[Dowwie]

I use Python because of the people who made it what it is today. The community is what I like most about Python.

I'm bootstrapping, taking a one-man army approach to creating a new service. I chose a mature language with features and open source projects I may possibly want or need along the way. I am working alone -- not by preference but rather necessity -- and knew I would need help along the way (started very green, 4 years ago). The Python standard library and open source ecosystem offers everything and more than I may ever need to create my vision. The Python community is really strong. It's a global movement. I've gotten so much help on IRC! Stack overflow always has an answer or a legion ready to answer practically anything Python related. Years of Python related blog posts are a google search away from access. PSF-supported Python conferences release or at least try to release video recordings of talks (cough.. ehem..). As for conferences? PyCon has been the ooey gooey salted caramel center of the perfect vanilla pint.