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Behind the Commit

Meet the people shaping open-source across Europe and beyond! Have you ever wondered who the people are behind the open source technologies you use every day? Behind the Commit explores the stories and technologies shaping open source across Europe—from the tools being built to the challenges of maintaining them in a constantly evolving ecosystem. We speak with maintainers about what they"re building, why it matters, and how open source is changing in the age of AI.

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16:13

Maintaining 80 OSS Projects: Anthony Sottile on...

Behind the Commit ·

2026/03/30

In this episode, I'm chatting with Anthony Sottile — creator of pre-commit, primary maintainer of flake8, core contributor to pytest, and maintainer of around 80 open source projects across the Python ecosystem. He's also a GitHub Star and a popular live coding streamer on Twitch under the name "anthonywritescode". We dig into how he actually manages all of it, the origin story of pre-commit, the psychological side of open source maintenance, and how to get started contributing.Outline00:00 Episode

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0:42

Trailer – Maintaining 80 OSS Projects: Anthony...

Behind the Commit ·

2026/03/25

In this upcoming episode, I chat with Anthony Sottile — creator of pre-commit and maintainer of around 80 open source projects. We talk about how he actually manages it all, the surprising bugs he's found in NPM and Git along the way, and the psychological side of open source that nobody talks about.

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36:58

AI-Written Code: Armin Ronacher on AI Agents and the...

Behind the Commit ·

2026/02/13

Armin Ronacher (creator of Flask, previously Sentry’s VP of Platform, and currently founder of a startup Earendil) shares his experience building a startup where 90% of the code is AI-generated. We discuss which programming languages work best with AI agents, why Python's ecosystem makes life harder for AI, and what skills programmers need to stay relevant in the age of AI.Outline00:00 Episode highlights and introduction0:43 - How much code do you write yourself vs AI agents?2:03 - What kind of

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1:05

Trailer – AI-Written Code: Armin Ronacher on AI...

Behind the Commit ·

2026/02/12

In this upcoming episode, I chat with Armin Ronacher, the creator of Flask. We discuss which programming languages work best with AI agents, why Python's ecosystem makes life harder for both humans and AI, and what skills programmers need to stay relevant in the age of AI.

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31:47

AI-Generated Music: Tech, Copyright & Real-World...

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2025/12/03

In this episode, I talk with Mateusz Modrzejewski, a professional musician and AI researcher and assistant professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, about AI-generated music: how it works, what artists think about it, the big copyright questions, and where AI tools can genuinely support the creative process instead of replacing it.Outline00:00 Episode highlights and introduction00:49 Thoughts on AI-generated music02:09 The good sides of AI03:40 The bad sides of AI 04:43 How do professional

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1:26

Trailer – AI-Generated Music: Tech, Copyright &...

Behind the Commit ·

2025/12/02

AI-generated music is on the rise, but what does that mean from a technical and creative perspective? In this upcoming episode, I talk with Mateusz Modrzejewski, a professional musician and AI researcher, about AI-generated music: how it works, what artists think about it, the big copyright questions, and where AI tools can genuinely support the creative process instead of replacing it.

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17:39

How To Make Web More Sustainable? – Chat with Thibaud...

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2025/11/14

In this episode, I’m chatting with Thibaud Colas — Product Lead & Engineering Manager at Torchbox, Wagtail product lead, and current President of the Django Software Foundation. We talk about digital sustainability: why the internet’s energy use matters, how to measure it, why performance is important for emissions, whether rewriting everything in Rust is the only solution, and why we should keep AI businesses more accountable.Outline0:00 — Episode highlights0:58 — Guest intro1:21 — Is carbon

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0:49

Trailer – How To Make Web More Sustainable? – Chat...

Behind the Commit ·

2025/11/14

What is digital sustainability and why does it matter?In this upcoming episode, I chat with Thibaud Colas, Product Lead & Engineering Manager at Torchbox, Wagtail product lead, and current President of the Django Software Foundation. We talk about digital sustainability: why the internet’s energy use matters, how to measure it, why performance is important for emissions, whether rewriting everything in Rust is the only solution, and why we should keep AI businesses more accountable.

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42:36

Why FastAPI Became Python’s Fastest‑Growing Framework...

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2025/10/30

In this episode, I’m chatting with Sebastián Ramírez — the creator of FastAPI, Typer, and SQLModel, and founder of FastAPI Labs. FastAPI has become one of Python’s fastest-growing web frameworks (adoption jumped from 14% to 25% among developers between 2021 and 2023!), and we dig into how it got here and what’s next on the roadmap. Sebastián shares behind-the-scenes insights into its success, his take on developer experience, the story behind FastAPI Labs and FastAPI Cloud, and how he handles life

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2:05

Why FastAPI Became Python’s Fastest‑Growing Framework...

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2025/10/23

FastAPI has become one of Python’s fastest-growing web frameworks!In this upcoming episode, I chat with Sebastián Ramírez, the creator of FastAPI, Typer, and SQLModel, and founder of FastAPI Labs. We talk about why FastAPI became so popular, the challenges of maintaining a fast-growing open source project, and what’s next for FastAPI and FastAPI Cloud.Full episode coming out next week!

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45:12

Behind the Python Release: Motivation, Fails &...

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2025/10/14

Have you ever wondered how a CPython release works? In this episode, I talk with Hugo van Kemenade, Pablo Galindo Salgado, and Łukasz Langa about CPython release management.About the guestsHugo van Kemenade – Release Manager for Python 3.14 & 3.15, currently employed at the Sovereign Tech Agency as a fellow. Maintainer of open-source projects such as Pillow. Co-organizer of local Python events in Helsinki. Pablo Galindo Salgado – Core Python developer, currently employed in the Software

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2:45

Trailer – Behind the Python Release: Motivation,...

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2025/10/11

Sneak peak of the episode about CPython release. Have you ever wondered how a CPython release works? In this episode, we talk with Hugo van Kemenade, Łukasz Langa, and Pablo Galindo Salgado about Python release management. About the guests Hugo van Kemenade – Release Manager for Python 3.14 & 3.15, currently employed at the Sovereign Tech Agency as a fellow. Maintainer of open-source projects such as Pillow. Co-organizer of local Python events in Helsinki. Pablo Galindo Salgado – Core Python

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