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Mark Smith

Experienced Software Developer, Developer Advocate & Linux DevOps engineer, working with Python, Rust and Web technologies. PSF Fellow, DSF Member, PyCon UK Organiser, DjangoCon Europe Co-Chair '23, Keynote Speaker. 14 years of team lead and technology management experience. Specialties: Python, MongoDB, Django, Rust, JavaScript, Go, PostgreSQL

On March 19, OpenAI announced that it would acquire Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty. The Astral team, led by founder Charlie Marsh, will join OpenAI's Codex team. This is big news for the Python ecosystem, and it matters to us at JetBrains. Here's our perspective.

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Mark Smith

OpenAI Acquires Astral: What It Means for PyCharm Users