This year's DevConf

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+Title: DevConf 2023: Talking about packaging in Fedora
+Date: 2023-07-15 20:12
+Category: Python
+Tags: EN, talks
+Slug: devconf-2023-packaging-talk
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+My daily job is all about packaging.
+I wouldn't have believed that such an invisible (for the outsider) topic can employ hundreds people all over the world.
+
+## Preparations
+
+This year I wanted to talk at DevConf about something related to my work.
+That's a new - I have no issues talking at the conferences, but till now it was always community and education-centered.
+This was the first technical talk I wanted to deliver.
+
+I learned some things on the way!
+- live demos aren't the greatest idea of all times. it's much better to have a static code snippets in the presentation and demo with the interested parties afterwards
+- researching a new topic takes even 10x more than preparing a topic you're already an expert in - I spent dozens of hours preparing
+- rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. 15 or 20 minutes is nothing if you're nervous, get into detailed explanation or jump to another topic in stress
+- also, while rehearsing, it's good to note down all weak points and fill in the information gaps. It helped me understand better my own work
+- [reveal.js](https://revealjs.com/) is a great presentation framework easy enough for people who don't enjoy digging in css. And publishing it on GitHub takes only a few clicks!
+
+## Effects
+
+My talk was called _Fedora package update? Assess its impact in Copr_
+
+[Slides from the presentation](https://befeleme.github.io/devconf-2023/)
+
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