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ANN: ChiPy at Slalom Build Thu August 20, 6:30p


ChiPy
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When: 6:30 PM Thursday August 20, 2026
Where: Slalom Build

https://www.chipy.org/meetings/1179/

Topics
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1. Exploring Execution Modalities
Andrew Wingate

There are many types of programs and programming, especially when we care about time. What are they and how do we harmonize between them? We'll explore these taxonomies and how to piece them together.
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2. Docstrings as a Database — Building a Documentation Pipeline with Python & 11ty
Roger Steve Ruiz

# Docstrings as a Database
## Building a Documentation Pipeline with Python & 11ty
### Elevator Pitch
A contract renewal is coming. Your team has built a complex system over years, but the people who need to understand its value - subject-matter experts, product folks, the client - don't read code. Swagger/OpenAPI tells them what the API accepts and returns, but not what the system does or why.
This talk is the story of how I built a documentation site that solved that problem: a local-first, portable doc site that treats Python docstrings as a database of business logic.
### What You'll Learn
- How to extract structured data from Python docstrings using `griffe` and `docstring-parser`- Why a Python → JSON → 11ty pipeline decouples data from presentation and keeps templates lean- How to build a hard validation guardrail - if docs are incomplete, the site doesn't build- How persona-based information architecture serves both SMEs (process maps) and developers (API references) from the same data- How a local-first approach bypasses bureaucratic hosting approvals entirely
### Who This Is For
Python developers who have ever wished their docstrings did more than sit in an editor. Developers working on government or regulated projects where hosting approvals are a bottleneck. Anyone who's watched knowledge walk out the door when a contract ends.
No prior experience with 11ty, griffe, or static site generators needed.
### About the Speaker
I'm a developer currently working on public health data modernization projects. I contribute to and builds tools that help teams document what they know before they forget it. You can find him at `hi@rog.gr` or `@rogeruiz` on most platforms.
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Location
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Slalom Build
phone: None

address: 200 E Randolph St, Suite 3800
Chicago, IL 60601

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link: https://www.slalom.com/us/en

About the group
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https://www.chipy.org

Chicago Python User Group known as ChiPy was founded in 2003. We are an active user group organized around the Python.programming language.   Our meetings are open to all of all proficiency and experience levels.