Behind the Commit

Behind the Commit

by Mia Bajić

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Why FastAPI Became Python’s Fastest‑Growing Framework – Chat with Sebastián Ramírez

In this episode, I’m chatting with Sebastián Ramírez — the creator of FastAPI, Typer, and SQLModel, and founder of FastAPI Labs. FastAPI has become one of Python’s fastest-growing web frameworks (adoption jumped from 14% to 25% among developers between 2021 and 2023!), and we dig into how it got here and what’s next on the roadmap. Sebastián shares behind-the-scenes insights into its success, his take on developer experience, the story behind FastAPI Labs and FastAPI Cloud, and how he handles life in open source. Outline 0:00 Why FastAPI Became So Popular 1:43 The Philosophy Behind FastAPI Development 3:18 Challenges of Maintaining a Popular Open Source Project 5:50 Community Contributions & Recognition System 8:42 FastAPI Roadmap 11:13 Amazing Use Cases - From Particle Accelerators to Space Research 12:29 FastAPI's Performance Architecture & Python Core Team 15:19 Meeting Your Heroes & Being Popular in the Community 16:30 Dealing with Negative Comments & Online Criticism 23:25 FastAPI Cloud & FastAPI Labs Announcement 28:08 Deployment Challenges & Platform as a Service Solution 31:17 The SQLModel Challenge - Combining Old and New Magic 34:29 Thoughts on Education & Self-Taught Development 40:22 How to Contribute to FastAPI 42:33 Closing Thoughts Episode links – JetBrains Developers Survey 2023: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2023/python/#python_web_libs_two_years – FastAPI documentation: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com – Sebastián Ramírez’s website: https://tiangolo.com – FastAPI Labs (FastAPI Cloud): https://fastapilabs.com/

Trailer - Why FastAPI Became Python’s Fastest‑Growing Framework – Chat with Its Creator

FastAPI has become one of Python’s fastest-growing web frameworks! In this upcoming episode, I chat with Sebastián Ramírez, the creator of FastAPI, Typer, and SQLModel, and founder of FastAPI Labs. We talk about why FastAPI became so popular, the challenges of maintaining a fast-growing open source project, and what’s next for FastAPI and FastAPI Cloud. Full episode coming out next week!

Behind the Python Release: Motivation, Fails & Rituals with Łukasz, Pablo & Hugo

Have you ever wondered how a CPython release works? In this episode, I talk with Hugo van Kemenade, Pablo Galindo Salgado, and Łukasz Langa about CPython release management. About the guests Hugo van Kemenade – Release Manager for Python 3.14 & 3.15, currently employed at the Sovereign Tech Agency as a fellow. Maintainer of open-source projects such as Pillow. Co-organizer of local Python events in Helsinki. Pablo Galindo Salgado – Core Python developer, currently employed in the Software Infrastructure department at Bloomberg. Release Manager for Python 3.10 & 3.11, and a member of the Steering Council. Co-host of the core.py podcast. Łukasz Langa – Python’s Developer in Residence at the PSF and Release Manager for Python 3.8 & 3.9. Creator of Black, the opinionated Python code formatter, and co-host of the core.py podcast. Outline 01:34 Most & Least Successful Releases 05:34 Evolution of Release Process 11:37 Release Schedule and Annual Releases 15:05 Handling PRs and Reverts 18:07 Becoming a Python Release Manager 25:24 Motivation and Time Zone Challenges 29:36 Release Rituals and YouTube Party 35:11 Sustainable Open Source Funding Models 42:10 Getting Involved & Further Listening 🎙️ This episode was recorded live at EuroPython in July 2025 in Prague. Episode links - core.py podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/1PGRfdrLEwgXjQbPBNk1pW - Python’s Developer Guide https://devguide.python.org/ - PEP 101 https://peps.python.org/pep-0101/

Trailer – Behind the Python Release: Motivation, Fails & Rituals with Łukasz, Pablo & Hugo

Sneak peak of the episode about CPython release. Have you ever wondered how a CPython release works? In this episode, we talk with Hugo van Kemenade, Łukasz Langa, and Pablo Galindo Salgado about Python release management. About the guests Hugo van Kemenade – Release Manager for Python 3.14 & 3.15, currently employed at the Sovereign Tech Agency as a fellow. Maintainer of open-source projects such as Pillow. Co-organizer of local Python events in Helsinki. Pablo Galindo Salgado – Core Python developer, currently employed in the Software Infrastructure department at Bloomberg. Release Manager for Python 3.10 & 3.11, and a member of the Steering Council. Co-host of the core.py podcast. Łukasz Langa – Python’s Developer in Residence at the PSF and Release Manager for Python 3.8 & 3.9. Creator of Black, the opinionated Python code formatter, and co-host of the core.py podcast.

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