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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

#122 Give Me Back My Monolith

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:55] Combining and separating dictionaries [play:3:02] Why I Avoid Slack [play:7:57] Hunting for Memory Leaks in Python applications [play:13:06] Give Me Back My Monolith [play:18:23] Famous Laws Of Software Development [play:20:54] Beer Garden Plugins Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/122...

Mar 22, 201929 minEp. 122

#121 python2 becomes self-aware, enters fifth stage of grief

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:40] Futurize and Auto-Futurize [play:3:42] Tech blog writing live stream [play:8:50] bullet: Beautiful Python Prompts Made Simple [play:11:15] Hosting private pip packages using Azure Artifacts [play:13:15] Async/await for wxPython Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/121...

Mar 16, 201924 minEp. 121

#120 AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source and more

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:53] The Ultimate Guide To Memorable Tech Talks [play:3:56] Running Flask on Kubernetes [play:10:51] Python server setup for macOS 🍎 [play:12:52] Learn Enough Python to be Useful: argparse [play:14:56] AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/120...

Mar 05, 201925 minEp. 120

#119 Assorted files as Django ORM backends with Alkali

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:52] Incrementally migrating over one million lines of code from Python 2 to Python 3 [play:3:42] Network Automation Development with Python (for fun and for profit) [play:9:59] Carnegie Mellon Launches Undergraduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence [play:11:37] asyncio + PyQt5/PySide2 [play:13:02] 4 things I want to see in Python 4.0 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/119...

Feb 26, 201922 minEp. 119

#116 So you want Python in a 3D graphics engine?

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:25] Inside python dict — an explorable explanation [play:2:37] Embed Python in Unreal Engine 4 [play:4:32] Redirecting stdout with contextlib [play:7:56] Panda3D [play:10:32] Why PyPI Doesn't Know Your Projects Dependencies [play:13:58] PyGame series Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/116...

Feb 06, 201918 minEp. 116

#115 Dataclass CSV reader and Nina drops by

Topics covered in this episode: [play:1:03] Great Expectations [play:5:01] Using CircuitPython and MicroPython to write Python for wearable electronics and embedded platforms [play:11:58] How to Rock Python Packaging with Poetry and Briefcase [play:14:59] awesome-python-security 🕶🐍🔐 , a collection of tools, techniques, and resources to make your Python more secure [play:18:20] pydbg Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/115...

Feb 02, 201929 minEp. 115

#114 What should be in the Python standard library?

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:37] What should be in the Python standard library? [play:9:00] Data Science portal for Home Assistant launched [play:12:17] What's the future of the pandas library? [play:16:17] PyOxidizer [play:19:31] Working With Files in Python [play:22:06] $ python == $ python3? Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/114...

Jan 26, 201929 minEp. 114

#113 Python Lands on the Windows 10 App Store

Topics covered in this episode: [play:1:01] Advent of Code 2018 Solutions [play:2:37] Python Lands on the Windows 10 App Store [play:7:06] How I Built A Python Web Framework And Became An Open Source Maintainer [play:11:46] Python maintainability score via Wily [play:13:03] A couple fun awesome lists [play:16:32] fastlogging Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/113...

Jan 18, 201923 minEp. 113

#112 Don't use the greater than sign in programming

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:56] nbgrader [play:3:22] profanity-check [play:9:05] Python Dependencies and IoC [play:16:59] A Gentle Introduction to Pandas [play:18:38] Don't use the greater than sign in programming Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/112...

Jan 11, 201929 minEp. 112

#111 loguru: Python logging made simple

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:46] loguru: Python logging made (stupidly) simple [play:6:08] Python gets a new governance model [play:12:16] Why you should be using pathlib [play:16:00] Altair and Altair Recipes [play:19:43] A couple fun pytest plugins [play:23:23] Secure 🔒 headers and cookies for Python web frameworks Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/111...

Jan 05, 201934 minEp. 111

#109 CPython byte code explorer

Topics covered in this episode: [play:1:01] Python Descriptors Are Magical Creatures [play:3:38] Data Science Survey 2018 JetBrains [play:8:04] cache.py [play:11:54] Setting up the data science tools [play:14:03] chartify [play:15:23] CPython byte code explorer Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/109...

Dec 18, 201821 minEp. 109

#108 Spilled data? Call the PyJanitor

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:45] pyjanitor - for cleaning data [play:3:12] What Does It Take To Be An Expert At Python? [play:5:38] Awesome Python Applications [play:8:26] Django Core no more [play:12:06] wemake django template [play:15:16] Django Hunter Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/108...

