Post B2ixL0I3EWcIthFSue by xgranade@wandering.shop
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 (DIR) Post #B2ixKEGzl9FdyWNwbQ by xgranade@wandering.shop
       2026-01-27T22:11:22Z
       
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       On one hand, I don't want to create Discourse again. On the other, the Python Developers Survey has been fuming enough I want to livetoot it.Again, I love the PSF, but I deeply worry about how cozy it is with AI, and wish that more folks in a position of influence to change things at the PSF would spend that power opposing AI. (I know some of y'all already do, and thank you from the bottom of my cold, dead heart.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ixKN8SoEm5SfSl3Q by xgranade@wandering.shop
       2026-01-27T22:16:21Z
       
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       Since I'm about to critique the fuck out of this survey, let me start by saying I know a lot of good folks worked on putting this survey together. My point is not to level a personal critique, but to complain about where the soup of institutional mandates, corporate pressure, and personal resistance landed.With that caveat firmly in place: we're off to a great start already.(NB: there's a lot more languages listed, too many for a single screenshot.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ixKh9uMZoVYwIC5A by xgranade@wandering.shop
       2026-01-27T22:18:20Z
       
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       "It's complicated."(This is not a critique, it's a shitpost at my own expense.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ixL0I3EWcIthFSue by xgranade@wandering.shop
       2026-01-27T22:19:01Z
       
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       Some of my gray hairs are named after Python point-releases.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ixLNeAOSyPKwlx4q by xgranade@wandering.shop
       2026-01-27T22:21:04Z
       
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       This one is legit complicated. The Python Developers Survey is hugely influential, such that asking valid questions can also come off as push polling. Users learning about Python from AI chatbots are in for some very *very* nasty surprises, but wrong or right, that's what some folks do and it's worth measuring that.Really, this one points me towards thinking that sociologists skilled in administering ethical survey methods should enter the chat.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ixLpKHTzhhBNgSy8 by xgranade@wandering.shop
       2026-01-27T22:24:17Z
       
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       What is work, anyway? Like, is open-source maintenance and development "work" if it's unpaid, or is that "personal"? Is it "work" if it's big enough to have dependent projects downstream?The answers to this question *will* get discussed in boardrooms, but it's... I honestly don't know how to answer it even for myself.