# Gophercon And The Concurrent Python Developer Retreat

DevFeed: [Gophercon And The Concurrent Python Developer Retreat](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gophercon-and-the-concurrent-python-developer-retreat-32224.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bruceeckel.com/2017/07/19/gophercon-and-the-concurrent-python-developer-retreat/>)

Author: Bruce Eckel

Published: 2017-07-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bruce Eckel - Computing Thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bruce-eckel-computing-thoughts.md>)

Topics: [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [conference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conference.md>), [event](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [go-language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go-language.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on attending Gophercon, finding value in the event while criticizing its commercial structure, limited activity choices, crowded talks, and weak support for attendee interaction. The article contrasts it with PyCon and describes an informal "Pythonistas who love Go" open-space gathering.

## Source excerpt

I found Gophercon to be valuable and it restarted my interest in the Go language. I'm currently working my way through The Go Programming Language Phrasebook and plan to explore ways to call Go from Python (described later in this post). If I hadn't been attending with my friend Luciano Ramalho it would have been a different experience. The conference is clearly commercial and I had a strong sense of having my experience decided for me.