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Ernest Kabahima's Journey into OSS | Give Me 5 S2E4 Ernest Kabahima joined PyData Global as a volunteer. Then came the NumFOCUS Impact Scholarship Program. Two years of mentors. Collaborators. Community building. The NumHack hackathon. And a growing sense that he wasn't just learning the ecosystem — he was becoming part of it. Programs like this don't just teach skills. They build builders. Watch the full episode of his Give Me 5 interview at hubs.la/Q04f3LQg0

BONUS CONTENT: Give Me 5 S2E4 with Ernest Kabahima The advice Ernest Kabahima would give his younger self joining PyData? → Connect with others. Relationships build careers. → Participate actively in community. Show up, not just watch. → Let curiosity and passion lead. They'll take you further than any roadmap. Watch his full episode of Give Me 5 Now at hubs.la/Q04f506G0

mlpack received $300K from the Sovereign Tech Agency to strengthen open-source ML infrastructure. Over the next 18 months, you can expect: modern GPU backends, ONNX support, better Python/R/Julia bindings, DuckDB + Arrow integration, and more. Read more on the NumFOCUS blog: hubs.la/Q04f555R0

Give Me 5 S2E4 is now live! Ernest Kabahima helped found PyData Kampala to make open science accessible to everyone in his region. He supports volunteers running meetups, workshops, study groups, and collaborative projects. In just 5 minutes, Ernest covers: → Why closed AI is a bottleneck — and open AI is a catalyst for scientific progress → How community-first programs like NumFOCUS Impact Scholarship shaped his entire journey Watch S2E4 now: hubs.la/Q04f25lF0 Give Me 5 is a NumFOCUS production. Support open source science at hubs.la/Q04d-KnX0.

Coming your way tomorrow: S2E4 of Give Me 5! Join MK as he talks with Ernest Kabahima from PyData Kampala about his journey into open source software.

Open source maintainers are in a strange position: their packages might power thousands of production workflows, and they don’t know how to show it. At the first NumFOCUS b.o.s.s. town hall — presented with our partner @anacondainc — Daina Bouquin laid out exactly what's being built to change that: → A dedicated analytics dashboard for maintainers — co-designed with the community → Trusted publishing via OIDC (no more long-lived GitHub secret tokens) → An open API so you can build on your own package data → AI integrations to surface your work at the point of developer discovery These are still being built — and Anaconda is actively looking for maintainers to help shape them. Read more about the b.o.s.s. town hall and see the talks yourself on the NumFOCUS blog at hubs.la/Q04dfhyC0

During his recent episode of Give Me 5, Telmo Felgueira (@TSFelg) discussed how the community can support, specifically by contributing to learning and growth opportunities at PyData Lisbon. Watch the full episode now: hubs.la/Q04czN6s0

Another great opportunity from @DynareTeam! Learn more about the 5th Dynare Workshop for Advanced Users in Ispra with the post below!

Give Me 5, S2E3 is now live! Telmo Felgueira is an ML Engineering Manager at Loka, co-organizer of PyData Lisbon, and someone helping biotech clients navigate a world where a new foundation model drops every single week. In just 5 minutes, he covers: → Why the definition of open source is getting dangerously blurry in AI → Why bio AI has the highest open source stakes of any field — and why most people aren't talking about it → The natural gravity toward closed data in biotech, and why we need to fight it consciously Watch S2E3 now: hubs.la/Q04cnqVD0 Give Me 5 is a NumFOCUS production. Support open source science at hubs.la/Q04cnnxT0.

Dropping tomorrow: S2E3 of Give Me 5, featuring Telmo Felgueira (@TSFelg)! Telmo holds a Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has been working in the machine learning industry for the past seven years. He's currently ML Engineering Manager at Loka, an AWS Premier Partner for Life sciences and GenAI, leading projects on the application of Biological Large Language Models (BioLLMs) for AI-driven Drug Discovery. An expert in deep learning, probabilistic modelling, and time series, he also organises PyData Lisbon, helping grow Portugal's data science community. Come back tomorrow to check it out!

Check out this cool opportunity from the @DynareTeam! The Dynare Masterclass 2026 will be an immersive, hands-on masterclass to master the new features of Dynare 7. Registration closes April 20, so check out the info below and register today!

We're excited to be at PyCon DE & PyData Darmstadt 2026! Be sure to swing by the NumFOCUS booth to say hi and talk with us about helping support the open source scientific computing community. 🧡

📣 We've extended our Call for Proposals deadline to April 14th (23:59 CEST) ! Got a talk idea? There's still time to submit. Join us on stage at #PDAmsterdam2026 🐍📊 👇 Submit here: pretalx.com/pydata-amsterd… #CFP

Give Me 5 S2E2 is now live with Daina Bouquin from Anaconda! Hear how she got her start in the open source scientific community, hot takes on A.I., and more! Watch the full episode now at hubs.la/Q049s_n90

From research prototype → production-ready open source tool. That's what @NumFOCUS support enables for projects like @SciML_Org. Watch Erik's b.o.s.s. (best of open source software) Town Hall lightning talk: hubs.la/Q049hM840

Give Me 5 Season 2, Episode 2 is dropping tomorrow! Get insights from Anaconda's Daina Bouquin, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, on her journey into the open source science community, hot takes on AI, and more!

Give Me 5 Season 2 is back with Episode 2 this week, featuring Daina Bouquin, the Senior Developer Relations Engineer from Anaconda! We'll be dropping the episode later this week, so stay tuned!

Today is the day. It’s your last chance to Max the Stack to start the year. If you haven't given yet, today is your last chance. Give before midnight: hubs.la/Q047YsZ60

Be honest: "Donate to NumFOCUS" has been on your to-do list since the end of 2025, hasn't it… If you’ve already crossed it off, who’s to say you can’t again? 2 days left. Cross it off. Max the Stack. hubs.la/Q047YygR0

Quick dependency check before your next PR: ❓ NumFOCUS donation — pending [3 days left to fix that last one…] You keep your environment updated. Keep your open-source funding up to date, too. Give before March 31 to Max the Stack: hubs.la/Q047Yt0P0