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UID:pretalx-pycascades-2026-7S8YND@pretalx.com
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DESCRIPTION:As a first-time parent and a developer\, I relied on an app to 
 log sleep and feedings. If I was going to lose sleep\, at least I’d have
  data.\nBut one night\, the app crashed right when I needed it most. Half-
 awake and fully frustrated\, I decided to build my own version: one that c
 ould survive offline and my occasional parental meltdowns.\n\nThis talk ex
 plores how everyday chaos (*whether in parenting or in production*) can in
 spire better engineering. I’ll share how concepts like caching and featu
 re flags turned a midnight side project into a small\, reliable system.\n\
 nAttendees will walk away with practical ideas for making their own applic
 ations more dependable under real-world conditions. Basic programming expe
 rience is helpful\, but the talk is accessible to anyone interested in sof
 tware reliability\, distributed systems\, or stories from the trenches of 
 sleepless nights.
DTSTAMP:20260521T083940Z
LOCATION:Fletcher Auditorium
SUMMARY:When the Baby App Crashed: Coding for Chaos (and Parenthood) - Laur
 a Meng
URL:https://pretalx.com/pycascades-2026/talk/7S8YND/
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