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Stick around for the twist ending! We set aside Python and dissect Travis’ big idea to make open source projects financially sustainable through direct investment.
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</ul>Featuring:<ul><li>Travis Oliphant &ndash; <a href="https://github.com/teoliphant" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/teoliphant" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@teoliphant" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/teoliphant" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Adam Stacoviak &ndash; <a href="https://adamstacoviak.com/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@adam" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Jerod Santo &ndash; <a href="https://github.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@jerod" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">X</a></li></ul>Show Notes:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqBqdNIPrbo">Python: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER]</a></li>
<li><a href="https://numpy.org/">NumPy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://projects.scipy.org/index.html">SciPy.org</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.modular.com/mojo">Mojo 🔥: Powerful CPU+GPU Programming</a></li>
<li><a href="https://faiross.org/">FairOSS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tea.xyz/">tea.xyz</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cultrepo.com">Cult.Repo</a></li>
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