Python is often described as a batteries-included language in ecosystem. In fact, that's been taken

so far, there's even a delightful Easter egg in the Python-Reple. Just type import anti-gravity

to see what I mean. Where do these powerful packages come from? Well, the Python package index, or

Pi Pi Pi. On this episode, you will meet Nicole Harris, Ernest Durbin III, and Dustin Ingram.

They were part of the team that has just launched the new version of Pi Pi Pi over at PiPi.org.

Not only have they given us a great new website around packaging and Python, they have laid the

foundation for innovation in the space for years to come.

This is Talk Python to Me, episode 159 recorded April 18, 2018. Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.

This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.

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