ChiPy __Main__ Meeting

When: June 11, 2026, 6 p.m.

Where: Expedia

Directions:

Proceed to Security on the third floor by taking the escalators up. Security will provide a printed QR code, which you'll need to scan at the turnstiles and again in the elevator. After that, proceed to the 7th floor.

500 W Madison St STE 700 Chicago, IL 60661

RSVPs

Attendance:
In Person Pythonistas: 16

Topics

  • Mini Shai Hulud is no longer just an npm problem
    By: eevelweezel
    Experience Level: Novice
    Length: 20 Minutes
    Description:

    Mini Shai Hulud is self-propagating malware that steals credentials from developer machines and CI/CD pipelines.  It was first reported infecting npm packages in 2025, but as of May 2026, it has spread to PyPI.  This talk will cover how Shai Hulud works and some of the mitigation strategies discussed at PyCon. 

  • You're Not Being Replaced You're Being Multiplied.
    By: Joshua Herman
    Experience Level: Intermediate
    Length: 40 Minutes
    Description:

    Everyone has this deep rooted existential fear that AI are taking software developers / engineers jobs. Not only that epistologically when we write code with AI or when working with others they may introduce deficiencies, regressions and problems with readability of committed code.  

    We will address these fears and problems with going through techniques on writing a AGENTS.md file and other similar files like CLAUDE.md . These are guides for agents that work with your code and it introduces rules on how your code should be treated when you are working on them and you can even commit these files to any code repo and other people who use things like codex and claude code can read them. These can be used to perform tests before regressions exist and undo them, look for bugs and security holes and even enforce style rules in your code and applications. Last we will go over ways to generate diagrams

    https://agents.md