"What is Correct?" and is that even the right question any more? - Christopher Neugebauer - 2026

North Bay Python

North Bay Python 2026

System Reliability and Error Handling: Comparing paradigms from C to Rust Result to build resilient cloud infrastructure.

Ethical Technology and Social Justice: Analyzing the intersection of AI, eugenics, and data labor to advocate for empathetic software design.

Practical Development Skills: Mastering web scraping, designing Python APIs for volatile data, and building civic tech on a budget.

Open Source and Community Building: Learning best practices for project scope management, contributing to large open-source projects, and technical communication.

Explore advanced topics in Python development, system reliability, ethical AI, and community-driven open source projects.

A deep dive into error handling paradigms (C, Exceptions, Rust Result) and the systemic failures that define modern cloud infrastructure. Learn how to build truly robust systems by understanding complex failure modes.

State of Exception(s)

A critical examination of the tech industry's ideological roots, connecting eugenics, data labor, and techno-optimism. Learn to build technology with social justice and empathy.

An Economy of Empathy

A practical framework for applying technology to local activism and civic engagement, focusing on maximizing impact with minimal resources.

Running Resistance Tech on a Shoestring

Learn to build robust Python scrapers and APIs for volatile open web data, focusing on handling silent failures and maintaining data contracts.

Designing Python APIs for Data You Don’t Control

Explore essential technical communication and crisis communication skills needed to navigate rapid technological change and social uncertainty.

Crisis (Technical) Communication: Teaching Survival Skills You Didn’t Know...

A personal journey detailing the growth of an open-source project, emphasizing community building, vulnerability, and technical contribution.

Bumbling into BeeWare: From typo-fix to core developer

A retrospective on web development, covering embedded systems, SSGs, and AI tools, showing the evolution of modern developer workflows.

While I've changed gears... I've managed to find my web development tribe

Applying feminist theory to network engineering, arguing that systemic problems (like latency) require intersectional, non-linear thinking.

What Feminist Theory & Praxis Says About Internet Networking

A case study on maintaining project scope in large open-source projects, crucial for sustainable software architecture.