Tania Allard
@ixek.bsky.social
Director Quansight Labs
✨ MLOps, OSS, Research Software Engineering
🚀 GDE - ML @ Google | PSF fellow and vice-chair of the board of directors
Pyladies Global Council
🌱 Disability justice activist, feminist, neurodivergent, developer
✨ MLOps, OSS, Research Software Engineering
🚀 GDE - ML @ Google | PSF fellow and vice-chair of the board of directors
Pyladies Global Council
🌱 Disability justice activist, feminist, neurodivergent, developer
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The PSF's 2025 end-of-year fundraiser is live 🐍🚀
#Python is for everyone—and it takes everyone to keep it thriving. Support the PSF, the Python community, and the language we love.
Join in today 💛💙 donate.python.org
#PythonForEveryone
#Python is for everyone—and it takes everyone to keep it thriving. Support the PSF, the Python community, and the language we love.
Join in today 💛💙 donate.python.org
#PythonForEveryone
PSF Fundraiser 2025
The Python Software Foundation is the charitable organization behind the Python programming language.
donate.python.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The PSF's 2025 end-of-year fundraiser is live 🐍🚀
#Python is for everyone—and it takes everyone to keep it thriving. Support the PSF, the Python community, and the language we love.
Join in today 💛💙 donate.python.org
#PythonForEveryone
#Python is for everyone—and it takes everyone to keep it thriving. Support the PSF, the Python community, and the language we love.
Join in today 💛💙 donate.python.org
#PythonForEveryone
My parental leave has not even started yet and I already know I am going to miss the catch ups with my direct reports the most.
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My parental leave has not even started yet and I already know I am going to miss the catch ups with my direct reports the most.
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The U.S.'s current anti-diversity efforts are, predictably, having a direct affect on funding of #OpenSource software security efforts.
I hope other sources - both public & private - will step up to help fund the essential role of open source software stewards.
I hope other sources - both public & private - will step up to help fund the essential role of open source software stewards.
as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The U.S.'s current anti-diversity efforts are, predictably, having a direct affect on funding of #OpenSource software security efforts.
I hope other sources - both public & private - will step up to help fund the essential role of open source software stewards.
I hope other sources - both public & private - will step up to help fund the essential role of open source software stewards.
Reposted by Tania Allard
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Exciting work on BLAS/LAPACK packaging!📦
As part of bringing better BLAS/LAPACK support to Meson, Michał Górny learned a lot about how these essential libraries differ across implementations and distributions, and he is sharing it all with the community.
📖 Dive into the details: buff.ly/JAxtRop
As part of bringing better BLAS/LAPACK support to Meson, Michał Górny learned a lot about how these essential libraries differ across implementations and distributions, and he is sharing it all with the community.
📖 Dive into the details: buff.ly/JAxtRop
BLAS/LAPACK packaging
An overview of differences between BLAS / LAPACK implementations and their packaging.
labs.quansight.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Exciting work on BLAS/LAPACK packaging!📦
As part of bringing better BLAS/LAPACK support to Meson, Michał Górny learned a lot about how these essential libraries differ across implementations and distributions, and he is sharing it all with the community.
📖 Dive into the details: buff.ly/JAxtRop
As part of bringing better BLAS/LAPACK support to Meson, Michał Górny learned a lot about how these essential libraries differ across implementations and distributions, and he is sharing it all with the community.
📖 Dive into the details: buff.ly/JAxtRop
My Dr: Eat well, rest a lot, and avoid stress. Definitely no stress.
Yeah... Sure
Yeah... Sure
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My Dr: Eat well, rest a lot, and avoid stress. Definitely no stress.
Yeah... Sure
Yeah... Sure
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We have an opening for a principal software engineer on the Python tools team. If you're interested in debuggers, language server protocol, and AI then you might find the position interesting!
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
Search Jobs | Microsoft Careers
jobs.careers.microsoft.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We have an opening for a principal software engineer on the Python tools team. If you're interested in debuggers, language server protocol, and AI then you might find the position interesting!
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
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The PSF Grants Program has been temporarily paused after hitting our 2025 funding cap early.
