Andrew Nesbitt

following PEP 833, Python packaging now considers the HTML index representation frozen!

I’m really happy we got this out: IMO it’s a small but very important step towards nudging clients to prefer the JSON index, which is better in every regard.

https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2026-08-11-html-index-is-frozen/

Shared Code Between Package Managers

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/11/package-manager-library-reuse.html

Shared Code Between Package Managers

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/11/package-manager-library-reuse.html

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@jnunemaker libcurl backend

@voxpelli.com one small part: https://github.com/git-pkgs/downstream another I'm hoping to publish tomorrow

the index will be the most challenging as it could end up huge, will likely focus on the top 1% of packages to begin with.

@voxpelli.com funny you should mention that, I’m working on some parts of that at the moment, although actually deploying it at scale would be a way off atm

Slides from our #FOSSY Talk:

"AI depends on #OpenSource to function, both as a technical dependency and as a source of data. Model builders who consume the output of our labour MUST also be aligned with the values, norms and governance of those communities. Our hypothesis, being that AI builders who prioritize alignment with open source communities will have an advantage built through trust."

https://sunnydeveloper.com/ai-alignment-metrics-for-open-source-communities/

@jacques yep, it’s not nice, it was Hugo or Jekyll for me

@ripienaar I’ve been using it for git-pkgs.dev for the past 6 months without issue

Thinking of adding support for vendored dependencies to git-pkgs: https://github.com/git-pkgs/git-pkgs/issues/317

I had enough of getting daily security warnings on the hundreds of npm dependencies of Docusaurus so I'm switching https://docs.ecosyste.ms to use hugo: https://github.com/ecosyste-ms/docs/pull/115

Geng et al 2026: "Mapping the Emerging Curriculum for AI-Assisted Software Engineering via Syllabus Analysis" https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05898 interesting to see what people are trying… If anyone knows of a similar analysis for data science curricula, I'd be grateful for a pointer.

This Week in Package Management: 8 August 2026

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/08/this-week-in-package-management.html

I updated my website to the latest oxcaml-5.2.0-minus39 and made some notes about how the opam packaging works https://anil.recoil.org/notes/oxcaml-opam-guards : this might be helpful if you're trying out the performance extensions with your own non-Jane Street codebases

This Week in Package Management: 8 August 2026

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/08/this-week-in-package-management.html

The Software Stewardship Lab

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/07/the-software-stewardship-lab.html

RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/117053850151600277

Please note that this is actual news and not a scathing satirical shitpost! Good luck to Andrew & co with this. 🫶👏🙌🤞🙏

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@stewardshiplab/117053438317483406

I recognise a lot of the names in this launch announcement, so it will be interesting to see what comes out of this effort.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@stewardshiplab/117053438317483406

Some great people here doing some really interesting stuff.