Post #1202773
2026-03-19 22:35 UTC
OpenAI is buying Astral https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/
1. I'm happy Astral got their exit (which we all knew was the end goal)
2. I'm glad no one will accuse me of trying to kill the company anymore by working on standards or saying there are other workflow tools
3. I'm taking a wait-and-see view (e.g. Astral already said more AI is coming to their tools https://blog.pamelafox.org/2026/03/learnings-from-pyai-conference.html#:~:text=Astral%20is%20also%20re%2Dprioritizing%20based%20off%20the%20move%20towards%20100%25%20agentic%20coding%2C%20with%20less%20emphasis%20on%20tools%20that%20would%20be%20used%20solely%20by%20a%20developer%20who%20is%20manually%20typing.)
4. I'm going to continue to work on standards for a baseline workflow experience to make my kid happy someday
Replies (4)
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@ubernostrum@infosec.exchange 2026-03-19 22:58
@brettcannon I am deeply wary of the idea that a linter might make potentially "unsafe" changes and trust an LLM to act as its safety net...
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@feoh@oldbytes.space 2026-03-19 23:04
@brettcannon More choices seems like absolute good to me. I've never heard you say a single negative thing about Astral. I love their work and their tools. uv has been a game changer for me and many other Pythonistas, but I support choices and a healthy ecosystem, so thank you for all your hard work.
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@tsvenson@fosstodon.org 2026-03-20 18:03
@brettcannon Thanks for treading the standards path for :python:
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@pauleveritt@fosstodon.org 2026-03-20 20:39
@brettcannon (4) is just such a lovely view of the world.