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Python Bytes

Michael Kennedy and Brian Okkenpythonbytes.fm
Python Bytes is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken. The show is a short discussion on the headlines and noteworthy news in the Python, developer, and data science space.
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Episodes

#198 There's a beaver in your database and Anna-Lena drops by

Topics covered in this episode: Easily create Python scripts using argparse DBeaver Database UI Tool Anna- pdp++ debugger Markdown toys Python Malware and obfuscation Anna- attrs package Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/198...

Sep 11, 202035 minEp. 198

#197 Structured concurrency in Python

Topics covered in this episode: Structured concurrency in Python with AnyIO The Consortium for Python Data API Standards Ask for Forgiveness or Look Before You Leap? myrepos A deep dive into the official Docker image for Python “Only in a Pandemic” section Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/197...

Sep 05, 202036 minEp. 197

#196 Version your SQL schemas with git + automatically migrate them

Topics covered in this episode: Surviving Django (if you care about databases) * Python Numbers and the Flyweight design pattern * What Are Python Wheels and Why Should You Care? * Pandas_Alive * How To Use the Python Map Function Version your SQL schemas with git + automatically migrate them Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/196...

Aug 27, 202031 minEp. 196

#195 Runtime type checking for Python type hints

Topics covered in this episode: watchdog Status code 418 pydantic’s new Validation decorator Building Python Extension Modules in Assembly easy property Non Blocking Assertion Failures with pytest-check Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/195...

Aug 18, 202033 minEp. 195

#194 Events and callbacks in the Python language!

Topics covered in this episode: An introduction to mutation testing in Python asynq redis: Beyond the Cache LittleTable pytest-timeout Events Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/194...

Aug 10, 202029 minEp. 194

#193 Break out the Django testing toolbox

Topics covered in this episode: * Start using pip install --use-feature=2020-resolver if you aren’t already * Profiling Python import statements Django Testing Toolbox Pandas-profiling Interfaces, Mixins and Building Powerful Custom Data Structures in Python Pickle’s 9 flaws Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/193...

Aug 06, 202034 minEp. 193

#192 Calculations by hand, but in the compter, with Handcalcs

Topics covered in this episode: Building a self-updating profile README for GitHub Handcalcs The (non-)return of the Python print statement FastAPI for Flask Users Tweet deleting with tweepy Clinging to memory: how Python function calls can increase your memory usage * No local variable at all * * Re-use the local variable * * Transfer object ownership * Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/192...

Aug 02, 202030 minEp. 192

#191 Live from the Manning Python Conference

Topics covered in this episode: VS Code Device Simulator pytest 6.0.0rc1 What is the core of the Python programming language? Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/191...

Jul 22, 202053 minEp. 191

#190 You will now be notified if the Python zipper is broken

Topics covered in this episode: Python async frameworks - Beyond developer tribalism commitizen International PyCons go online (kind of) PEP 618 -- Add Optional Length-Checking To zip * timedelta and division? * Pylance released for Microsoft VS Code Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/190...

Jul 16, 202044 minEp. 190

#189 What does str.strip() do? Are you sure?

Topics covered in this episode: Improving Python exception chaining with raise-from Create and publish interactive reports in Python Pickle’s nine flaws PEP 602 -- Annual Release Cycle for Python More git Resources: PEP 616 -- String methods to remove prefixes and suffixes Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/189...

Jul 09, 202032 minEp. 189

#188 Will there be a "switch" in Python the language?

Topics covered in this episode: Making a trading bot asynchronous using Python’s “unsync” library Fruit salad scrum estimation scale Math to Code PEP 622 -- Structural Pattern Matching CodeArtifact from AWS invoke Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/188...

Jul 03, 202032 minEp. 188

#187 Ready to find out if you're git famous?

Topics covered in this episode: LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor supports Python Step-by-step guide to contributing on GitHub sneklang Oh sh*t git Why I don't like SemVer anymore git fame Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/187...

Jun 26, 202029 minEp. 187

#186 The treebeard will guard your notebook

Topics covered in this episode: sidetable - Create Simple Summary Tables in Pandas tabulate treebeard - ci for notebooks Upcoming features in venv/virtualenv PEP 582 now! awesome pyproject.toml projects Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/186...

Jun 18, 202025 minEp. 186

#185 This code is snooping on you (a good thing!)

Topics covered in this episode: MyST - Markedly Structured Text direnv Convert a Python Enum to JSON Pendulum: Python datetimes made easy PySnooper - Never use print for debugging again Fil: A New Python Memory Profiler for Data Scientists and Scientists Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/185...

Jun 12, 202025 minEp. 185

#184 Too many ways to wait with await?

Topics covered in this episode: Waiting in asyncio virtualenv is faster than venv Latency in Asynchronous Python How to Deprecate a PyPI Package Another progress bar library: Enlighten Code Ocean Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/184...

