In 'Threading Tension', you step into the shoes of a frazzled software engineer at a tech company on the brink of a programming revolution. With CPython 3.14 rolled out and PyCon 2025 in full swing, you've been tasked with navigating a whirlwind of issues as your team attempts to adapt a legacy codebase to support the game-changing free-threaded Python. As the clock ticks down to the conference, you'll face dramatic choices: fight bureaucratic red tape, untangle complex dependencies, and fend off sabotage from competitors who fear this seismic shift. Can you secure the future of free-threaded Python while managing the chaos of a developer's life, or will you crumble under the pressure?