
Episode #29
Episode 29: Is CPython developed with AI now?
Let's talk about what it really means in practice that AI tools are used in the cpython GitHub repository now. First-hand opinions based on first-party experience. And some personal news! ## Timestamps (00:00:00) INTRO (00:00:58) PART 0: Developer Leaves Residence (00:09:15) Python's got more batteries included than Łukasz ever knew (00:14:18) Camera does not respect Łukasz (00:14:43) PART 1: Fucking AI Shit (00:17:36) December 2025 crossed the usability threshold(00:18:24) Pablo wants Claude Max (00:19:24) Python on the Mastodon AI hit lists (00:25:46) Pablo needs human connection (00:28:23) GitHub now lets projects disable pull requests (00:30:35)AI disruption of the security vulnerability processes (00:34:00) Python is getting swamped with PRs, GitHub too (00:36:57) Every PR could be adversarial, AI-assisted or not (00:41:45) Pablo's prediction about reputation and time as currency (00:45:34) PART 2: PR OF THE WEEK (00:46:21) Łukasz: a Pure-Python unicodedata module? (00:57:16) Pablo: diff-based terminal rendering in PyREPL (01:12:26) Copilot reviews on GitHub (01:19:11) Debugging with AI (01:26:39) PART 3: WHAT'S GOING ON IN CPYTHON (01:26:57) Subscribe to Savannah's coredispatch.xyz (01:29:22) Python releases since last episode (01:30:45) New team members (01:31:12) PyCon US: come and book the official hotel (01:32:54) blog.python.org now looks like it was made in 2026 (01:35:27) Features (01:56:08) Free-threading changes (01:58:48) Curiosities (01:59:49) Bugfixes (02:03:55) OUTRO

