Python: The Documentary | An origin story

This is the story of the world's most beloved programming language: Python. What began as a side project in Amsterdam during the 1990s became the software powering artificial intelligence, data science and some of the world’s biggest companies. But Python's future wasn't certain; at one point it almost disappeared. This 90-minute documentary features Guido van Rossum, Travis Oliphant, Barry Warsaw, and many more, and they tell the story of Python’s rise, its community-driven evolution, the conflicts that almost tore it apart, and the language’s impact on... well… everything. Thanks to our sponsors for making this documentary possible: Anaconda: https://www.anaconda.com/ ‪@AnacondaInc. Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/ @Dropbox Meta: https://opensource.fb.com/ ‪@FacebookOpenSource OpenTeams: https://openteams.com/ ‪@openteams PyCharm: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ ‪@PyCharmIDE Quansight: https://quansight.com/ ‪@quansight And to all the amazing people who are featured: Armin Ronacher, Barry Warsaw, Benjamin Peterson, Brett Cannon, Drew Houston, Guido van Rossum, Jessica McKellar, Ken Manheimer, Lambert Meertens, Lisa Guo, Lisa Roach, Mariatta Wijaya, Paul Everitt, Patrice Lyons, Peter Wang, Robin Friedrich, Robert Kahn, Sjoerd Mullender, Steven Pemberton, Tim O'Reilly, Ton Roosendaal, and Travis Oliphant. Additional thanks to The Python Software Foundation and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI). Picture of Guido at Dropbox by Dan Stroud from Squero (Brand and Creative Studio) Squero.com Python comic (Import Antigravity) by xkcd: https://xkcd.com/353/ Follow us: https://x.com/CultRepo/ https://bsky.app/profile/cultrepo.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/cult.repo/