FOSDEM 2024: Call for Proposals - Python Devrooom

[Marc-Andre Lemburg via Python-list]

We are happy to announce that we will be running a Python devroom again 
at FOSDEM 2024.


This year's edition will be exclusively in-person, and take place on the
3rd and 4th of February, with the Python devroom being available on 
Sunday 4th.


If you have not heard about FOSDEM before or are looking for more 
information, you can visit the official website at https://www.fosdem.org/.


As usual, we are looking for multiple Pythonistas to help us shape the 
devroom schedule. We are now open to receiving your proposals !


With over 8000 participants, FOSDEM is the perfect place to share your 
story and  meet fellow Python enthusiasts.


Please head over to https://python-fosdem.org/call-for-proposals/ for 
the full information about FOSDEM, the CFP and the Devroom.


Good luck to everyone applying. We’re looking forward to meeting you all 
at FOSDEM 2024 !


Cheers,
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Eric Gazoni and
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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Call for Participation: Python devroom @ FOSDEM 2025

[Marc-Andre Lemburg via Python-list]

 Call for Participation

We are happy to announce that we will again be running a*Python devroom 
at FOSDEM 2025*.


This year's edition will be exclusively in-person, and take place on 
February 1 and 2, with the Python devroom being held on Sunday, February 2.


If you haven’t heard about FOSDEM before or are looking for more 
information, you can visit the official website athttps://www.fosdem.org/.


As usual, we are looking for multiple Pythonistas to help us shape the 
devroom schedule. We are now open to receiving your proposals ! With 
over 8500 participants, FOSDEM is the perfect place to share your story 
and meet fellow Python enthusiasts.


Good luck to everyone applying. We’re looking forward to meeting you all 
at FOSDEM 2025 !



   About FOSDEM

 * Official FOSDEM 2025 website 
 * FOSDEM Code of Conduct 

FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community for 
the community.


The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and 
communities a place to meet to:


 * get in touch with other developers and projects;
 * be informed about the latest developments in the free software world;
 * be informed about the latest developments in the open source world;
 * attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by
   project leaders and contributors;
 * to promote the development and benefits of free software and open
   source solutions.

Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organizers 
gratefully accept donations and sponsorship.



   Essential Information

The Python devroom will be held on February 2 2025, from 09:00 until 
17:00 CET.


 * *Submission deadline: December 1 2025*
 * There will be no extension of the deadline
 * Announcement of selected talks: December 15 2025
 * The reference time is Brussels local lime (CET).
 * Talk format: 25 minutes presentation, including Q&A, if any.
   In-person only.
 * Live streaming of the talks will be available.


   Speaker Guidelines

Please submit your talk proposals using theCFP submission page 
.


 * FOSDEM is using a self-hosted Pretalx installation for managing talk
   submissions. You will need to create an account, if you don’t
   already have one.
 * In the Submission notes field, please also confirm that if your talk
   is accepted, you will be able to attend FOSDEM and deliver your
   presentation. We will not consider proposals from prospective
   speakers who are unsure whether they will be able to secure funds
   for travel and lodging to attend FOSDEM. Sadly, we are not able to
   offer travel funding for prospective speakers.
 * You will need to select the "*Python*" track
 * Keep in mind presentations must be related to Python. All
   presentations will be recorded and made available under the Creative
   Commons licenses CC-BY-SA or CC-BY. Captured footage will later be
   shared online using the FOSDEM archives. By submitting you also
   agree to these terms.


   List of Desirable Topics

We'd like to make the devroom topics as diverse as possible, so we are 
looking to offer a mixture of presentations, short tutorials, demos, 
live coding, etc. Aside from the usual talks about free and open source, 
we will also gladly welcome talks about e.g.


 * Best practices for Python developers
 * New developments in Python land
 * How to get started with a specific library/framework
 * Launching and growing Python communities
 * How Python is being used for education
 * Python for Hardware / Infrastructure
 * Security tools in Python and securing Python
 * Data science, AI and Machine Learning
 * Data engineering and management
 * Video Games (or game-related tooling) written in Python
 * MicroPython, CircuitPython, embedded software
 * Scaling Python applications


   Volunteers

We will also call for volunteers to help us run the event and help us 
with the devroom operation. Please email the organizers, in case you are 
interested.



   Organizers

You can reach out directly to the organizers, if you have a specific 
request or question:


 * Marc-André Lemburg: mal+fosdem [at] egenix.com
 * Rosie Wood: rwood [at] turing.ac.uk
 * Ludo


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Re: [egenix-info] ANN: eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram 0.7.1

[Marc-Andre Lemburg via Python-list]

Hi Schimon,

thanks for reaching out. Our bot is TG-only, since we built it for our 
user group chat group running on TG.


But I suppose you can make use of the types of challenges we use for 
XMPP and IRC as well.


The strategies are working quite well for us, even though they are not 
perfect. It reduces the admin work substantially, plus it's easy to 
extend, so we can always tune them or add new ones.


Thanks,
--
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eGenix.com

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>>> Python Projects, Coaching and Support ...https://www.egenix.com/
>>> Python Product Development ...https://consulting.egenix.com/


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   Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611
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 https://www.malemburg.com/



On 14.05.2025 17:59, Schimon Jehudah wrote:

Good evening.

Is this service also available for XMPP?

I am working on a similar project which is called KaikOut, and I will
be glad to collaborate.

https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/KaikOut
Moderation service for XMPP

Currently, it supports XMPP, and in future it would also support IRC.

Kind regards,
Schimon


On Wed, 14 May 2025 13:42:22 +0200
eGenix Team via Python-list  wrote:


*ANNOUNCING*


 eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram

Version 0.7.1

A simple, yet effective bot implementation
to address Telegram signup spam.

This announcement is also available on our web-site for online
reading:
https://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-Antispam-Bot-for-Telegram-0.7.1-GA.html


*INTRODUCTION*

eGenix  has long been running a local Python
user group meeting in Düsseldorf called /Python Meeting Düsseldorf
/ and we are using a Telegram group for most of
our communication.

In the early days, the group worked well and we only had few spammers
joining it, which we could well handle manually.

More recently, this has changed dramatically. We are seeing between
2-5 spam signups per day, often at night. Furthermore, the signups
accounts are not always easy to spot as spammers, since they often
come with profile images, descriptions, etc.

With the bot, we now have a more flexible way of dealing with the
problem.

Please see our project page for details and download links:

https://www.egenix.com/library/telegram-antispam-bot/


*FEATURES*

   * Low impact mode of operation: the bot tries to keep noise in the
 group to a minimum
   * Several challenge mechanisms to choose from, more can be added as
needed
   * Flexible and easy to use configuration
   * Only needs a few MB of RAM, so can easily be put into a container
or run on a Raspberry Pi
   * Can handle quite a bit of load due to the async implementation
   * Works with Python 3.9+
   * MIT open source licensed



*NEWS*

The 0.7.1 release fixes a few bugs and adds more features:

   * Added missing dependency on emoji package to setup (bug introduced
 in 0.7.0, fixed in 0.7.1)
   * Added user name check for number of emojis, since these are being
 used a lot by spammers
   * Added wheel as requirement, since this is no longer included per
default
   * Updated copyright year

It has been battle-tested in production for several years already
already and is proving to be a really useful tool to help with
Telegram group administration.


Enjoy,




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