#532: 2025 Python Year in Review

Python in 2025 is in a delightfully refreshing place: the GIL's days are numbered, packaging is getting sharper tools, and the type checkers are multiplying like gremlins snacking after midnight. On this episode, we have an amazing panel to give us a range of perspectives on what matter in 2025 in Python. We have Barry Warsaw, Brett Cannon, Gregory Kapfhammer, Jodie Burchell, Reuven Lerner, and Thomas Wouters on to give us their thoughts.

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Links from the show Python Software Foundation (PSF): www.python.org

PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports: peps.python.org

PEP 779: Free-threaded Python is officially supported: peps.python.org

PEP 723: Inline script metadata: peps.python.org

PyCharm: www.jetbrains.com

JetBrains: www.jetbrains.com

Visual Studio Code: code.visualstudio.com

pandas: pandas.pydata.org

PydanticAI: ai.pydantic.dev

OpenAI API docs: platform.openai.com

uv: docs.astral.sh

Hatch: github.com

PDM: pdm-project.org

Poetry: python-poetry.org

Project Jupyter: jupyter.org

JupyterLite: jupyterlite.readthedocs.io

PEP 690: Lazy Imports: peps.python.org

PyTorch: pytorch.org

Python concurrent.futures: docs.python.org

Python Package Index (PyPI): pypi.org

EuroPython: tickets.europython.eu

TensorFlow: www.tensorflow.org

Keras: keras.io

PyCon US: us.pycon.org

NumFOCUS: numfocus.org

Python discussion forum (discuss.python.org): discuss.python.org

Language Server Protocol: microsoft.github.io

mypy: mypy-lang.org

Pyright: github.com

Pylance: marketplace.visualstudio.com

Pyrefly: github.com

ty: github.com

Zuban: docs.zubanls.com

Jedi: jedi.readthedocs.io

GitHub: github.com

PyOhio: www.pyohio.org

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