Mike Fiedler

@miketheman.com

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Code Gardener. Wrangler of the Unusual. Roller Derby referee. AWS Hero. PyPI Maintainer. Shakshuka lover. he/him https://miketheman.dev

EuroPython closing event with as many volunteers on stage as could make it
Anatomy of a Phishing Campaign, Mike Fiedler EuroPython
Photograph of espresso coffee on wooden bar in front of draped window
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Photograph of three conference badges laid side by side, all with speaker tags
Screenshot of a Python terminal REPL with the text: NameError: name 'base64' is not defined. Did you forget to import 'base64'?
"I'm a speaker at PyCon US 2026" image, Mike Fiedler, Anatomy of a Phishing Campaign, with a profile photo of Mike in referee stripes
Photos of countertop precision scale with coffee beans showing 12.0 on the digital display
Picture of log lines with: INFO/MainProcess] mingle: searching for neighbors INFO/MainProcess] mingle: all alone
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A platter of Shakshuka in a skillet, side of tahina, side salad, and brown bread
A plate of Shakshuka with bread on a picnic table with other tables with people in the background
Animated graphic displaying a speaker profile of Mike Fiedler, Code Gardener, speaking about Moving Mountains on the main stage December 11th, Expo TLV
def cap_str_to_mln_float(cap: str) -> float: """Parse capital string (e.g., '$1.2B', '750M') to millions as float.""" if not (cap := cap.strip().lstrip("$")) or cap.lower() == "n/a": return 0.0 try: if cap[-1] in "MmBb": return float(cap[:-1]) * (1000.0 if cap[-1] in "Bb" else 1.0) return float(cap) except (ValueError, IndexError): return 0.0
Blue heart emoji wearing a gold crown at a jaunty angle
Photo of the beach in the Exumas, very clear water and sand
airline warning message describing delays for flights to Newark airport
Photo of airplane seat back screen display, with Next stop: Osaka
Sunrise over airport with Manhattan skyline
hyperfine --warmup 1 "pre-commit run --all-files" "prek run --all-files" Benchmark 1: pre-commit run --all-files Time (mean ± σ): 1.278 s ± 0.011 s [User: 2.360 s, System: 0.733 s] Range (min … max): 1.268 s … 1.307 s 10 runs Benchmark 2: prek run --all-files Time (mean ± σ): 680.7 ms ± 2.7 ms [User: 1397.2 ms, System: 342.2 ms] Range (min … max): 676.3 ms … 683.9 ms 10 runs Summary prek run --all-files ran 1.88 ± 0.02 times faster than pre-commit run --all-files
Screenshot from Airplane! movie with words overlaid "We have your clearance, Clarence" "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
Seth presenting at a podium holding a microphone with a presentation screen saying "Smaller projects are shaped by tools"
GitHub screenshot showing: a checkmark, 0 Open, 1,000 Closed
Bowl on counter with finished dish
Jacob on stage with presentation behind him saying "SMALL TEAM, MIGHTY IMPACT"
Selfie of Mike and Seth, with an interloper keynote speaker behind us
Heroku, AWS, MongoDB, Control plane, CNCF, PostHog, Dynatrace, Screenplay, Neo4j
My friend
Four profile photos of James in different eras with arrows pointing out the communication pathways