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