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The day was October 23, 2015, Friday afternoon. The PSF and PyCon organizers were busy pulling together sponsors for the upcoming PyCon conference when sudde...

On the heels of attending a successful PyCon in Namibia in 2015, a small group of Python enthusiasts in Harare, Zimbabwe vowed to organize the first-ever PyC...

This past November marked the first PyCon Jamaica. Held in the capital, Kingston, the conference began on November 17th with a day of tutorials followed by a...

If you're using an older Python without the most secure TLS implementation, this is the year to get serious about upgrading. Otherwise next June you may not ...

Shannon Turner has been fascinated with programming since she was a child, thanks in part to her grandmother, who loved video games. Watching her grandmother...

There are two elements which make Open Source function: 1. Technology 2. An active community. The primary need for a successful community is a go...

In a 1947 lecture on computing machinery, Alan Turing made a prediction: "The new machines will in no way replace thought, but rather they will increase the ...

Happy Holidays from the Python Software Foundation! The holiday season gets us thinking about all that we have accomplished over the past year and about t...

"We were all amateurs," recalls Guido van Rossum. In the early years of the Python Software Foundation, its founders were more interested in writing code tha...

Next week Ana Balica will give her first keynote, but she isn't nervous. At least, not yet. "I definitely will be before going on stage," she says. "That’s a...

As many of you will know, the PSF has been a partner in the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) micro:bit project. A million devices capable of running ...

Two weekends ago I was lucky enough to get the chance to attend PyCon APAC 2016. This year the event was held in Seoul, South Korea at the COEX Convention Ce...

“In the beginning, there was one Python group in Charleroi, the P3B (Python Blanc Bleu Belge)”, Stéphane Wirtel recalls. This first Python group was led by D...

Interview prominent Pythonistas, connect with the community, expand your circle of friends and learn about events in the Python world! The Python Software ...

Ned Batchelder didn't mean to get himself nominated for an award. He'd simply encouraged his Twitter followers to "nominate someone who made a difference for...

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In honor of the 2016-2017 board of director's first board meeting today, I wanted to share the PSF's growing success with the public! For as long as I have b...

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Note: This is the third post on my trip in April to Havana, Cuba to attend the International Open Software Convention, CubaConf. The second day of CubaConf, ...

The PSF's annual election completed yesterday. Please welcome the new PSF Board of Directors for the 2016/17 term! - Annapoornima Koppad - Carol Willing ...