PyCon Ireland 2026

Conference website for PyCon Ireland 2026, 17 October at Trinity College Dublin.

Tech Stack

• Hugo v0.161.1 (extended) — static site generator
• Tailwind CSS v4 — via Hugo's native css.TailwindCSS pipe (no PostCSS or external build tools needed)
• Inter — Google Fonts sans-serif typeface
• Vanilla JS — mobile menu toggle only, no frameworks

Hugo processes Tailwind CSS natively through its asset pipeline. The hugo_stats.json file (generated by Hugo's buildStats) tracks CSS class usage across templates, enabling Tailwind to tree-shake unused styles. CSS rendering is deferred via templates.Defer to ensure all classes are captured before processing.

Prerequisites

• Hugo Extended >= 0.161.1
• Node.js >= 20

If you use mise, Hugo is configured in mise.toml.

Getting Started

npm install          # install Tailwind CSS
hugo server          # start dev server with live reload

Open http://localhost:1313/ in your browser.

Build for Production

hugo --minify

Output goes to public/. CSS is minified and fingerprinted automatically in production builds.

Project Structure

├── hugo.toml                  # Site config, menus, params
├── assets/css/main.css        # Tailwind v4 entry + theme tokens
├── content/                   # Markdown content pages
│   ├── _index.md              # Homepage
│   ├── speakers/_index.md
│   ├── schedule/_index.md
│   ├── sponsors/_index.md
│   ├── venue/_index.md
│   ├── code-of-conduct/_index.md
│   └── blog/                  # Blog posts
├── data/                      # YAML data files
│   ├── speakers.yml           # Speaker profiles
│   ├── sessions.yml           # Talk details
│   ├── schedule.yml           # Multi-track schedule grid
│   ├── sponsors.yml           # Sponsor tiers
│   ├── team.yml               # Organising team
│   └── site.yml               # About section content
├── layouts/
│   ├── _default/              # Base and fallback templates
│   ├── partials/              # Reusable components (nav, footer, hero, etc.)
│   ├── speakers/list.html     # Speakers grid page
│   ├── schedule/list.html     # Schedule grid page
│   ├── sponsors/list.html     # Sponsors page
│   ├── venue/list.html        # Venue page
│   └── blog/                  # Blog list and single templates
└── static/img/                # Images, logo, favicon

Adding Content

Speakers — edit data/speakers.yml. Set keynote: true for keynote speakers.

Sessions & Schedule — edit data/sessions.yml for talk details and data/schedule.yml for the timetable grid.

Sponsors — edit data/sponsors.yml. Sponsors are grouped by tier (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Community).

Blog posts — add a Markdown file in content/blog/:

---
title: "Post Title"
date: 2026-03-01
description: "Short description."
---

Post content here.

Design

Dark theme with Python brand colours as accents:

Token	Colour	Usage
py-blue	#306998	Primary accent, buttons, links
py-yellow	#FFD43B	Secondary accent, highlights
bg-primary	#0f1117	Page background
bg-card	#1a1d2e	Card surfaces

Theme tokens are defined in assets/css/main.css using Tailwind v4's @theme directive.