It was an extremely difficult but necessary decision to ensure the program and foundation’s near and long term sustainability. Learn more on our blog: pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
It was an extremely difficult but necessary decision to ensure the program and foundation’s near and long term sustainability. Learn more on our blog: pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
The PSF has paused our Grants Program
Effective August 1st, 2025, the PSF is temporarily pausing our Grants Program after reaching our 2025 grant budget cap earlier than expected. We know how important this program is to many in our community and making this decision was difficult. This is a necessary step to protect both the future of the program and the short- and long-term sustainability of the PSF. (If this moves you immediately to donate to the PSF, we welcome your contributions via our donations page).
pyfound.blogspot.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The PSF Grants Program has been temporarily paused after hitting our 2025 funding cap early.
It was an extremely difficult but necessary decision to ensure the program and foundation’s near and long term sustainability. Learn more on our blog: pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
It was an extremely difficult but necessary decision to ensure the program and foundation’s near and long term sustainability. Learn more on our blog: pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
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I posted this last week, asking for #Python users to fill out a silly little survey.
I got quite a few responses! I can use this! It'll be hilarious! I can still use more answers, though. I hope with a few more responses I get more obvious standouts answers.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I got quite a few responses! I can use this! It'll be hilarious! I can still use more answers, though. I hope with a few more responses I get more obvious standouts answers.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I posted this last week, asking for #Python users to fill out a silly little survey.
I got quite a few responses! I can use this! It'll be hilarious! I can still use more answers, though. I hope with a few more responses I get more obvious standouts answers.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I got quite a few responses! I can use this! It'll be hilarious! I can still use more answers, though. I hope with a few more responses I get more obvious standouts answers.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This transition to a Public Benefit Corporation is a huge milestone for us ✨.
I am so excited about the future and the impact we will continue to have on the open source ecosystem.
I am so excited about the future and the impact we will continue to have on the open source ecosystem.
"Open source should be nurtured and elevated as a public good." - Travis Oliphant
That's why Quansight just became a Public Benefit Corporation, formalizing our commitment to sustainable OSS infrastructure that powers global innovation.
We're in this for the long haul. 🙌 bwnews.pr/3HdvSQ8
That's why Quansight just became a Public Benefit Corporation, formalizing our commitment to sustainable OSS infrastructure that powers global innovation.
We're in this for the long haul. 🙌 bwnews.pr/3HdvSQ8
May 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This transition to a Public Benefit Corporation is a huge milestone for us ✨.
I am so excited about the future and the impact we will continue to have on the open source ecosystem.
I am so excited about the future and the impact we will continue to have on the open source ecosystem.
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This is this Friday, here in Pittsburgh!!
Our summary document is the place to start, from there we organize and reference all of our evidence documents where we capture failures to pass Chartability test criteria.
And if you're attending @pycon.us in 2 weeks, we will be sharing some of our work Friday May 16th! I hope to see you there.
And if you're attending @pycon.us in 2 weeks, we will be sharing some of our work Friday May 16th! I hope to see you there.
Inclusive Data for 1.3 Billion: Designing Accessible Visualizations
- PyCon US 2025
PyCon US 2025
us.pycon.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is this Friday, here in Pittsburgh!!
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For Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD tomorrow, I hope that our publicly available work on accessibility and visualization is a helpful resource.
This isn't a short and sweet top-5 list of things to do but a richly documented evaluation of the ecosystem of a data science tool.
This isn't a short and sweet top-5 list of things to do but a richly documented evaluation of the ecosystem of a data science tool.
I'm officially announcing a massive collaboration that I've been able to participate in: evaluating the accessibility of the Python visualization library, @bokeh.org! 🎉
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
Bokeh Accessibility Audit Summary
Findings and recommendations to make Bokeh tools and plots more accessible
bokeh-a11y-audit.readthedocs.io
May 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD tomorrow, I hope that our publicly available work on accessibility and visualization is a helpful resource.
This isn't a short and sweet top-5 list of things to do but a richly documented evaluation of the ecosystem of a data science tool.
This isn't a short and sweet top-5 list of things to do but a richly documented evaluation of the ecosystem of a data science tool.
Reposted by Tania Allard
Please hire Kara, she is one of the most effective and widely impactful people I know of in all of Open Source
Hi!! What’s up!! I’ve been laid off from GitHub, so if I don’t respond to your emails, it’s FINALLY not my fault 😘 sorry in advance.
