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The Summit began with six pre-selected lightning talks, with little time for discussion of each. Five of them are summarized here. An upcoming article will c...

The Summit concluded with a second round of lightning talks, which speakers had signed up for that day. These talks were therefore more off-the-cuff than the...

Python is tested on a menagerie of “buildbot” machines with different OSes and architectures, to ensure all Python users have the same experience on all plat...

To increase the security of Python package downloads, we're beginning to introduce two-factor authentication (2FA) as a login security option on the Python P...

Happy New Year from the PSF! We’d like to highlight some of our activities from 2018 and update the community on the initiatives we are working on. PyCon 201...

Core developer Victor Stinner described to the Language Summit his method of mentoring potential new core developers. His former apprentices Pablo Galindo Sa...

Core developer Mariatta Wijaya addressed her colleagues, urging them to switch to GitHub issues without delay. Before she began, Łukasz Langa commented that ...

When a Python subinterpreter loads an extension module written in C, it tends to unwittingly share state with other subinterpreters that have loaded the same...

Scott Shawcroft is a freelance software engineer working full time for Adafruit, an open source hardware company that manufactures electronics that are easy ...

Amber Brown of the Twisted project shared her criticisms of the Python standard library. This proved to be the day’s most controversial talk; Guido van Rossu...

Python boasts that it comes with “batteries included,” but programmers have long been frustrated at one set of missing batteries: the standard library does n...

Russell Keith-Magee spoke in his capacity as the founder and “Benevolent Dictator For Now” of the BeeWare Project. The project’s slogan is “Write once. Deplo...

The Python Language Summit is a small gathering of Python language implementers, both the core developers of CPython and alternative Pythons, held on the fir...

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our past fundraisers! Donations, memberships, and sponsorships support sprints, meetups, community events, Python do...

In January when we launched the Python in Education project, we were a bit too ambitious with our timeline. Due to other commitments, we were not able to sti...

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The Python Software Foundation (PSF) and PSF Packaging Working Group are excited to announce that the first round of slated improvements to PyPI for 2019 are...

We in the Python community have a deep appreciation for the volunteers who organize, promote, and write the language. A phrase that has become a cornerstone ...

The PSF community service awards go to those individuals whose work and commitment complement and strengthen the PSF mission: to support and facilitate the g...

Going through the big names in the Python community, one would not likely miss Alex Gaynor. Alex was Director of both the Python Software Foundation as well ...