ISC'26 recap
Last month was the 2026 ISC High Performance Conference in the beautiful (and sweltering) Hamburg, Germany. It was my fifth time attending in-person, and it has fast become my favorite HPC community conference of the year. Some combination of the program, the people, and the venue that strikes the right balance of technology, community, and commerce that always leaves me coming away with a enough new ideas and invigoration to get through the summer. This balance is a double-edged sword though, and I found myself spread thin amidst trying to attend conference sessions, catching up with colleagues, and supporting the business ™. I didn't see as much of the program as I'd have liked, but a few noteworthy themes still stood out to me.
