https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/f4b8fbe3-2ace-4eed-8ea9-087af57f6b16 a compiler for scientific kernels written in Python, six years later Pythran is an open source compiler for scientific kernels written in Python. Its goal is to turn scientific kernels written in Python into native modules that runs much faster, take advantage of SIMD instruction units, multi-cores, get rid of the GIL without sacrifying high-level programing. As such it understands a strict subset of the Python language, keeping 100% backward compatibiliy with the original language. Looks cool? It is. But the target niche is small (high performance computing in Python and several great tools already exist (Cython, Numba). How have Pythran survived in the OSS jungle for 6 years while gathering a small but living community? The following points will be discussed: making reasonable technical choices, targeting a niche, sharing the joy, surviving the Python3 switch, building a community, surviving the bus factor, finding funding, not becoming a workaholic, Speaker: Serge Guelton (serge-sans-paille), Track: Python, Room: K.1.105 (La Fontaine), When: Saturday 3 February 2018, 12:00–12:50 (Brussels time), Schedule: FOSDEM 2018 event page, Slides & links official doc, source code, sample talk at pyparis, Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Belgium (CC BY 2.0 BE) (as stated in the FOSDEM video archive). Attribution: “Surviving in an Open Source Niche: the Pythran case” by Serge Guelton (serge-sans-paille), FOSDEM 2018. Original recording: 2018/K.1.105/pythran.webm from the FOSDEM video archive. This channel is an unofficial mirror; FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 02:55:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.watch https://peertube.watch/lazy-static/avatars/3b284627-b75f-409e-ac2e-10f4c2946f43.png https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/f4b8fbe3-2ace-4eed-8ea9-087af57f6b16 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.watch/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.