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