Tania Allard

The PSF's Strategic Plan full draft is available and we want your feedback. After sharing high-level goals in May, we're opening a 3-week community feedback window. Read the full draft and tell us: Are these the right goals? Is anything missing? #Python #PyPI pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/06/psf-...

Looking for examples: do you know any OSS projects that have thoughtfully updated their contribution process for AI-assisted PRs? Interested in: * PR templates asking for intent/reasoning * Comprehension checks * Other friction-adding methods Would love to learn from communities experimenting here

I started my parental leave on Monday and today I am finally up to date with all the personal admin I have been putting off for the whole year. #adhd

The PSF's 2025 end-of-year fundraiser is live 🐍🚀 #Python is for everyone—and it takes everyone to keep it thriving. Support the PSF, the Python community, and the language we love. Join in today 💛💙 donate.python.org #PythonForEveryone

My parental leave has not even started yet and I already know I am going to miss the catch ups with my direct reports the most.

The U.S.'s current anti-diversity efforts are, predictably, having a direct affect on funding of #OpenSource software security efforts. I hope other sources - both public & private - will step up to help fund the essential role of open source software stewards.

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Exciting work on BLAS/LAPACK packaging!📦 As part of bringing better BLAS/LAPACK support to Meson, Michał Górny learned a lot about how these essential libraries differ across implementations and distributions, and he is sharing it all with the community. 📖 Dive into the details: buff.ly/JAxtRop

My Dr: Eat well, rest a lot, and avoid stress. Definitely no stress. 🫩🫩 Yeah... Sure

We have an opening for a principal software engineer on the Python tools team. If you're interested in debuggers, language server protocol, and AI then you might find the position interesting! jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

The PSF Grants Program has been temporarily paused after hitting our 2025 funding cap early. It was an extremely difficult but necessary decision to ensure the program and foundation’s near and long term sustainability. Learn more on our blog: pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

I posted this last week, asking for #Python users to fill out a silly little survey. I got quite a few responses! I can use this! It'll be hilarious! I can still use more answers, though. I hope with a few more responses I get more obvious standouts answers. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This transition to a Public Benefit Corporation is a huge milestone for us ✨. I am so excited about the future and the impact we will continue to have on the open source ecosystem.

This is this Friday, here in Pittsburgh!!

For Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD tomorrow, I hope that our publicly available work on accessibility and visualization is a helpful resource. This isn't a short and sweet top-5 list of things to do but a richly documented evaluation of the ecosystem of a data science tool.

Please hire Kara, she is one of the most effective and widely impactful people I know of in all of Open Source

I'm officially announcing a massive collaboration that I've been able to participate in: evaluating the accessibility of the Python visualization library, @bokeh.org! 🎉 In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:

After a focused year of effort to ensure the PSF Grants Program is more responsive, transparent, and sustainable, we are pleased to present the PSF Grants Program 2024 Transparency Report, now available on our blog.

NumFOCUS is seeking its next Executive Director. To guide this process, the Board of Directors has established an Executive Director Hiring Committee. Learn more about the hiring process & progress at bit.ly/4ij7n1g We also want to hear from you! Learn more and share your input at bit.ly/41wbAZL

Accessible Sharks is an NSF-Funded summer internship program that supports disabled undergraduate students to participate in interdisciplinary summer research on sharks. accessiblesharks.wordpress.com

A slew of new Python bug and security fix releases announced today by @yhg1s.bsky.social! Congrats and thanks also to @pablogsal.com, @lukasz.langa.pl, Ned Deily, and Steve Dower. discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...

In case you are interested into following the current PSF Board of directors, check this out :) #python #psf go.bsky.app/TCzcGqT (two members are missing, but will be added soon :D)

I've noticed a concerning trend of "slop security reports" being sent to open source projects. Here are thoughts about what platforms, reporters, and maintainers can do to fight back: #oss #opensource #security #vulnerability #vuln #cve #slop #ai #llm sethmlarson.dev/slop-securit...

I wrote a blog post explaining what the #PSF Conduct WG does since I have heard some people get it wrong. snarky.ca/what-the-psf...

Typical interaction in an #ADHD household: bumping into my partner at the house entrance. Him: where are you going with the dog? Me: to the groomers H: true forgot about it Me: where have you been? H: had to pick up the car from the garage, I told you yesterday Me: ah yes, I forgot about that

It's time time to apply to the #pyConUS24 Maintainers Summit! Organized by @feynudibranch.bsky.social, Inessa Pawson, and @leahawasser.bsky.social, the Summit brings together the #Python community to share best practices in community building 💜 Learn more & apply: bit.ly/pyOSpyCon2024

The last couple of weeks have been hard. This in particular feels the hardest for unknown reasons. Not having access to my #ADHD meds has created a big hole in my coping toolbox and I am experiencing ADHD burnout like never before. I am so glad to have an extended support network right now.

My week without meds so far: - keep having to ask what I was talking about mid way through the conversation - inbox driven overwhelm - forgot to drink water or eat then had a migraine - 12 hours work day followed by 12 hours sleep And it's only Wednesday

Once again there is a shortage of my #ADHD meds, tried every pharmacy in a 15 miles radius with no luck. Apologies to whoever needs a meeting with me in the next couple of weeks. It's going to be a wild ride.

Story of my life: Them: we are building/launching "whatever" and would love your feedback/insights/help to finalise our strategy Me: sure my hourly rate is "y" Them: we do not have a budget for this Me: so you were expecting free labour for your product/non-open source tool/business Them:...

Sure. I will remember that... Famous last words.

Thinking Captain dreadful would be an appropriate name 🏴‍☠️

The update nobody asked for: got my leg tattoo including the knee crevice (this is the most painful tattoo I have gotten ever). I am now living my best wooden leg pirate life 🫠

Not me chasing dopamine by impulse buying 7 bright coloured trousers at once to match my chaotic energy

My birthday present from myself: I just booked a two day (two tattooist collab) session to get my leg sleeve tattoo started. Biggest tattoo project so far... So much anticipation

ADHD nightmare. Being in a video call with more than 10 people doing intro rounds and having to choose the next folk to introduce themselves. I can't even remember who called my name and 2/5 times I'll choose *that* person.

Hey friends! I am here to talk about 🌱 Open source sustainability and resilience ⚡ MLOps and my love for Python and its community ♿ Disability justice, accessibility, and neurodiversity ⌨️ Mechanical keyboards 🎮 Gaming And everything in between

"Wow the vibe is a bit weird over here" ... Me to my brain whenever I forget to take my meds 🧠

I have been here for less than 24 hours and already love the vibes ✨ I might even go back to being an active sharer of rants, shitposts, and the occasionally useful stuff