmv. Would love to hear what folks think.