Discover the Talks at PyCon Colombia 2026 ✨
Browse every accepted session—titles, tracks, levels, and speakers—before you plan your days in Medellín.
Future-proof Engineers with AI-DLC
AI is transforming not just what engineers build, but how they learn and grow. In this workshop, you'll discover AI-DLC (AI-Driven Learning Curriculum), a framework for creating personalized, adaptive learning paths for software engineers using AI tools. We'll explore how to design learning curricula that incorporate AI assistance, build skills that complement rather than compete with AI, and create development plans that keep engineers relevant and valuable for years to come.
Carlos Alberto Riveros Varela
Software Engineer @ EPAM Systems
Jesús Alfredo Reyes Vargas
Software Engineer @ EPAM Systems
Employability in the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence is changing the job market faster than ever. Many developers wonder: will AI replace me or empower me? In this talk I'll share my real experience going from being a developer in Latin America to working for companies in the United States—facing interviews, optimizing my professional profile, and adapting to an environment where AI is already part of daily life. We'll explore how AI doesn't replace the developer but redefines the value we bring: from writing code to solving real problems, communicating ideas, and building complete solutions. The talk will cover the future of programming, how to shift your mindset toward AI, which skills really matter today, how to stand out in international hiring processes, the role of AI tools in your professional growth, and common mistakes that hold back your employability.
Structured Learning: AI-Powered Platform That Transforms Academic Papers into Interactive Learning Experiences
Structured Learning is a platform that turns a research paper into a complete learning module—chapter-by-chapter explanations, incremental executable code, RAG chat, FSRS spaced-repetition flashcards, equation derivations, and a knowledge graph in Neo4j. This talk covers the product, the engineering of an agentic workflow pipeline that takes a GitHub issue to a merged PR with isolated worktrees, auto-patching after failed review, and GitHub as the agents' API, and how it runs on AWS with LocalStack for dev-prod parity. Agents don't replace engineers—they replace the glue between engineers and the boring 80% of the SDLC—and that's where compound returns live.
Provenance by Default: AI Media Pipelines in Python
A model can now generate a video that looks indistinguishable from one your camera recorded. The same is true for an image, a voice, or a song. As Python developers, we are building those pipelines — and we are also the ones who will be asked, very soon, to prove what came out of them. This talk is about building generative media pipelines in Python in a way that answers that question by default. We'll walk through Genblaze, an open-source SDK (github.com/backblaze-labs/genblaze, MIT licensed) that I work on at Backblaze, and use it as a vehicle to talk about the design problems any team faces when wiring AI generation into a real product. We will cover, with live code: the Pipeline pattern with a fluent Pipeline → Step → Run → Manifest API built on Pydantic v2; one API across eleven providers; provenance that survives the file with SHA-256-verified manifests embedded into PNG, JPEG, MP4, MP3, and WAV; privacy and policy controls; storage and replay; and agent loops with lineage. By the end, attendees will have a clear reference for how to architect generative-AI features in Python so that what did this system actually produce, and can I prove it? is a one-line answer instead of a ticket.
Lessons Learned Reporting Vulnerabilities in the Python Ecosystem
You've surely received that notification telling you to update a dependency due to a security flaw. But have you wondered what happens from when someone discovers that vulnerability until the patch reaches your project? In this talk I'll share my experience reporting vulnerabilities in the Python ecosystem. We'll explore the behind the scenes: from the technical finding and reporting process to collaboration with maintainers and patch publication. We'll address not only technical aspects but also the human factor—both crucial for effective vulnerability resolution. The challenges maintainers and the community face, especially in this new era of open source software security where artificial intelligence plays an increasingly relevant role.