Jun 05, 202036 minEp. 184

#183 Need a beautiful database editor? Look to the Bees!

Topics covered in this episode: fastpages: An easy to use blogging platform, with enhanced support for Jupyter Notebooks. BeeKeeper Studio Open Source SQL Editor and Database Manager 2nd Annual Python Web Conference Mimesis - Fake Data Generator Schemathesis Finding secrets by decompiling Python bytecode in public repositories Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/183...

May 29, 202032 minEp. 183

#182 PSF Survey is out!

Topics covered in this episode: PSF / JetBrains Survey Hypermodern Python Open AI Jukebox The Curious Case of Python's Context Manager nbstripout Write ups for The 2020 Python Language Summit Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/182...

May 19, 202026 minEp. 182

#181 It's time to interrogate your Python code

Topics covered in this episode: interrogate: checks your code base for missing docstrings Streamlit: Turn Python Scripts into Beautiful ML Tools Why You Should Document Your Tests HoloViz project A cool new progress bar for python Awesome Panel Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/181...

May 14, 202031 minEp. 181

#180 Transactional file IO with Python and safer

Topics covered in this episode: Ubuntu 20.04 is out ! Working with warnings in Python Safer file writer codespell Austin profiler Numbers in Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/180...

May 08, 202033 minEp. 180

#179 Guido van Rossum drops in on Python Bytes

Topics covered in this episode: New governance model for the Django project missingno Announcements from the language summit. Codes of Conduct and Enforcement Myths about Indentation Parsers and LibCST Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/179...

Apr 30, 202045 minEp. 179

#178 Build a PyPI package from a Jupyter notebook

Topics covered in this episode: Pandas-Bokeh Stop naming your python modules “utils” From 1 to 10,000 test cases in under an hour: A beginner's guide to property-based testing Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/178...

Apr 22, 202038 minEp. 178

#177 Coding is 90% Google searching or is it?

Topics covered in this episode: Announcing a new Sponsorship Program for Python Packaging energy-usage Coding is 90% Google Searching — A Brief Note for Beginners Using WSL to Build a Python Development Environment on Windows A Pythonic Guide to SOLID Design Principles Types for Python HTTP APIs: An Instagram Story Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/177...

Apr 16, 202042 minEp. 177

#176 How python implements super long integers

Topics covered in this episode: * Quick chat about COVID 19 * What the heck is pyproject.toml? Awesome Python Bytes Awesome List Publishing package distribution releases using GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows Rich text for terminals psutil: Cross-platform lib for process and system monitoring in Python How python implements super long integers Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/176...

Apr 07, 202030 minEp. 176

#175 Python string theory with superstring.py

Topics covered in this episode: * Quick chat about COVID 19. * Dictionary Merging and Updating in Python 3.9 superstring New pip resolver to roll out this year Why does all() return True if the iterable is empty? pytest-monitor Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/175...

Apr 01, 202033 minEp. 175

#174 Happy developers use Python 3

Topics covered in this episode: * Quick chat about COVID 19. * Documentation as a way to build Community The Django Speed Handbook: making a Django app faster dacite: simplifies creation of data classes from dictionaries How we retired Python 2 and improved developer happiness The Troublesome Active Record Pattern Types at the edges in Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/174...

Mar 26, 202048 minEp. 174

#173 Your test deserves a fluent flavor

Topics covered in this episode: Advanced usage of Python requests - timeouts, retries, hooks Fluent Assertions Python in GitHub Actions VCR.py 8 Coolest Python Programming Language Features Bento Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/173...

Mar 19, 202029 minEp. 173

#172 Floating high above the web with Helium

Topics covered in this episode: Python in Production Hynek * How to cheat at unit tests with pytest and Black * Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar Helium makes Selenium-Python 50% easier uncertainties package Personalize your python prompt Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/172...

Mar 13, 202033 minEp. 172

#171 Chilled out Python decorators with PEP 614

Topics covered in this episode: PEP 614 – Relaxing Grammar Restrictions on Decorators Create a macOS Menu Bar App with Python (Pomodoro Timer) Conditional Coverage Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/171...

Mar 05, 202035 minEp. 171

#170 Visualize this: Visualizing Python's visualization ecosystem

Topics covered in this episode: Python visualization graph Awesome Zen of Python Jupytext Tour of Python Itertools justpy.io Modularity for Maintenance Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/170...

Feb 25, 202029 minEp. 170

#169 Jupyter Notebooks natively on your iPad

Topics covered in this episode: D-Tale Carnets BeeWare Podium pytest-mock-resources How James Bennet is testing in 2020 Python and PyQt: Building a GUI Desktop Calculator Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/169...

Feb 19, 202026 minEp. 169
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