Mariatta

3 videos · 3 events · 2025–2026 · 1h 29m of video

Talks

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No More Spreadsheets! Building PyLadiesCon Infrastructure with Python and Django

PyCascades 2026 · May 23, 2026

Mariatta explains that running PyLadiesCon is a complex, global, multilingual operation involving speakers, volunteers, sponsorships, translations, accessibility, online production, and careful handling of private data. Because spreadsheets made collaboration, permissions, automation, recognition, and transparency difficult, the team built Portal, an open-source Django application backed by…

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No More Spreadsheets! Let's Build a Conference Management tool with Django

Djangonaut Space 2025 · November 11, 2025

Mariatta argues that spreadsheets are a poor foundation for coordinating a global, multilingual, volunteer-run conference. PyLadiesCon currently uses spreadsheets to track volunteers, speakers, moderators, sponsors, promotional assets, transcripts, and translations, but this creates duplicated work, stale information, privacy risks, limited permissions, and difficult coordination. She…

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