Eric Anderson (@ericmander) welcomes Peter Wang (@pwang) for a conversation about the Python ecosystem and the open-source communities that have built it. Peter is the creator of Anaconda, the near-essential Python distribution for scientific computing that makes managing packages a lot more manageable. In today’s episode, Peter offers a unique and powerful perspective on how to make the economics of open-source work for everyone.

In this episode we discuss:

• The paradox of the PVM and Python’s packaging difficulties
• How Guido van Rossum implied permission for Anaconda and the open-source Python movement
• Python as the lingua franca of a new professional class
• Looking to Roblox for inspiration for a scientific computing creator community
• Giving back to open-source communities through the NumFOCUS Foundation

Links:

• Anaconda
• NumFOCUS
• NumPy
• SciPy
• Enthought
• Jupyter
• TensorFlow
• MicroPython
• scikit-learn
• pandas
• Quansight
• Red Hat
• Roblox

People mentioned:

• Travis Oliphant (@teoliphant)
• Fernando Pérez (@fperez_org)
• Brian Granger (@ellisonbg)
• Min Ragan-Kelley (@minrk)
• Guido van Rossum (@gvanrossum)
• James Currier (@JamesCurrier)

Other episodes:

• NumPy & SciPy with Travis Oliphant
• TensorFlow with Rajat Monga