Barry Warsaw

I’m incredibly excited to serve on this coming term’s Steering Council! Working on CPython has been one of the most rewarding endeavours of my career. I’m so grateful to everyone who voted & honoured that so many placed their trust in me. peps.python.org/pep-8107/

Absolutely honored to serve another term with these fine folks. Thanks to the community for your trust and for Greg and Emily for a wonderful 2025 term.

Featuring: @mitsuhiko.at @pumpichank.bsky.social @snarky.ca Drew Houston, Guido van Rossum, Benjamin Peterson, Jessica McKellar, Ken Manheimer, Lambert Meertens, @mariatta.ca @pauleveritt.org ...

One of the funnest recent episodes is now out with @snarky.ca‬, @willingc.bsky.social, ‪‪@pauleveritt.org‬, @pumpichank.bsky.social, and @mkennedy.codes #python #513: Stories from Python History talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...

I gotta say, ChatGPT and other LLMs are infinitely better at debugging esoteric computer problems than searching the web, forums, reddit, SO, etc. Case in point: Time Machine was erroring on a particular Dropbox file stored locally, and CGPT helped solve it. Plus it was actually kinda nice!

This announcement comes after several weeks of thoughtful discussion among the SC members. I’d also like to acknowledge and thank my fellow council members, @pumpichank.bsky.social, @gpshead.bsky.social, @pablogsal.com and @emilyemorehouse.bsky.social for their hard work throughout this process.

While it took much deliberation, it’s decisions like this, and the process leading to it, that make serving on the SC so rewarding. Once again I’m honored to serve with these five fine folks.

Uncanny valley x2. I've talked to several plumbers recently whose voicemail goes straight to an AI. They don't tell you they're an AI tho, so after a few Qs & As, I suspect "Dane" and "Madison" of being Not Human. Now I'm trying to trick them without outright accusing.

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.

Use #Python at all? I would like to do a silly thing, which I hope will bring amusement to others as well as me (if it works out). If you wouldn't mind, please fill out this form, and boost for reach: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Catching up on the PyCon talks I missed. Some are just bananas. @pablogsal.com @lukasz.langa.pl @1st1.dev GvR

WEPs, DEPs, BIPs, DEPs, SKIPs, NEPs, FEPs, SLEPs, AIPs, PEEPs, CEPs, SPECs, TIPs, JEPs, CFEPs, APEs, IPEPs... Many projects name proposals after PEPs rather than RFCs. Where did PEPs come from? Here's @pumpichank.bsky.social on the origin! hugovk.dev/blog/2025/pe... #Python #PEP #RFC #history

The trailer for "Python, the Documentary" is here! 🔥🐍 From its humble beginnings in the Netherlands to powering AI at the world’s biggest companies - this is the story of Python. 🎥 The film premiers at @europython.eu in July and will follow on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to stay updated!

The full film will feature: @mitsuhiko.at, @pumpichank.bsky.social, @snarky.ca, Drew Houston,  Guido van Rossum, Benjamin Peterson, Jessica McKellar, Ken Manheimer, Lambert Meertens, @mariatta.ca, @pauleveritt.org...

@thepsf.bsky.social Developers-in-Residence Program now has a landing page! 💜 Today we cover the language runtime and security work, maybe there's a gap in the #Python ecosystem your organization wants to see improved? Let's chat! #security #opensource #oss www.python.org/psf/develope...

The spec for pylock.toml is up! packaging.python.org/en/latest/sp...

I love it when I ask ChatGPT to give me some commands to do a thing, and it responds with "Let me know if you want a script that can do that. I can hook you up".

BREAKING! Guido van Rossum, the legendary creator of #Python, has officially reinstated himself as Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL). Feat. Guido van Rossum, @pumpichank.bsky.social, @snarky.ca and @mariatta.ca‬ Stay tuned for the documentary coming this summer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgxB...

I doubt Southwest Airlines is here, but I *used* to be a loyal customer. With the announced bag fees and previously announced assigned seat changes, as of today, I'm done. If you want to act like just another airline, that's how I'll treat you.

Okay, before I freak out and delete Firefox everywhere, what's the deal with the new Mozilla terms of service, giving them blanket rights to use that information? Sure seems pretty broad, or at least extremely careless language, for a privacy focused organization.

We’re building a new static type checker for Python, from scratch, in Rust. From a technical perspective, it’s probably our most ambitious project yet. We’re about 800 PRs deep!

