# SwiNOG 41: It Was Nice to Be Back

DevFeed: [SwiNOG 41: It Was Nice to Be Back](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/swinog-41-it-was-nice-to-be-back-11387.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/05/swinog-41/>)

Published: 2026-05-04T05:09:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/evpn.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [conferences](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conferences.md>), [e2e-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/e2e-testing.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evpn.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [network-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-automation.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [pytest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pytest.md>)

## AI overview

A personal recap of SwiNOG 41 in Switzerland, highlighting discussions and presentations on networking topics including transceiver power, shared spectrum, AI and LLMs in networking, EVPN gateways, network automation, and end-to-end testing with Netlab and pytest.

## Source excerpt

Last week's SwiNOG was (as expected) great fun at a phenomenal location, starting with the first slide of the first presentation: "6 Stages of Network De-sh*tification". I particularly loved the "talk less, chat more" schedule. The longer breaks gave us plenty of time to catch up with old friends and discuss interesting, sometimes completely unexpected, topics. For example, I learned that SIP MESSAGE is used to carry SMS messages these days. As much as I loved chatting with fellow networking engineers, I also found these presentations highly interesting: Read more ...