Work & speaking
🐍 I’m a CPython Core Developer and Principal Software Engineer at Arm Ltd
💻 I work in Arm’s Runtimes team, helping CPython and its ecosystem perform reliably on Arm platforms
🎤 I give talks about CPython internals, performance, and Python on Arm
Profile & links
🇬🇧 I live in Cambridge, UK, and previously lived in Italy 🇮🇹
🗣️ I speak Italian 🇮🇹, Spanish 🇦🇷, and English 🇬🇧
📄 Read my CV
⚡ Find me on LinkedIn, Bluesky, X, and Instagram
📝 My blog is an archive; I stopped publishing there many years ago
Beyond work
☯️ I practice Wing Chun
🕺 I dance Cuban salsa
♂️ Pronouns: he/him/his
- UNSa — Gobernanza y desarrollo de CPython · Spanish 🇦🇷
YouTube · Slides · Demo code - EuroPython — Update on the CPython JIT - What to Expect in 3.15
YouTube · Slides - EuroPython — Python on WoA - Ecosystem Enablement Update
YouTube · Slides - EuroPython — CPython Panel · Host
YouTube - PyCon Italia — Keynote: From "Fast Enough" to "Fast by Design" - The Evolution of CPython Performance
YouTube · Slides - Python SDQ, January Meetup — Python por dentro: personas, procesos, código · Spanish 🇦🇷
YouTube · Slides
- EuroPython / PyCon UK — Exploring the CPython JIT
PyCon UK video · EuroPython video · Slides - Microsoft Build — Run PyTorch natively on Windows on Arm using GitHub runners
YouTube · Session page
- Puentes Digitales (UNSa) — Programa 217 parte 2 · Spanish 🇦🇷
Spotify
- Intervista Pythonista — Runtime e Interpreter con un Core Developer! #66 · Italian 🇮🇹
YouTube · Spotify · Apple Podcasts
- Arm Innovation Coffee — GitHub Arm-hosted Runners with Larissa Fortuna and Diego Russo
YouTube
>>> import diegorusso as diegor
>>> diegor.profile()
DiegoRusso(
role='CPython Core Developer',
employer='Arm',
beyond_work=('Wing Chun', 'Cuban salsa'),
)
>>> diegor.smile()
'😄'