Well yes... and hopefully the fashion industry won't be enough to hide it.

A not of a long introduction with generalities about APIs and ABIs. It really gets interesting when it covers the CPython specifics and the challenge they had keeping compatibility at the ABI level. This gives a good idea of the complexities needed to build wheels for Python packages.

Not what I signed up for years ago, but it's the political and social landscape we inherited... Surveillance is being on steroids now, so definitely need to fight it at every turn.

The web scraper situation isn't getting better... How long can the open web still hold?

Interesting game. Want to make your own alternate history? Gives pause about what we assume of the past. It stays fun of course.

Declarative systems like Nix and Guix bring their own set of complexities and challenges. That said, they also bring very interesting properties in terms of full system reproducibility. It can be a real help for integration work.