Behind the Scenes - PSF Infrastructure and How You Can Contribute

Explore the critical infrastructure that powers the Python ecosystem in this 24-minute conference talk from EuroPython 2025. Discover how the Python Software Foundation (PSF) operates with a small but dedicated team to support billions of monthly requests and deliver petabytes of bandwidth across essential services. Learn about the technical architecture behind major platforms like PyPI, seasonal traffic spikes from PyCon.org, and lesser-known but vital services including mail hosting, buildbots, and vote counting systems. Understand the crucial partnerships with organizations like Fastly and GitHub that help maintain Python's infrastructure backbone. Gain insights into the PSF's operational model and discover concrete ways you can contribute to sustaining and improving the infrastructure that supports the global Python community.