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Conda in the Packaging Spectrum: From pip to Docker to Nix

If conda is a distribution, where does it fit alongside pip, Docker, and Nix? Part 2 of the 3-part series! 🚀

#conda #packaging #python

conda.org/blog/conda-p...
Conda in the Packaging Spectrum: From pip to Docker to Nix | conda.org
Part 2 of the 'Conda Is Not PyPI' series, placing conda among pip, Docker, and Nix and explaining its middle-path design.
conda.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Week 41 this year was the week of the Python 3.14 release and also the last one I wrote a report on my @conda-forge.org activities: uwekorn.com/2025/10/20/w...
2025-41: A week in conda-forge
This week was the Python 3.14 release, and it will also be the final week where I log my conda-forge work. While it is interesting for me to see what I do work, it is also additional work that keeps m...
uwekorn.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
While I was at @pydataparis.bsky.social , I did not spend much time on @conda-forge.org, but in that week, at least some important milestones happened for the Python 3.14 migration, e.g. unblocking everything that depends on pandas. More details can be found in my report: uwekorn.com/2025/10/16/w...
2025-40: A week in conda-forge
This week was the week of PyData Paris and a public holiday in Germany. At the same time, my usual day-to-day work had to continue, so my conda-forge interactions were limited to simple (but many) rev...
uwekorn.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Another week of reporting on my @conda-forge.org work: uwekorn.com/2025/10/14/w... This time, I started a mini-sprint on the Python 3.14 migration.
2025-39: A week in conda-forge
In the third week of reporting on my conda-forge work, you will see how the large number of contributions happens quickly. As we’re getting closer to the Python 3.14 release, I spent some time bringin...
uwekorn.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Another week in my effort to give some insight into my @conda-forge.org work, my post frequency definitely lacks behind my merge frequency, but here is my report on week 2025-38: uwekorn.com/2025/10/12/w...
2025-38: A week in conda-forge
To continue to give you a glance into my conda-forge work, we’re continuing with the second week of reporting. This week was a bit leaner on my activities here as I spend my time on preparing my PyDat...
uwekorn.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Python 3.14 has been released two days ago. At the same time, we also uploaded a build of it to @conda-forge.org and about 40% of Python version dependent (mostly those with compiled code) were immediately available. See conda-forge.org/blog/2025/10...
Python 3.14 is already usable on conda-forge (not just available) | conda-forge | community-driven packaging for conda
With yesterday's release of Python 3.14 (insert release link), we not only have Python 3.14 itself available on conda-forge,
conda-forge.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
At PyData Paris yesterday, I gave a non-technical talk on how you, as an engineer, can deal more practically and proactively with compliance topics. Slides at speakerdeck.com/xhochy/navig...
Navigating the security compliance maze of an ML service
While everyone is talking about the m(e/a)ss of bureaucracy, we want to show you hands-on what you could need to be doing to operate an ML service. We w…
speakerdeck.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ever wondered where all my GitHub contributions come from? I have document a week's worth of @conda-forge.org contributions: uwekorn.com/2025/09/18/w...

I plan to do this for 2-3 more weeks to get an overview where I spent my time. I hope there is also content in there that helps others.
2025-37: A week in conda-forge
While I spent the majority of my time on QuantCo-internal (often strategic, non-code) work, my GitHub profile still hovers around 8,000 yearly contributions. Part of this is through my internal work, ...
uwekorn.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Today is my last day of five weeks of parental leave which means that it's going to be a hard day for my chargers. All the laptops and tablet will need to be fully charged and updated to be ready for tomorrow's work. 🔥
August 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Nice to be back at Paris again. My PyData journey started there 9y ago with my first ever talk about Arrow. This time, I'll tell you how to stay sane when you have to deal with compliance topics as a developer.
📢 Talk Announcement

"Navigating the security compliance maze of an ML service", by @xhochy.bsky.social from @quantco.com.

📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/QVPDEX
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
July 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reposted by Uwe Korn
The study on an EU-STF underscores what the Sovereign Tech Agency has championed since 2022: that lean, independent, and targeted funding can meaningfully strengthen the open source ecosystem and thereby boost innovation, competition and resilience.
Our new report urges the creation of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) to fix chronic underfunding of open source technologies – the backbone of Europe’s digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, and competitiveness.

🔗 Check it out eu-stf.openforumeurope.org

#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #EU
July 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Reposted by Uwe Korn
@conda-forge.org and @conda.org are essential components of our stack. Thus, it is natural for us to work with the community there to make it ready for upcoming cyber(security) regulations. Read about our efforts at tech.quantco.com/blog/conda-r...

Reach out, if you would like to collaborate!
Making the conda(-forge) ecosystem ready for cybersecurity regulations
We outline the efforts we bring into the conda(-forge) ecosystem to ensure it provides the basic requirements to meet the foudations of many (cyber) regulations
tech.quantco.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Setting up mail records is not simple but www.learndmarc.com was nice to understand how things work and whether we have done it correctly.
Learn and test SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Visualize, analyze and improve your email authentication setup
www.learndmarc.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A nice feature of GitHub Copilot Coding Agent: I can start simple changes from my smartphone via chat, e.g. write an internal enhancement proposal. While it would be higher quality if made manually, it enables some more things "on the go".
June 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Finally, I caught up with what other CTOs seem to be doing the whole day 🤣
May 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Really proud seeing my working student Paul Müller presenting his work on automated license scanning with conda-deny at #PyConDE
April 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Recently switched to ghostty.org as my Terminal. It removes latency that you did not know you had.

But: I also switched a lot of my coding to LLMs as I nowadays do more one-off scripts or small apps. Got that latency back again 😂
Ghostty
Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
ghostty.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM