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It’s been three months since I was first hired as the inaugural Security Developer-in-Residence. I’m quite proud of what I’ve accomplished so far and think i...

We are excited to announce the results of the sixth official annual Python Developers Survey. This work is done each year as a collaborative effort between t...

The PSF is pleased to announce its second batch of PSF Fellows for 2023! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q2! The following people continue to do amazi...

When a vulnerability is disclosed in software you're depending on, the last thing you want is for the remediation process to be confusing or ad-hoc. Towards ...

We announced our intention back in May to fill this role with generous funding by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and after a thorough search, we are delighted to...

The PSF is pleased to announce its first batch of PSF Fellows for 2023! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q1! The following people continue to do amazin...

It was a really lively and engaged election process for the PSF Board this year! First of all, we want to thank everyone who ran and was willing to serve on ...

We announced our intention to fill this role back in January, and after a thorough search, we have chosen Seth Michael Larson! He joins the PSF for the next ...

It’s time to cast your vote! Voting takes place from today Tuesday, June 20, through Friday, June 30, 2023 11:59pm UTC. If you are a voting member of the PSF...

What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the PSF Board this year here. This year there are 4 seats open on the PSF board. You can see ...

Every PSF Voting Member (Supporting, Managing, Contributing, and Fellow) needs to affirm their membership in order to vote in this year’s election. This year...

This year’s Board Election Nomination period is opening tomorrow. Current board members want to share what being on the board is like and are making themselv...

Every year, just before the start of PyCon US, core developers, triagers, and special guests gather for the Python Language Summit: an all-day event of talks...

The Python Language Summit 2023 began with an extended discussion of Python’s C API – the interface through which it is possible to communicate between code ...

Brett Cannon came to the Python Language Summit this year with a fundamental question for the assembled core developers: What is the standard library for? Ac...

One of the most exciting new features in Python 3.10 was the introduction of pattern matching (introduced in PEPs 634, 635 and 636). Pattern matching has a w...

The Python Language Summit 2023 closed off with a trio of lightning talks from Dong-hee Na, Carl Meyer and Amethyst Reese. Dong-hee Na: Let’s sup...

Joannah Nanjekye came to the Python Language Summit 2023 to discuss innovations by Scalene, a sampling-based Python profiler that can distinguish between nat...

At the Python Language Summit 2023, Russell Keith-Magee presented on the ongoing efforts of BeeWare, a project that aims to make it easier to run Python on m...

The Global Interpreter Lock (“GIL”), is one of the most fundamental parts of how Python works today. It’s also one of the most controversial parts, as it pre...