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"[Webpack] is designed to be as flexible as possible"... but...

Evan You explains how Webpack shaped modern frontend development... and why it became a victim of its own success. Evan features in our Vite Documentary, out now on our YouTube channel! Follow us...

232 views • 24 likes • 0 comments • October 26, 2025

Why Webpack changed everything, and why it had to change | with Evan You

For nearly a decade, Webpack was the foundation of modern frontend development. Every major framework at the time relied on it. In this video, Evan You explains how Webpack’s flexibility and power...

2,340 views • 118 likes • 3 comments • October 23, 2025

Evan Builds Vite Prototype

Vite began as a frustrated response to slow build times with Webpack, but no one could foresee the impact it would have on the frontend landscape forever. Vite: The Documentary is now live on our...

2,347 views • 102 likes • 2 comments • October 20, 2025

Evan's frustrations that led to Vite...

Vite began as a frustrated response to slow build times with Webpack, but no one could foresee the impact it would have on the frontend landscape forever. Vite: The Documentary is now live on our...

3,046 views • 95 likes • 1 comments • October 17, 2025

How Vitest Was Born: The 4-Hour Prototype That Changed Vite Forever

When early Vite adopters struggled to get Jest working, the Vite team knew something had to change. In a casual meeting, someone half-joked about creating a “Vite-native” test runner. A few hours ...

2,930 views • 114 likes • 3 comments • October 16, 2025

Thoughts on Webpack...

Vite began as a frustrated response to slow build times with Webpack, but no one could foresee the impact it would have on the frontend landscape forever. Vite: The Documentary is now live on our...

1,670 views • 55 likes • 0 comments • October 15, 2025

"No one was taking Javascript too seriously until..."

Vite began as a frustrated response to slow build times with Webpack, but no one could foresee the impact it would have on the frontend landscape forever. Vite: The Documentary is now live on our...

4,139 views • 143 likes • 6 comments • October 13, 2025

Vite: The Documentary

"If you're using a JavaScript framework, you're probably using Vite." Created by Evan You (the mind behind Vue.js), Vite began as a frustrated response to slow build times with Webpack. What start...

106,340 views • 4,912 likes • 327 comments • October 09, 2025

The Remix moment that changed Vite forever

When Remix faced performance bottlenecks, the team asked themselves a tough question: should they switch to Vite? What followed was a turning point: experiments, prototypes & unexpected collaborati...

4,805 views • 185 likes • 7 comments • October 06, 2025

Making the web fast again: the Qwik + Vite story with Angular creator Miško Hevery

Tired of clicking the BUY button five times before anything happens? In this video, Miško Hevery (AngularJS creator) tells the story of how Builder.io and the team behind Qwik tackled one of the w...

4,213 views • 148 likes • 7 comments • September 29, 2025

"Data engineering became incredibly entrenched in Python."

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3,380 views • 118 likes • 0 comments • September 27, 2025

"I begged my mother to take me to PyCon and I met all my online heroes."

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2,520 views • 107 likes • 1 comments • September 25, 2025

The Origins of PyCharm | 15 Years with PyCharm

Do you know how PyCharm was created? What challenges the development team faced? And how it earned its name? In this special anniversary video, you’ll meet the creators behind PyCharm and discover...

7,597 views • 242 likes • 24 comments • September 25, 2025

Python is full of grassroots movements... things grow from the bottom up.

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1,429 views • 54 likes • 1 comments • September 23, 2025

When Python almost died, and who saved it…

Python: The Documentary is out now on our YouTube channeL! Follow us: X: x.com/CultRepo Bluesky: cultrepo.bsky.social Instagram: www.instagram.com/cult.repo

1,738 views • 60 likes • 2 comments • September 20, 2025

Zen of Python

Python: The Documentary is out now on our YouTube channel! Follow us: X: x.com/CultRepo Bluesky: cultrepo.bsky.social Instagram: www.instagram.com/cult.repo

2,856 views • 169 likes • 1 comments • September 19, 2025

The first ever in-person Python conference.

Python: The Documentary is out now! Follow us: X: x.com/CultRepo Bluesky: cultrepo.bsky.social Instagram: www.instagram.com/cult.repo

2,594 views • 132 likes • 2 comments • September 12, 2025

Why is Guido called the “Benevolent Dictator for Life”?

Python: The Documentary is out now! Follow us: X: x.com/CultRepo Bluesky: cultrepo.bsky.social Instagram: www.instagram.com/cult.repo

1,655 views • 67 likes • 0 comments • September 10, 2025

Python: The Documentary | An origin story

This is the story of the world's most beloved programming language: Python. What began as a side project in Amsterdam during the 1990s became the software powering artificial intelligence, data sci...

660,747 views • 26,200 likes • 1,358 comments • August 28, 2025

The early days of scientific Python with Travis Oliphant

Most people know Numpy and Scipy as cornerstones of modern data science and machine learning, but fewer know the open-source story behind how they came to be. In this mini-documentary, Travis Olip...

