We talk about Python internals, because we work on Python internals. We joke about stuff, because we’re jokers. Episodes between 60 and 90 minutes in length. We’ve done more than a few so far and it doesn’t seem like we’ll be stopping any time soon!
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Episode 30: Live from EuroPython, an Interview with Guido van Rossum
Host [Host Name] interviews Guido van Rossum, discussing his thoughts on Python's evolution and the future of coding.
17 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 29: Is CPython developed with AI now?
Let's talk about what it really means in practice that AI tools are used in the cpython GitHub repository now. First-hand opinions based on first-party experience. And some personal news!
## Timestamps
(00:00:00) INTRO
(00:00:58) PART 0: Developer Leaves Residence
(00:09:15) Python's got more batteries included than Łukasz ever knew
(00:14:18) Camera does not respect Łukasz
(00:14:43) PART 1: Fucking AI Shit
(00:17:36) December 2025 crossed the usability threshold(00:18:24)
Pablo wants Claude Max
(00:19:24) Python on the Mastodon AI hit lists
(00:25:46) Pablo needs human connection
(00:28:23) GitHub now lets projects disable pull requests
(00:30:35)AI disruption of the security vulnerability processes
(00:34:00) Python is getting swamped with PRs, GitHub too
(00:36:57) Every PR could be adversarial, AI-assisted or not
(00:41:45) Pablo's prediction about reputation and time as currency
(00:45:34) PART 2: PR OF THE WEEK
(00:46:21) Łukasz: a Pure-Python unicodedata module?
(00:57:16) Pablo: diff-based terminal rendering in PyREPL
(01:12:26) Copilot reviews on GitHub
(01:19:11) Debugging with AI
(01:26:39) PART 3: WHAT'S GOING ON IN CPYTHON
(01:26:57) Subscribe to Savannah's coredispatch.xyz
(01:29:22) Python releases since last episode
(01:30:45) New team members
(01:31:12) PyCon US: come and book the official hotel
(01:32:54) blog.python.org now looks like it was made in 2026
(01:35:27) Features
(01:56:08) Free-threading changes
(01:58:48) Curiosities
(01:59:49) Bugfixes
(02:03:55) OUTRO
3 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 28: 2025 In Review
Let's take a breather from heavy content and take a look back at last year in this light but spicy episode! The good, the less good, and the disgusting. All that in barely an hour!
## Timestamps
(00:00:00) INTRO
(00:01:32) Pablo Galindo SPACE
(00:06:20) PART 1: 2025 - the good, the uncertain, and the disgusting
(00:07:06) Good: free threading
(00:15:34) Good: remote debugging
(00:17:31) Good: Python Installation Manager on Windows
(00:19:44) The juicy bits
(00:20:12) Uncertain: the JIT
(00:21:04) Uncertain: Steering Council elections
(00:25:01) Uncertain: another type checker
(00:28:57) Disgusting: the TIOBE index
(00:34:03) Disgusting: Mojo
(00:38:12) Disgusting: underinvestment
(00:44:53) The Future
(00:56:41) PART 2: PR OF THE WEEK
(01:05:32) PART 3: WHAT'S GOING ON IN CPYTHON
(01:08:00) Performance
(01:11:47) Free threading
(01:14:04) OUTRO
Inside a recent episode
Episode 30: Live from EuroPython, an Interview with Guido van Rossum
Published 28 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was probably Mosaic, actually. I was just having fun, and I was thinking, okay, well, Python has all the tools necessary to talk HTTP, so the protocol was pretty simple. That probably is the origin of the current lame HTTP module in the standard library. And... I saw a fairly reasonable mapping between most parts of HTML and what you could do with TK Inter, which I knew much better than I do now. And I just had fun. And then somehow management got wind of it and thought that it was a real product. and they put some branding in it and they had a designer design a logo for Graal and it was like a At that time, all browsers had to have an animated logo that was constantly animating while you were browsing the internet, eating up real estate on your screen. […]
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