Happy birthday, #Python 🐍!

Y'all, I did a thing. I just authored my first PEP as a primary author! PEP 774 – Removing the LLVM requirement for JIT builds peps.python.org/pep-0774/

Incredibly sad news. RIP Michael.

#Windows #Python users, watch Steve Dower's video for an improved installation manager: https://youtu.be/Kl4XeDp51d8?si=Nob0e9c591WQPRCK Try the demo yourself and give feedback on PEP 773: https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-773-a-python-installation-manager-for-windows/77900/34 #PEP773 #PEP

🐍📦📜 All the pieces (I use) are now in place for PEP 639 ("Improving License Clarity with Better Package Metadata"). Thanks to contributors and maintainers of at least 6 projects and of course Karolina Surma for the PEP! discuss.python.org/t/pep-639-ro... #Python #PEP639 #PyPI #SPDX #licensing

Mini-PITA: on a macOS 15 laptop with a notch, app menubar icons just get lost under the notch if you have too many of them. You have to quit apps or move notifications to the Control Center. Doesn't this bug some Apple employee enough to Just Fix?! Scrollbar or popup with the full list would do.

Let’s try that again, autospell! It’s 2025. Is Keybase still the easiest way to do end to end git repos?

It's that time of the decade where I modernize my .emacs file and remove tons of crap I no longer use or need.

Python has won the title of ‘TIOBE’s Programming Language of the Year 2024’. This award is given to the programming language with the highest increase in ratings in one year. Python gained a whopping 9.3% in 2024: www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/... #Python #TIOBE

The number of proposals submitted by the community yesterday was 336, bringing our closing total to 932. Great job procrastinators!! #PyConUS #Python

Do you think SMS MFA is in any way secure? Think again. Our telecom infrastructure has more holes than swiss cheese. This is almost 2025, use an authenticator app or hardware key. I don’t love biometrics for this, but it’s better than SMS. Stop using SMS two factor auth!

Just released: Python 3.14.0a3 🚀 discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1... docs.python.org/3.14/whatsnew/ This release brought to you by tea and homemade mince pies. #Python #CPython #Python314 #release #food

ASCAP says I made $0.05 in royalties in 2024. I am ready to par-tay! 🤑

We are very exited to share with you PEP 768 🐍, which proposes a safe external debugger interface to Python. We think this is a really exciting change that would allow debuggers and tools to safely attach to running Python processes without stopping or restarting them. 🔨🐛 peps.python.org/pep-0768/

Thank you for your trust and support! I look forward to a wonderful 2025 working with these amazing Pythonistas. Thank you to all the candidates for this year’s Steering Council!

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...

This is huge news! The python-build-standalone project is officially moving under Astral's leadership. They were the basis of Rye, they are what uv fetches, and they are probably one of the best hidden secrets in the Python community that already drive tons of workflows. astral.sh/blog/python-...

I’m proposing we shut down the email-sig mailing list, moving it to DPO. I’m aware of the irony!

Trying #Python 3.13 free-threading builds with uv is as easy as specifying `--python 3.13t`. If you don't have such an interpreter available, uv will download a standalone build for you! The full list of options to install 3.13t builds is here: py-free-threading.github.io/installing_c...

Updates to my Pythonistas starter pack. Honestly, the UX is a little wonky so I’m probably missing some folks, but it’s a good, um…start! go.bsky.app/VYHhHJo

Looking for good bass content to follow, players, feeds, instruments, instructors, etc. Bass guitar and upright. I’m gonna create a starter pack when I have “at least 7” - the minimum required to creat a pack.

@bsky.app starter packs are an absolutely brilliant idea. Fantastic for converts from the Social Media That Shall Not Be Named. Now all I want is an iPad native version, and easier switching between profiles.

@teddanson.bsky.social and @hwinkler4real.bsky.social should have a nice off!

🐍 The nominations are in for the 2025 #Python #SteeringCouncil! 🗳️ @pumpichank.bsky.social 🗳️ @corona10.bsky.social 🗳️ @emilyemorehouse.bsky.social 🗳️ Ethan Furman 🗳️ @gpshead.bsky.social 🗳️ @mariatta.ca 🗳️ @pablogsal.com 🗳️ @yhg1s.bsky.social Read their statements at peps.python.org/pep-8106/