Anaconda with Peter Wang Contributor
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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
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
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