Don't worry about it just some PyCon US 2024 shenanigans it'll be good I promise

pyboat.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# This is Creative Commons Zero licensed my dudes
# https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
# (C) 2024 Absolutely Fuckin Nobody ideally

# No you don't get any decent comments
# (Sorry not sorry)

from datetime import date

start_year = 2024

regional_pycons = {
    "US": 2003,
    "Kiwi": 2009,
    "AR": 2017,
    "AU": 2010,
    "Brasil": 2005,
    "CA": 2012,
    "Chile": 2021,
    "China": 2011,
    "Columbia": 2016,
    "CZ": 2015,
    "Euro": 2002,
    "FR": 2010,
    "DE": 2011,
    "Ghana": 2018,
    "Hong Kong": 2018,
    "APAC": 2024,
    "India": 2019,
    "Iran": 2021,
    "Ireland": 2015,
    "Israel": 2016,
    # TODO the rest of them lol
    # https://pycon.org/#national-conferences
    # Also regional confs probably
}

scotch_years = (
    17,
    # TODO there were more
)

pyboats = {}

# TODO DRY
for target_year in range(start_year, start_year + 20):
    pyboats[target_year] = []

for conf_name, conf_year in regional_pycons.items():
    for scotch_year in scotch_years:
        for target_year in range(start_year, start_year + 20):
            if conf_year + scotch_year == target_year:
                pyboats[target_year].append((conf_name, scotch_year))

for year, lst in pyboats.items():
    if not lst:
        continue

    scotch_years = {}
    # XXX there's some stdlib module to do this I'm pretty sure
    for conf_name, scotch_year in lst:
        scotch_years.setdefault(scotch_year, [])
        scotch_years[scotch_year].append(conf_name)

    scotch_year_texts = []
    for scotch_year, conf_names in scotch_years.items():
        conf_list = ", ".join([f"PyCon {i}" for i in conf_names])
        conf_list = conf_list.replace("PyCon Kiwi", "Kiwi PyCon")
        scotch_year_texts.append(f"{scotch_year}-year scotch ({conf_list})")

    if len(scotch_year_texts) == 1:
        scotch_text = scotch_year_texts[0]
    elif len(scotch_year_texts) == 2:
        scotch_text = " and ".join(scotch_year_texts)
    else:
        scotch_text[-1] = "and " + scotch_text[-1]
        scotch_text = ", ".join(scotch_year_texts)
    print(
        f"There will be a PyBoat Yacht-as-a-Service event in {year} serving {scotch_text}. The boat captain/czar will be AJ, as dictated by the power of quorum."
    )