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Join Gwen and Marlene from Python on Azure for an end-of-year conversation with Microsoft’s entire Python advocacy team! We discuss: ✨ Favorite Python trends and changes from 2025 📚 Learning resources that helped us grow this year 🤔 How we actually learn and stay current 🎯 What we’re excited to explore in 2026 Perfect for: Python developers, cloud engineers, and anyone reflecting on their 2025 learning journey or planning for 2026.
⌚ Chapters:
00:00 Welcome and Intros
06:47 On today’s episode
07:10 Favorite Python trends of 2025
10:58 Biggest hurdles
16:12 AI wins for 2025
18:52 Favorite learning resources
29:25 What are we looking forward to for 2026 aka “nerd hobbies” 😄
37:54 Thank you for joining!
38:14 Wrap
🔗 Links:
https://www.fluentpython.com/
https://effectivepython.com/
https://huyenchip.com/books/
https://aka.ms/pythonai/resources
https://pycoders.com/
https://hamel.dev/
https://simonwillison.net/
https://talkpython.fm/
https://www.anthropic.com/engineering https://www.pragmaticengineer.com/
🎙️ Featuring: Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza, Marlene Mhangami, Pamela Fox, Sara Kaiser, Renee Noble, Anthony Shaw Read More Microsoft Developer
