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