Sebastian Raschka Keynotes PyCon DE 2026 on 'From Scratch to Scale' — Python's Changing Role as Rust/C Backends Take Over LLM Heavy Lifting

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Raschka will keynote PyCon DE & PyData 2026 in Darmstadt (April 14–16) covering the full Python-to-production LLM path: architectures, training loops, weight loading, multi-GPU scaling. Notably he will address Python's shrinking role as Rust/C backends absorb the computational core. For builders evaluating stack decisions, this keynote is likely to surface actionable guidance on where Python abstractions remain durable vs. where dropping to lower-level backends is now justified.