Simon Willison: "Things I've learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation"

Pretty good insights on what the PSF is and how it relates to the Python language from Django co-creator Simon Willison:

https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-software-foundation/

The entire post is worth reading, but here are links to specific sections:

[What is the PSF?](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-software-foundation/#what-is-the-psf)
The PSF employs staff
[A lot of this is about money](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-software-foundation/#a-lot-of-this-is-about-money)
The PSF does not directly develop Python itself
[PyPI—the Python Package Index](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-software-foundation/#pypi-the-python-package-index)
PyCon is a key commitment
[Other PSF activities](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-software-foundation/#other-psf-activities)
Work Groups
[Acting as a fiscal sponsor](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-software-foundation/#acting-as-a-fiscal-sponsor)
Life as a board member
[The kinds of things the board talks about](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-software-foundation/#the-kinds-of-things-the-board-talks-about)
Want to know more?

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I made a Vim Game in Python

I made a vim game in python using pygame. I would describe it as if Letter Invaders from Typing Tutor 7 had vim motions. It is in the early stages of development, so please go easy in the comments.

\#What My Project Does

It is a vim game in pygame designed to help the user build up speed and familiarity with the vim motions

\#Target Audience

People who use vim and want to become fast with the motions

\#Comparison

Alternative games include VimBeGood and Golf.Vim. This is closer to VimBeGood, in that it focuses on building up speed, rather than giving the user a single puzzle to study.

\# Repo

https://github.com/RaphaelKMandel/chronicles-of-vimia

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A script to get songs from a playlist with matching total length

#What my project does
Basically, you input:

- A public youtube playlist

- Target duration

You get:

- Song groups with a matching total length

#Target Audience

So I think this is one of the most specific 'problems'..

I've been making a slow return to jogging, and one of the changes to keep things fresh was to jog until the playlist ended. (Rather than meters, or a route)

I am incrementing the length of the playlist by 15 seconds between each run, and each time finding a group of songs with a matching length can be tiring, which is why I thought of this 😅

 

So I guess this is for people who want a shuffled playlist, with a specific duration, for some reason.

This is 'py-playlist-subset', try it out 👀

https://github.com/Tomi-1997/py-playlist-subset

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