I noticed today that I have been attending the Gulaschprogrammierer Nacht (GPN) for 10 years now.

I specifically remember the talk “What’s cooking in GNOME?” by Tobias Mueller about the GNOME project at GPN14. He talked about Gnome doing releases every 6 months, while the distributions do releases every half a year (27:30) and how Gnome software compiles compared to enlightenment. Also in this talk, he mentioned the GUADEC in 2014 in Strasbourg, which I visited briefly as I was in the city with my school class at the time. It is amazing to think that I have given a talk at GPN in 2024 at the same stage as Tobias did 10 years ago. In some way I am impressed by this realization.

I probably attended previous GPNs, but I don’t have any specific memories of them. I am happy to be part of organizing the event now. I look forward to the next 10 years of GPN and the many more events to come.