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