#169 - Bridging Python and Rust: An Interview with PyO3 Maintainer David Hewitt
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In this episode Bob chats with David Hewitt, passionate Python and Rust programmer, core maintainer of PyO3, and part of the Pydantic team.
PyO3 lets you write a native Python module in Rust, or to embed Python in a Rust binary. David shares his journey of getting involved and how this tool set helps Python programmers integrate with Rust more easily.
We talk about how PyO3 helped the Pydantic v2 Rust integration, how to design for a great developer experience, the mindset of dealing with complex issues, PyPI getting more packages with Rust, how to best learn Rust and more.
Enjoy and let us know when you give PyO3 (and maturin) a try ...
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https://github.com/davidhewitt
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