Sasha Romijn
Sasha is an independent developer and community organiser with over a decade of Python experience. A former Django core developer and co-organiser of several Django conferences, they now work mostly on open source software related to internet infrastructure, network engineering, and internet standards. They've also been part of the Write the Docs conference team since 2018 and enjoy side projects like the Less Obvious Conference Checklist and Happiness Packets, which focus on improving the tech community in small but meaningful ways.
Session
A client was happy with a prototype I delivered, except for one detail: they needed my code to be about 100 times faster. I got there eventually, but through much confusion and mistakes, which I will share with you, so you don't have to go through them yourself.