48,769 views • 1,992 likes • 85 comments • August 21, 2025

What Makes Python So Good for AI/ML? | Peter Wang at Anaconda

Why does Python dominate the world of AI and machine learning? In this clip, Peter Wang breaks down the reasons why Python remains the go-to language for AI, why AI researchers love Python, its rol...

4,738 views • 214 likes • 17 comments • August 14, 2025

Behind Instagram's bold move to Python 3 (before it was cool)

It’s easy to forget now but in 2017, Python 3 was far from the industry default. While many companies stuck with Python 2, Instagram decided to lead the way. At the time this was a monumental tech ...

13,662 views • 493 likes • 19 comments • August 07, 2025

Vite: The Documentary | [OFFICIAL TRAILER] | Coming October 9 🚨

🚨 The Vite Documentary premieres October 9th at ViteConf in Amsterdam "If you're using a JavaScript framework, you're probably using Vite." Created by Evan You (the mind behind Vue.js), Vite bega...

73,881 views • 1,381 likes • 85 comments • August 04, 2025

“Migrating Facebook from Python 2 to 3 was both a challenging technical & people problem."

Lisa Roach led one of the largest Python migrations in the world, transitioning Meta (formerly Facebook) from Python 2 to Python 3. She thought it would be straightforward, but the following two ...

5,645 views • 185 likes • 1 comments • August 02, 2025

The Python Migration That Took Years | Behind Meta’s tech transition

Lisa Roach led one of the largest Python migrations in the world, transitioning Meta (formerly Facebook) from Python 2 to Python 3. In this behind-the-scenes interview, she shares how a seemingly ...

97,732 views • 2,656 likes • 197 comments • July 31, 2025

Why building Dropbox changed my life | Reflections on success with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston

What does success really look like after you’ve built one of the most iconic tech companies of your generation? In this reflection, Dropbox CEO and co-founder Drew Houston shares how his definitio...

4,708 views • 127 likes • 9 comments • July 25, 2025

How the creator of NumPy fell in love with open source

"Innovation is iteration." In this video, Travis Oliphant (creator of NumPy, SciPy) explains how it's not only code, but connection, that makes open source so powerful. This is his journey to op...

4,273 views • 193 likes • 12 comments • July 17, 2025

Dropbox Started as a Python Script on a Bus Ride

It all started with a forgotten thumb drive on a bus in 2006. In this interview, Dropbox co-founder Drew Houston shares the origin story of Dropbox: how a moment of frustration led to him writing ...

28,024 views • 955 likes • 39 comments • July 10, 2025

Peter Wang: How open source has evolved (and it’s not necessarily good)

Open Source software is more popular than ever, but are we losing its true spirit? In this video, Peter Wang (co-founder of Anaconda) explores the crucial difference between just using open source ...

4,106 views • 221 likes • 8 comments • July 04, 2025

From Zero to Millions: The Story Behind Web Dev Simplified

Kyle Cook never thought he’d end up on YouTube, let alone build one of the most recognised developer education channels in the world. In this interview, the creator behind the channel @WebDevSimpli...

29,047 views • 1,306 likes • 116 comments • June 26, 2025

The Story of Rollup with Rich Harris

In this video, we sit down with Rich Harris, the creator of Rollup, to hear the story behind one of the most influential tools in modern JavaScript development. Back in 2014, while working at The ...

6,911 views • 326 likes • 13 comments • June 17, 2025

Want to understand Kubernetes? Think of the post office...

“Kubernetes is like the post office.” It’s not sexy, but it reliably delivers what developers need. Watch the full documentary on our channel. Follow us: X: x.com/CultRepo Bluesky: cultrepo.bsky...

3,792 views • 132 likes • 2 comments • June 14, 2025

The Fight to Open-Source Kubernetes

"It took longer to get approval than to build it." Eric Brewer on the internal battle to open-source Kubernetes. Watch the full doc on our channel. Follow us: X: x.com/CultRepo Bluesky: cultrepo....

3,143 views • 77 likes • 0 comments • June 11, 2025

Python: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER] | Coming August 28 🚨

🚨 The Python Documentary premieres August 28! --- From a side project in Amsterdam to powering AI at the world’s biggest companies - this is the story of Python. Featuring Guido van Rossum, Travi...

317,864 views • 9,556 likes • 345 comments • May 18, 2025

BREAKING: Guido van Rossum Returns as Python's BDFL (spoof)

Guido van Rossum, the legendary creator of Python, is back as Python’s Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL)! But this isn’t the same Guido you remember - he’s introducing new rules, enforcing dramat...

19,147 views • 793 likes • 54 comments • April 01, 2025

Angular: The Documentary | An origin story

Born as an internal Google experiment - and initially brushed off by Gmail and Google Maps - AngularJS soon became a JavaScript sensation. But when internal pressures pushed the team towards a radi...

109,616 views • 3,402 likes • 202 comments • February 04, 2025

Angular: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

Born as an internal Google experiment - and initially brushed off by Gmail and Google Maps - AngularJS soon became a JavaScript sensation. But when internal pressures pushed the team towards a radi...

46,380 views • 1,528 likes • 98 comments • January 24, 2025