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Han shot first (Changelog & Friends #128)
February 13, 2026
2:00:17
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Our ol’ friend, Brett Cannon, is back to talk all things Python. But first! Star Wars, Machete Order, Lost, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, Murderbot, Ted Lasso, Project Hail Mary, David Attenborough, perpetual voice rights, and the AI uncanny valley.
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- Brett Cannon – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- What is the Star Wars Machete Order?
- Pep 665 (lock file format)
- python-build-standalone
- Astral: high-performance Python tooling
- Pypi: Page Not Found
- Incus documentation
- Python/prebuilt-cpython
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!