Sad Python Girls Club

S2 Episode 6 - Denny Perez on her journey into the Python community

🎙️ Welcome to the final episode of the Sad Python Girls Club Podcast for 2024! ✨ In this special episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Denny Perez, a Software QA Analyst and PSF Board Member. Denny shares her remarkable journey from the world of accounting to the realm of IT, and eventually into the Python community. Her story is one of transformation and inspiration, as she has become a trusted mentor for many aspiring contributors to a more diverse and inclusive Python ecosystem. We also discussed our favorite Python-related news from the past year, reflecting on the highlights and milestones that have shaped the community in 2024 -- make sure to tune in! 🎧 Links and Resources: Denny Perez @ GitHub: https://github.com/DennyPerez18 The Python Software Foundation (PSF): https://www.python.org/psf-landing/ Results from 2024 PSF elections: https://discuss.python.org/t/psf-board-election-proposed-bylaws-changes-results-announcement/58465 PyCon US: https://us.pycon.org/2025/ PyCon Charlas: https://us.pycon.org/2025/speaking/charlas/ PyCon Charlas contact e-mail: pyconcharlas@gmail.com Pyladies Con 2024: https://conference.pyladies.com/ Octoverse: Python is the top language in GitHub: https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/ The Python Sofware Foundation receives the Wonderfully Welcoming Award from GitHub: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/11/psf-wonderfully-welcoming-award-github.html Savannah Ostrowski is officially a Python Core Developer: https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-savannah-ostrowski/70302 Someone like you by Adele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0 Corazón Multicolor by Luis Fonsi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c6T5kyR86g Another sad love song by Toni Braxton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yQ0Fll_9pM Intro Song: Pastel Producer: Blue.P Music provided by LogSquare

S2 Episode 5 - Vinicius Stock on Ruby & Python: Beyond the Code

If we ask you what the similarities between Ruby and Python are, it's likely that the answer will be they're both dynamically typed interpreted languages. But did you know there's a lot more than just that? 👀 In the 5th episode of season 2 of the Sad Python Girls Club podcast, Vinicius Stock, Staff Developer at Shopify, joins us to explore the similarities between Ruby and Python, extending beyond technical aspects to their vibrant communities ✨ Tune in to learn more about how Ruby support in VS Code works, and how it relates to our team’s efforts to support diverse scenarios for Python 🐍💎 Links and Resources: Vinicius Stock @ GitHub VS Code Ruby extension VS Code Ruby LSP extension Ruby Sorbet (type checker) VS Code extension VS Code Ruby documentation Ruby LSP repo VS Code Ruby design and roadmap doc VS Code Python's new setting, "python.locator" which can be set to "native" or "js" Estranged by Guns N' Roses Intro Song: Pastel Producer: Blue.P Music provided by LogSquare

S2 Episode 4 - Charlie Marsh on Astral tools

We are over the moon 🌜 to announce a new episode of the Sad Python Girls Club Podcast! 🎉 This time, our co-hosts Dawn Wages and Luciana Abud are joined by Karthik Nadig, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. And, as a special guest, we have Charlie Marsh, Founder of Astral and the mind behind the popular Python tools Ruff and uv. 🐍✨  In this exciting episode, we dove into the backstory and motivation behind Charlie's creation of Ruff and how that paved the way for Astral. We explore the inner workings of his team and how they manage their awesome tools, and we get an exclusive sneak peek into their future plans. 🚀 It's a super fun episode featuring tech insights and open source learnings, so make sure you don't miss it!   Links and Resources Charlie Marsh @ GitHub SPGC's S1 Episode 3 - Karthik Nadig Astral announcement Astral.sh Ruff: An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust uv: An extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust Rye: a Hassle-Free Python Experience "Rye grows with uv" blog post VS Code Ruff extension Ruff language server announcement GitHub Copilot Holocene by Bon Iver Intro Song: Pastel Producer: Blue.P Music provided by LogSquare

S2 Episode 3 - Courtney Webster on being a PM for Python in VS Code

This is the 3rd episode of season 2 of the Sad Python Girls Club Podcast, and we couldn't be more excited about it! 🥳 We had an awesome chat with Courtney Webster, Product Manager II at Microsoft working on the Python development support in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio 🐍. She’s also the esteemed author behind our monthly release blog posts for the Python extension in VS Code 📰. Dive in with us as we learn about Courtney’s contributions to the Python community, her work to streamline the "getting started" experience for Python in VS Code, her efforts in package management support and educational initiatives, as well her approach to experimentation 🧪 and data-driven development 📈. Links and Resources Courtney Webster @ GitHub Python extension for VS Code blog posts & release notes Python in Visual Studio Microsoft's Privacy Statement How to disable telemetry in VS Code & extensions Microsoft's Experimentation Platform VS Code experimentation client How to opt in, opt out or disable Python extension experiments A look into workflow tools - package management in the Python extension for VS Code, by Courtney Webster @ discuss.python.org PEP 722 - Dependency specification for single-file scripts [rejected] PEP 723 - Inline Script Metadata [accepted] PEP 722 and PEP 723 User Study Discussion by Courtney Webster @ discuss.python.org Python extension's Create Environment command Quick Start Guide for Python in VS Code Microsoft Learn Python Trainings @ Microsoft Learn PyCon US 2024 DjancoCon US DjangoCon Europe 2024 EuroPython 2024 SciPy 2024 CFP: EuroScipy 2024 (Poland), open until May 26th, 2024 CFP: PyCon India 2024, open until May 31st, 2024 CFP: PyCon France 2024, open until July 21st, 2024 CFP: PyCon APAC 2024 (Indonesia), open until August 1st, 2024 What a Time by Julia Michaels ft. Niall Horan Intro Song: Pastel Producer: Blue.P Music provided by LogSquare

S2 Episode 2 - Eleanor Boyd on Python Testing in VS Code

Welcome to episode 2 of the second season of the Sad Python Girls Club Podcast! This time we had the pleasure to chat with Eleanor Boyd, Software Engineer at Microsoft, about her work on improving testing support for Python in VS Code 🧪🐍 Join us for an episode full of geeky tech talk 🤓 as we peel back the curtain on a major refactoring mission that is enabling the development of new testing features to come (😉😉 Django folks). Links and resources: Eleanor Boyd @ GitHub pytest Pytest plugins unittest Python Packaging repository Feature request @ vscode-python to support Django unittests (from November 2017) Coverage.py VS Code's Test Coverage API proposal Python testing in VS Code documentation Episode 214 of the Python Test podcast, featuring Eleanor Boyd and Courtney Webster talking about their work on rolling out the changes on testing support for Python in VS Code. Intro Song: Pastel Producer: Blue.P Music provided by LogSquare