The past 5 years were an honor and a joy, because wow, OSS maintainers are a kind bunch. Grateful I got to run one last Maintainer Summit before leaving 💓
The past 5 years were an honor and a joy, because wow, OSS maintainers are a kind bunch. Grateful I got to run one last Maintainer Summit before leaving 💓
May 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Please hire Kara, she is one of the most effective and widely impactful people I know of in all of Open Source
Reposted by Tania Allard
I'm officially announcing a massive collaboration that I've been able to participate in: evaluating the accessibility of the Python visualization library, @bokeh.org! 🎉
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
Bokeh Accessibility Audit Summary
Findings and recommendations to make Bokeh tools and plots more accessible
bokeh-a11y-audit.readthedocs.io
May 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm officially announcing a massive collaboration that I've been able to participate in: evaluating the accessibility of the Python visualization library, @bokeh.org! 🎉
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
Reposted by Tania Allard
After a focused year of effort to ensure the PSF Grants Program is more responsive, transparent, and sustainable, we are pleased to present the PSF Grants Program 2024 Transparency Report, now available on our blog.
PSF Grants Program 2024 Transparency Report
The PSF’s Grants Program is a key plank in our charitable mission
to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language and to
support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international
community of Python programmers. After much research, input, and
analysis, the PSF is pleased to share the PSF Grants Program 2024
Transparency Report. The report includes context, numbers, analysis, and
next steps for the Program. Similar to our PSF Grants Program 2022 & 2023 Transparency Report,
this 2024 report reflects the outcome of a significant amount of work.
There are some differences in the position we are in as we approached
the development of this report:
pyfound.blogspot.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
After a focused year of effort to ensure the PSF Grants Program is more responsive, transparent, and sustainable, we are pleased to present the PSF Grants Program 2024 Transparency Report, now available on our blog.
Reposted by Tania Allard
NumFOCUS is seeking its next Executive Director. To guide this process, the Board of Directors has established an Executive Director Hiring Committee. Learn more about the hiring process & progress at bit.ly/4ij7n1g We also want to hear from you! Learn more and share your input at bit.ly/41wbAZL
Searching for the next Executive Director of NumFOCUS
From the Executive Director Hiring Committee — Julie Hollek (Chair), Sanket Verma, Wolf Vollprecht, Jim Weiss, Michael Zargham
bit.ly
February 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
NumFOCUS is seeking its next Executive Director. To guide this process, the Board of Directors has established an Executive Director Hiring Committee. Learn more about the hiring process & progress at bit.ly/4ij7n1g We also want to hear from you! Learn more and share your input at bit.ly/41wbAZL
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Accessible Sharks is an NSF-Funded summer internship program that supports disabled undergraduate students to participate in interdisciplinary summer research on sharks. accessiblesharks.wordpress.com
Accessible Sharks REU
Interdisciplinary Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates with Disabilities
accessiblesharks.wordpress.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Accessible Sharks is an NSF-Funded summer internship program that supports disabled undergraduate students to participate in interdisciplinary summer research on sharks. accessiblesharks.wordpress.com
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A slew of new Python bug and security fix releases announced today by @yhg1s.bsky.social! Congrats and thanks also to @pablogsal.com, @lukasz.langa.pl, Ned Deily, and Steve Dower. discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...
Python 3.13.1, 3.12.8, 3.11.11, 3.10.16 and 3.9.21 are now available
Another big release day! Python 3.13.1 and 3.12.8 were regularly scheduled releases, but they do contain a few security fixes. That makes it a nice time to release the security-fix-only versions too, ...
discuss.python.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:44 AM
A slew of new Python bug and security fix releases announced today by @yhg1s.bsky.social! Congrats and thanks also to @pablogsal.com, @lukasz.langa.pl, Ned Deily, and Steve Dower. discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...
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In case you are interested into following the current PSF Board of directors, check this out :) #python #psf
go.bsky.app/TCzcGqT
(two members are missing, but will be added soon :D)
go.bsky.app/TCzcGqT
(two members are missing, but will be added soon :D)
December 4, 2024 at 9:48 AM
In case you are interested into following the current PSF Board of directors, check this out :) #python #psf
go.bsky.app/TCzcGqT
(two members are missing, but will be added soon :D)
go.bsky.app/TCzcGqT
(two members are missing, but will be added soon :D)
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I've noticed a concerning trend of "slop security reports" being sent to open source projects. Here are thoughts about what platforms, reporters, and maintainers can do to fight back:
#oss #opensource #security #vulnerability #vuln #cve #slop #ai #llm
sethmlarson.dev/slop-securit...
#oss #opensource #security #vulnerability #vuln #cve #slop #ai #llm
sethmlarson.dev/slop-securit...
