OpenAI Buys the Best Python Tooling. RIP.
Someone dropped "last commit btw" on the Astral repo and that's genuinely a eulogy.
Astral built the best Python tooling in years. Ruff, uv, all of it. Fast, open, actually good. Now it's an OpenAI asset.
Pour one out.
We've reached an agreement to acquire Astral. After we close, OpenAI plans for @astral_sh to join our Codex team, with a continued focus on building great tools and advancing the shared mission of making developers more productive. https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/
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