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PyCon US 2024

Day 5: Talks (314) Kevin Brown-Silva (76)

Now that we have reached the closing of talks, I'll no longer be posting announcements.

Thank you to everyone who has walked up to me and recognized me from posting those, my goal is to make them more accessible since we talk a lot about the hallway track.

I'll be sticking around for the if anyone wants to find me. Can't guarantee I'll be posting room locations for those 😅.

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Confirmed at a 5 year (maybe more, maybe less) plan for Python to remove the GIL. Currently they've got separate builds for with-GIL and free-threaded, the goal is to ensure backward compatibility while eventually getting rid of the GIL.

This is not going to be 4.

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Shout out to @talkpython, Podcast.__init__, @pythonbytes and FLOSS Weekly from the closing keynote.

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"They weren't paying attention until we broke their ability to make money on something we provided for free." @brainwane at

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"When the Python Software Foundation gets funding, it gets results" @brainwane at talking about @ThePSF

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"Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day" on June 20, 2024: You can put down your burdens.

Proposed by @brainwane at

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"It is absolutely reasonable for users to get frustrated with institutions foist changes on us without any kind of recourse." "This video tries to say, we really want your feedback. And when you give it to us, please treat us like people. Because we are." @brainwane at

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I also fully expect this swear jar to get filled up by the end if it's penny by penny

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closing talk covering a lot of information on financials and attendance 🧵

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"If you ever maintain anything as popular as packaging on the maintainer level you'll never use the phrase 'why don't you just...'"
@brainwane at on maintainership

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