Python: The Documentary | An origin story

This is the story of the world's most beloved programming language: Python. What began as a side project in Amsterdam during the 1990s became the software powering artificial intelligence, data science and some of the world’s biggest companies. But Python's future wasn't certain; at one point it almost disappeared. This 90-minute documentary features Guido van Rossum, Travis Oliphant, Barry Warsaw, and many more, and they tell the story of Python’s rise, its community-driven evolution, the conflicts that almost tore it apart, and the language’s impact on... well… everything. 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - ABC - the predecessor to Python 03:50 - The Amoeba system 05:26 - Guido creating Python 08:38 - Open source release 10:36 - A growing community 13:13 - Famous 1994 Workshop 16:04 - Corporation for National Research Initiatives 18:21 - Origins of the BDFL 19:48 - Early scientific Python community (Travis Oliphant) 21:45 - Importance of Python being open source (Blender) 24:03 - Early Python contributors and the importance of fun 25:25 - The Zen of Python 27:56 - Tumultuous start-up life 30:33 - Birth of the Python Software Foundation 31:58 - The community is the true strength of Python 34:39 - Growth: Web development (Dropbox) 37:28 - Growth: Data science (Anaconda) 41:23 - Dropbox hiring Guido 42:59 - Python 3 (PY3K) 55:21 - "Python is for Girls" 58:30 - Mariatta's story 01:06:05 - Growth: AI/ML (Meta) 01:08:55 - Guido at PyCon 01:10:46 - The Walrus Operator 01:14:14 - Guido stepping down as BDFL 01:16:35 - "Can this work without Guido?" (Governance) 01:20:38 - Guido never expected Python's success 01:21:25 - Python has taken over the world 01:23:19 - Credits