57: Writing and linting Python at scale

<p dir="ltr">Python at Meta is huge. Not only does it famously power Instagram's backend, but it underpins our configuration systems, much of our AI work and many services. Amethyst joins Pascal for this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast to talk about how the Python Foundation Team works to improve the developer experience of everyone working with Python at Meta and Fixit 2, the freshly open-sourced linter framework built on top of libcst.</p> <p dir="ltr">Got feedback? Send it to us on Threads (<a href= "https://threads.net/@metatechpod">https://threads.net/@metatechpod</a>), Twitter (<a href= "https://twitter.com/metatechpod">https://twitter.com/metatechpod</a>), Instagram (<a href= "https://instagram.com/metatechpod">https://instagram.com/metatechpod</a>) and don’t forget to follow our host @passy (<a href= "https://twitter.com/passy">https://twitter.com/passy</a>, <a href= "https://mastodon.social/@passy">https://mastodon.social/@passy</a>, and <a href= "https://threads.net/@passy_">https://threads.net/@passy_</a>). Fancy working with us? Check out <a href= "https://www.metacareers.com/">https://www.metacareers.com/</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Links</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Fixit 2 announcement post: <a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/08/07/developer-tools/fixit-2-linter-meta/"> https://engineering.fb.com/2023/08/07/developer-tools/fixit-2-linter-meta/</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Fixit: <a href= "https://fixit.readthedocs.io">https://fixit.readthedocs.io</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">µfmt: <a href= "https://ufmt.omnilib.dev">https://ufmt.omnilib.dev</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">µsort: <a href= "https://usort.readthedocs.io">https://usort.readthedocs.io</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">LibCST: <a href= "https://libcst.readthedocs.io">https://libcst.readthedocs.io</a></p> </li> <li