Keith Murray: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

I engage with a lot of Python Communities, often with the handle KeithTheEE, and I find that my favorite parts of the many communities are seeing the hobbies people have, and if/how Python intersects them. Hobbies and passion projects (including silly, fun passions) are one of the ways to make code matter, and are one of the things I’ve been falling back to of late to help balance against burnout: particularly when I feel overwhelmed by code ‘engagement’ that feels overly extractive. Discovering hobbies of other Python community members has made engaging feel like a collaborative and supportive experience, even if the code isn’t tied to the hobby at all.