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Author: tiyashabanerjee46

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 The December BangPypers meetup was hosted at [Flexera](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flexera/), where we had five engaging sessions: AI-Driven DevOps, AI Browsers, a deep dive into favorite PEPs, Responsible Agentic AI Frameworks, and an introduction to GPU Programming in Python.

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+The January BangPypers meetup was a fantastic start to the new year, hosted at [Cloudsek](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudsek/?originalSubdomain=in), where we had three insightful sessions covering Recursive Language Models, Causal Reasoning Engines, and a deep dive into Python's GIL.
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+[Jayita Bhattacharyya](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayita-bhattacharyya/) started the proceedings with her talk on *Recursive Language Models*. She explored how these models build upon themselves to achieve more complex reasoning and generation, showcasing their potential to tackle problems that are difficult for standard models.
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+![Recursive Language Models](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/3/5/2/highres_532285426.webp "Recursive Language Models")
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+[Soumya Ranjan Das](https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumya-ranjan-das99/) presented the *Causal Reasoning Engine*. He introduced a framework for building systems that can understand cause and effect, moving beyond correlation to true causal inference. Soumya demonstrated how this is a critical step towards more robust and explainable AI.
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+![Causal Reasoning Engine](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/3/5/7/highres_532285431.webp "Causal Reasoning Engine")
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+[Viraj Sharma](https://sharmaviraj.com/) then took the stage to unravel the mysteries of the Global Interpreter Lock in his talk, *Unlocking Python’s GIL: Myth, Magic & Multicore*. He demystified the GIL, explained its impact on concurrent programming in Python, and explored modern techniques to work around it for true multicore parallelism.
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+![Unlocking Python’s GIL: Myth, Magic & Multicore](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/3/7/6/highres_532285462.webp "Unlocking Python’s GIL: Myth, Magic & Multicore")
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+We also had two engaging lightning talks:
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+[Abhishek Prasad](https://www.linkedin.com/in/compro-prasad/) gave a lightning talk about [*Datastart*](https://data-star.dev/), a platform designed to empower and connect data enthusiasts with valuable resources and insights.
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+![data-star.dev](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/3/8/b/highres_532285483.webp "data-star.dev")
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+[Archit Gupta](https://www.linkedin.com/in/i-archit-gupta/) presented a lightning talk on *Cyber Security Basics*, providing essential insights and practical tips for securing digital assets and understanding common threats.
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+![Cyber Security Basics](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/3/9/d/highres_532285501.webp "Cyber Security Basics")
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+## Community Announcements
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+Looking ahead, we’re excited to collaborate with [SciPy India](https://www.linkedin.com/company/scipyindia/) for our [**SciPy India x Bangpyers Feb Meetup**](https://www.meetup.com/bangpypers/events/311155506/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events).
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+We are community partners for two upcoming events: **[PyConf Hyd 2026](https://2026.pyconfhyd.org/)** happening on March 14-15, and the **[CloudxAI Conference](https://cloudconf.ai/)** on March 14.
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+A big thank you to all our speakers — **Jayita, Soumya, Viraj, Abhishek, and Archit** — as well as to our wonderful attendees and our venue partner [Cloudsek](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudsek/?originalSubdomain=in) for making this meetup a success. Stay tuned for more events and knowledge sharing in the months to come!
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+To stay updated with our future events and discussions:
+- Follow us on Twitter/X - [@__bangpypers__](https://twitter.com/__bangpypers__)
+- Join our Discord community: [Discord Invite](https://discord.gg/Tnhbqh33zd)
+- Follow our meetup schedules: [Meetup Page](https://www.meetup.com/BangPypers/)
+- Subscribe to our mailing list: [Mailing List](https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers) 
+- Follow us on Linkedin - [@bangpypers](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bangpypers)