Let's talk about the Steering Council, running a small consultancy business, the Walrus, and pet peeves with our special guest today!

## Outline

(00:00:00) INTRO

(00:00:56) PART 1: Emily Morehouse

(00:02:15) Running a small consultancy business

(00:04:39) What features of JS do you miss in Python?

(00:05:50) Łukasz outnumbered in a world of Steering Council members

(00:06:12) Upgrading to new Python versions

(00:07:00) It depends on who deployed the project

(00:09:44) Second term as a Steering Council member

(00:11:33) Barry, play some bass for us

(00:13:04) Let's hear a recent war story

(00:15:17) Is this progress bar even working?

(00:17:40) The Villain Origin Story

(00:21:37) Emily, The Bringer of Doom

(00:22:37) Consensus within the Steering Council

(00:25:52) Syntax changes in Python are rare, right? Right?

(00:28:22) On implementing PEP 572

(00:32:52) How would PyCon 2020 in Pittsburgh feel?

(00:34:18) How can you be mad about the Walrus?

(00:36:10) Favorite parts of the standard library

(00:38:10) Is hacking on Python a good experience to newcomers?

(00:40:26) Emily's pet peeve about Python, take 1

(00:42:17) Emily's favorite change in Python in recent years

(00:44:34) Emily's pet peeve about Python, take 2

(00:46:34) Łukasz's pet peeve

(00:48:25) Surprise extra question

(00:49:42) At core.py we are professionals

(00:51:00) PART 2: PR of the Week

(00:54:00) CALL TO ACTION: Upgrade Python.org to Django 4!

(00:56:22) PART 3: What's Going On in CPython?

(00:56:38) Faster Python updates

(01:00:10) Free threading: GIL can be disabled but we're not done yet!

(01:04:17) New defaults for SSL context flags

(01:05:39) python -m asyncio and sys.__interactivehook__

(01:06:24) Surprise question: what is sys.__interactivehook__ even doing?

(01:08:11) OUTRO

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