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Disentangling Formatted Strings with t-strings - Simon Merrick
In October 2025, Python 3.14 was released and with it a cool new way to create t-strings, which promise to help python developers write better, and safer python code. While on the surface, they share a similar name to f-strings, the way we use them is quite different. This talk explores what they are, how they work, who they are for and how they will help python developers write safer code.
Simon is a Senior SRE experienced in building and securing cloud native software and infrastructure in the Payments Industry. His passion is the intersection of technological and interpersonal challenges of getting code from commit to production, safely, securely and on demand - especially in regulated sectors such as Payments.
Simon serves as Secretary on the Committee of Python New Zealand and is part of the Kiwi PyCon core team in 2024 and 2025.