Thrilled to share some exciting news on this #HappyReadingThursday! ๐๐ฅณ
Honoured to be selected as a PSF Fellow! This incredible recognition energizes my commitment to the Python community.
In my latest newsletter, I share about how PSF Fellows are chosen, plus practical Python tips like using UV with Docker and insights on common engineering challenges.
Ready to level up your Python skills? Check it out! ๐
๐ Please welcome our two newest Python core developers! ๐๐๐
Sam Gross is the author of PEP 703 and leading the work to remove the GIL
Nikita Sobolev is the fourth most active contributor (since 2020) and was recently made a @ThePSF Fellow.
https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-sam-gross/44323
https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-nikita-sobolevn/44376
And just for fun I made a chart of the number of new core developers per year!
I am nominating Sam Gross (@colesbury, GitHub) as a core developer. Sam single-handedly created the nogil 3.9 proof of concept, kept it alive with a 3.12 rebase, worked with the core team and the Steering Council to create a workable plan for making the GIL optional in Python. Towards that end, Sam joined the core team as a triager in late 2021. Since then, over 50 pull requests in his name got merged into CPython. Another 5 are open at the time of this writing. Samโs experience with the inter...
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