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Barry Warsaw

Personal blog · wefearchange.orgprogramming

Barry Warsaw writes We Fear Change, a personal blog at wefearchange.org about programming. Since 2010, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Import this and the Zen of Python”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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15mentions?
15HN people?
2010–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Barry Warsaw's blog, linked on HN for the history of the Zen of Python and `import this`, which commenters say he first suggested in 2001. Also cited for a post on Python 3 on the desktop.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Import this and the Zen of Python
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-02-19
  2. The History of `import this` in Python
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-06-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. l0nwlf · 2011-02-10
    Here is the history of "Zen of Python", aka ">>>import this" : http://www.wefearchange.org/2010/06/import-this-and-zen-of-p... , a blog post written by Barry warsaw. On a side note, other eggs are : >>> from __future__ import braces >>> import antigravity

    Comment linking /2010/06/import-this-and-zen-of-python.html

    on “The Zen of Python by Example”
  2. sumeeta · 2010-06-08

    Submitted The History of `import this` in Python as a story · 70 points

    HN discussion
  3. sp332 · 2012-09-07
    Interesting, that's not recommended by python devs. Ubuntu follows the guideline of keeping /usr/bin/python as Python 2 (which will not be installed by default), and /usr/bin/python3 as Python 3. ETA: Arch Linux actually did this before there was an "official" guideline. http://www.wefearchange.org/2012/04/python-3-on-desktop-for-...

    Comment linking /2012/04/python-3-on-desktop-for-quantal-quetzal.html?showComment=1335336249282

    on “Ubuntu announces 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 1”
  4. sho_hn · 2011-12-11

    Submitted Barry Warsaw: Lessons in porting (python-dbus) to Python 3 as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  5. jzl · 2018-08-18
    The story of "import this": https://www.wefearchange.org/2010/06/import-this-and-zen-of-...

    Comment linking /2010/06/import-this-and-zen-of-python.html

    on “Ask HN: Are you doing async programming with Python?”
  6. vgnet · 2012-04-25

    Submitted Python 3 on the desktop for Quantal Quetzal (Ubuntu 12.10) as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. leoc · 2024-08-30
    It was Warsaw who first suggested implementing `import this` back in 2001! https://www.wefearchange.org/2010/06/import-this-and-zen-of-...

    Comment linking /2010/06/import-this-and-zen-of-python.html

    on “Zen of Python (Song, Barry Warsaw, 2020)”
  8. joss82 · 2026-09-04

    Submitted macOS Broke Python (2018) and it's still broken as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. defaulty · 2021-09-14

    Submitted macOS Broke Python (2018) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. plessthanpt05 · 2013-10-28

    Submitted The story behind "import this" as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. gklein · 2013-08-07

    Submitted Resource management in Python 3.3, or contextlib.ExitStack as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. joeyespo · 2013-01-24

    Submitted The right way to internationalize your Python app as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. mapleoin · 2011-11-24

    Submitted Ubuntu's Python plans as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. rbanffy · 2018-02-19

    Submitted Import this and the Zen of Python as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. andrewstuart · 2017-11-23

    Submitted Barry Warsaw steps down as Mailman project lead, hands to Abhilash Raj as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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