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Jul 18
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#514: Python Language Summit 2025

MICHAEL KENNEDY
About this episode
Every year the core developers of Python convene in person to focus on high priority topics for CPython and beyond. This year they met at PyCon US 2025. Those meetings are closed door to keep focused and productive. But we're lucky that Seth Michael Larson was in attendance and wrote up each topic presented and the reactions and feedback to each. We'll be exploring this year's Language Summit with Seth. It's quite insightful to where Python is going and the pressing matters.

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Seth on Mastodon: @sethmlarson@fosstodon.org
Seth on Twitter: @sethmlarson
Seth on Github: github.com

Python Language Summit 2025: pyfound.blogspot.com
WheelNext: wheelnext.dev
Free-Threaded Wheels: hugovk.github.io
Free-Threaded Python Compatibility Tracking: py-free-threading.github.io
PEP 779: Criteria for supported status for free-threaded Python: discuss.python.org
PyPI Data: py-code.org
Senior Engineer tries Vibe Coding: youtube.com
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
Episode #514 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/514
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm
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