
Episode 26.1: CPython Sprint Week in Cambridge UK, Part 1
From core.py by Pablo Galindo and Łukasz Langa
October 15, 2025 · 2h 25m · Season 1 · Episode 26
About this episode
This episode features interviews with 18 participants from the CPython Sprint Week in Cambridge UK.
What? What do you mean this two-and-a-half hour episode is PART 1? Well, there were fifty people at the sprint in September. We interviewed thirty of them. In Part 1 you can hear from 18 of them: Ken Jin, Alex Waygood, Russell Keith-Magee, Sam Gross, Steve Dower, Dino Viehland, Petr Viktorin, Peter Bierma, Eric V. Smith, Hugo van Kemenade, Savannah Bailey, Eric Snow, Brandt Bucher, Antonio Cuni, Larry Hastings, Hood Chatham, Victor Stinner, and Mark Shannon. ## Timestamps (00:00:00) INTRO (00:02:43) Ken Jin (00:05:28) Alex Waygood (00:08:21) Russell Keith-Magee (00:17:32) Sam Gross (00:23:25) Steve Dower (00:26:17) Dino Viehland (00:36:02) Petr Viktorin (00:40:59) Peter Bierma (00:44:24) Eric V. Smith (00:55:25) Hugo van Kemenade (00:59:39) Savannah Bailey (01:08:53) Eric Snow (01:22:02) Brandt Bucher (01:38:53) Antonio Cuni (01:48:23) Larry Hastings (02:07:54) Hood Chatham (02:12:11) Victor Stinner (02:16:23) Mark Shannon (02:22:44) OUTRO
People in this episode
Hosts: Pablo Galindo, Łukasz Langa
Guests: Ken Jin, Alex Waygood, Russell Keith-Magee, Sam Gross, Steve Dower, Dino Viehland, Petr Viktorin, Peter Bierma, Eric V. Smith, Hugo van Kemenade, Savannah Bailey, Eric Snow, Brandt Bucher, Antonio Cuni, Larry Hastings, Hood Chatham, Victor Stinner, Mark Shannon
Topics covered
- CPython
- sprint
- interviews
- software development
- Python community
Keywords
- CPython
- sprint
- interviews
- Python
- software development
- Cambridge
- community
- programming
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: core.py
Places: Cambridge UK
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