How do you move toward your potential when the main route is closed?

Marcelo Trylesinski’s path runs from losing a semester to gaming to maintaining Uvicorn, Starlette, Pydantic AI, Logfire and the MCP Python SDK — tools that a large part of the Python ecosystem quietly depends on. In this keynote he reflects on what got him from one to the other: curiosity with direction, organisation, and the slow work of growing professionally and personally at the same time.

At a moment when a lot of people feel anxious about AI and uncertain about where their careers are heading, Marcelo makes the case for small consistent steps. For maintenance as a form of care. And for the idea that focusing on the next actionable step is enough to build a meaningful career, and a meaningful life.