I'm delighted to rejoin the Sovereign Tech Fellowship

I’m happy to rejoin the Sovereign Tech Fellowship! I was one of six participants in the 2025 pilot to pay maintainers of critical open source technologies in the public interest. By all accounts this first cohort was a resounding success, and I’m glad to see the programme continue. It was wonderful to be part of the inaugural Sovereign Tech Fellowship, and incredibly beneficial to my projects: it gave me the time to focus on releasing Python 3.14 and 3.15 smoothly, to mentor and onboard others, and to support the wider community. 2025 impact #The 2025 evaluation report covers all six of us and the benefits of the programme at a higher level. Here’s some of the specific things I achieved. I was happy with how the big Python 3.14.0 release went. This is in part from having a good team to work with, and building on the past, but no doubt also due to being able to focus and invest time thanks to the Fellowship. On many occasions, having time to dedicate to the role meant I could…