New era of slop security reports for open source
I'm on the security report triage team for CPython, pip, urllib3, Requests, and a handful of other open source projects.
I'm also in a trusted position such that I get "tagged in" to other open sou...
sethmlarson.dev
December 3, 2024 at 7:15 PM
I've noticed a concerning trend of "slop security reports" being sent to open source projects. Here are thoughts about what platforms, reporters, and maintainers can do to fight back:
#oss #opensource #security #vulnerability #vuln #cve #slop #ai #llm
sethmlarson.dev/slop-securit...
#oss #opensource #security #vulnerability #vuln #cve #slop #ai #llm
sethmlarson.dev/slop-securit...
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I wrote a blog post explaining what the #PSF Conduct WG does since I have heard some people get it wrong.
snarky.ca/what-the-psf...
snarky.ca/what-the-psf...
What the PSF Conduct WG does
In the past week I had two people separately tell me what they thought the PSF Conduct WG did and both were wrong (and incidentally in the same way). As such, I wanted to clarify what exactly the WG d...
snarky.ca
November 27, 2024 at 12:29 AM
I wrote a blog post explaining what the #PSF Conduct WG does since I have heard some people get it wrong.
snarky.ca/what-the-psf...
snarky.ca/what-the-psf...
Typical interaction in an #ADHD household: bumping into my partner at the house entrance.
Him: where are you going with the dog?
Me: to the groomers
H: true forgot about it
Me: where have you been?
H: had to pick up the car from the garage, I told you yesterday
Me: ah yes, I forgot about that
Him: where are you going with the dog?
Me: to the groomers
H: true forgot about it
Me: where have you been?
H: had to pick up the car from the garage, I told you yesterday
Me: ah yes, I forgot about that
November 15, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Typical interaction in an #ADHD household: bumping into my partner at the house entrance.
Him: where are you going with the dog?
Me: to the groomers
H: true forgot about it
Me: where have you been?
H: had to pick up the car from the garage, I told you yesterday
Me: ah yes, I forgot about that
Him: where are you going with the dog?
Me: to the groomers
H: true forgot about it
Me: where have you been?
H: had to pick up the car from the garage, I told you yesterday
Me: ah yes, I forgot about that
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It's time time to apply to the #pyConUS24 Maintainers Summit! Organized by @feynudibranch.bsky.social, Inessa Pawson, and @leahawasser.bsky.social, the Summit brings together the #Python community to share best practices in community building 💜
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/pyOSpyCon2024
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/pyOSpyCon2024
March 8, 2024 at 7:36 PM
It's time time to apply to the #pyConUS24 Maintainers Summit! Organized by @feynudibranch.bsky.social, Inessa Pawson, and @leahawasser.bsky.social, the Summit brings together the #Python community to share best practices in community building 💜
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/pyOSpyCon2024
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/pyOSpyCon2024
The last couple of weeks have been hard. This in particular feels the hardest for unknown reasons. Not having access to my #ADHD meds has created a big hole in my coping toolbox and I am experiencing ADHD burnout like never before.
I am so glad to have an extended support network right now.
I am so glad to have an extended support network right now.
September 26, 2023 at 5:02 PM
The last couple of weeks have been hard. This in particular feels the hardest for unknown reasons. Not having access to my #ADHD meds has created a big hole in my coping toolbox and I am experiencing ADHD burnout like never before.
I am so glad to have an extended support network right now.
I am so glad to have an extended support network right now.
My week without meds so far:
- keep having to ask what I was talking about mid way through the conversation
- inbox driven overwhelm
- forgot to drink water or eat then had a migraine
- 12 hours work day followed by 12 hours sleep
And it's only Wednesday
- keep having to ask what I was talking about mid way through the conversation
- inbox driven overwhelm
- forgot to drink water or eat then had a migraine
- 12 hours work day followed by 12 hours sleep
And it's only Wednesday
September 20, 2023 at 9:46 AM
My week without meds so far:
- keep having to ask what I was talking about mid way through the conversation
- inbox driven overwhelm
- forgot to drink water or eat then had a migraine
- 12 hours work day followed by 12 hours sleep
And it's only Wednesday
- keep having to ask what I was talking about mid way through the conversation
- inbox driven overwhelm
- forgot to drink water or eat then had a migraine
- 12 hours work day followed by 12 hours sleep
And it's only Wednesday