Session

20 Years of Core Development with Brett Cannon (AMA)

with Brett Cannon

Microsoft at PyCon US 2023

Learn about Brett Cannon's impact on Python and what he hopes to bring to both the Python Community and the Microsoft ecosystem around Python in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) held at the Microsoft Booth at PyCon US 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Chapters

  • 00:00 - Brett's Intro
  • 01:11 - Near Future Plans for VS Code and AI Integration
  • 03:24 - Accepting Feedback
  • 04:08 - Balancing Work, Open Source and Personal Life
  • 09:10 - Does Microsoft provide direction on where Python should go
  • 10:05 - Microsoft projects using Python
  • 12:02 - Is there a movement from .Net to Python inside of Microsoft
  • 12:45 - How to get started contributing to open source
  • 15:00 - When did you realize Python was becoming a big deal
  • 17:19 - What happens if you remove all of Brett's code from Python
  • 18:59 - What are Brett's Favorite VS Code Extensions
  • 21:12 - What is the most surprising thing you learned as a member of the Python Steering Council
  • 25:40 - Sublanguage annotations in Python
  • 27:04 - Who should replace Brett on the Steering Council with him stepping down