Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI generates 'fantastic' Python code, and that it now creates 'maybe 20 - 30% of the code ... in some of our projects' News By Jess Kinghorn published April 30, 2025 ...

Those are open-source code bundles that ease tasks such as writing database queries and performing mathematical operations.

The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when.