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Tangential, but its so sad the room is almost empty. Just a sea of empty chairs.

I was toying with making a long trip to a 'con of some kind this year. The last one I went to was a pycon in, I think it was, 2016. But are they dying?

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Hi, there were a mixture of reasons for the lower than normal turnout this year, mainly stemming from the Con moving from Raleigh to Charlotte.

Some of us didnt even hear about it existing until the latest issue of 2600 dropped. The website normally updates around the new year, letting us plan to go - February rolled past without such.

If you are asking if Cons in general or dying, I think that's a definite no. Every conference I've been to lately has only seen tremendous growth: PyCon, PyCascades, LinuxFest NW, SeaGL, etc. However, that is just my personal experience.

Distribution is uneven by topic. I went to two talks at LFNW this year. One was packed, no more chairs available. The other was much lighter, with only 10 or so people in the room. It all depends how general interest the topics are.

Looking forward to seagl later this year. :)

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