Dec 11, 201822 minEp. 108

#107 Restructuring and searching data, the Python way

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:52] glom: restructuring data, the Python way [play:5:31] Scientific GUI apps with TraitsUI [play:7:49] Pampy: The Pattern Matching for Python you always dreamed of [play:11:28] Google AI better than doctors at detecting breast cancer [play:15:37] 2018 Advent of Code [play:16:56] Red Hat Linux 8.0 Beta released, now (finally) updated to use Python 3.6 as default instead of 2.7 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbyte...

Dec 07, 201823 minEp. 107

#106 Fluent query APIs on Python collections

Topics covered in this episode: [play:0:49] Dependency Management through a DevOps Lens [play:5:25] Plugins made simple with pluginlib [play:8:00] How to Test Your Django App with Selenium and pytest [play:12:40] Fluent collection APIs (flupy and asq) [play:16:41] Guido blogging again [play:21:33] Web apps in pure Python apps with Anvil Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/106...

Dec 01, 201826 minEp. 106

#105 Colorizing and Restoring Old Images with Deep Learning

Topics covered in this episode: [play:1:32] Colorizing and Restoring Old Images with Deep Learning [play:4:25] PlatformIO IDE for VSCode [play:7:35] Python Data Visualization 2018: Why So Many Libraries? [play: 11:21] coder.com - VS Code in the cloud [play:14:20] By Welcoming Women, Python’s Founder Overcomes Closed Minds In Open Source [play:19:40] Machine Learning Basics Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/105...

Nov 23, 201824 minEp. 105

#104 API Evolution the Right Way

Topics covered in this episode: [play:4:32] wily: A Python application for tracking, reporting on timing and complexity in tests and applications. [play:8:00] Latest VS Code has Juypter support [play:11:17] API Evolution the Right Way [play:16:10] PySimpleGUI now on Qt [play:19:57] Comparison of the 7 governance PEPs [play:23:54] Shiboken (from Qt for Python project) Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/104...

Nov 17, 201830 minEp. 104

#103 Getting to 10x (results for developers)

Topics covered in this episode: [play:1:11] FEniCS [play:5:13] cursive_re [play:8:33] pyimagesearch [play:11:52] Visualization of Python development up till 2012 [play:14:37] Getting to 10x (Results): What Any Developer Can Learn from the Best [play:19:55] Chaos Toolkit Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/103...

Nov 08, 201827 minEp. 103

#102 Structure of a Flask Project

Topics covered in this episode: QuantEcon Structure of a Flask Project Overusing lambda expressions in Python Asyncio in Python 3.7 Giving thanks with pip thank Getting Started With Testing in Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/102...

Oct 31, 201827 minEp. 102

#101 Nobel Prize awarded to a Python convert

Topics covered in this episode: Asterisks in Python: what they are and how to use them responder web framework Python Example resource: pythonprogramming.in More in depth TensorFlow MAKERphone - an educational DIY mobile phone Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/101...

Oct 24, 201822 minEp. 101

#100 The big 100 with special guests

Topics covered in this episode: poetry Anthony pylama and radon Nina Tools for teaching Python Dan My favorite tool of 2018: “Black” code formatter by Łukasz Langa Brett A Web without JavaScript : Russell Keith-Magee at PyCon AU Async WebDriver implementation for asyncio and asyncio-compatible frameworks Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/100...

Oct 19, 201842 minEp. 100

#99 parse - the regex antidote in Python

Topics covered in this episode: parse fman Build System fastjsonschema IPython 7.0, Async REPL molten A Python love letter Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/99...

Oct 16, 201821 minEp. 99

#98 Python-Electron as a Python GUI

Topics covered in this episode: Making Etch-a-Sketch Art With Python Dropbox moves to Python 3 Resources for PyCon that relate to really any talk venue Electron as GUI of Python Applications pluggy: A minimalist production ready plugin system How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/98...

Oct 08, 201827 minEp. 98

#97 Java goes paid

Topics covered in this episode: Making a PyPI-friendly README Java goes paid Absolute vs Relative Imports in Python pyxel - A retro game engine for Python Click 7.0 Released How we spent 30k USD in Firebase in less than 72 hours Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/97...

Sep 28, 201825 minEp. 97

#96 Python Language Summit 2018

Topics covered in this episode: Plumbum: Shell Combinators and More Windows 10 Linux subsystem for Python developers Type hints cheat sheet (Python 3) Python driving new languages asyncio documentation rewritten from scratch The 2018 Python Language Summit Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/96...

Sep 22, 201827 minEp. 96

#95 Unleash the py-spy!

Topics covered in this episode: dataset: databases for lazy people CuPy GPU NumPy Automate Python workflow using pre-commits py-spy SymPy is a Python library for symbolic mathematics Starlette ASGI web framework Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/95...

Sep 15, 201824 minEp. 95

#94 Why don't you like notebooks?

Topics covered in this episode: Python Patterns Arctic: Millions of rows a sec (time data) PyCon Australia videos GAE: Introducing App Engine Second Generation runtimes and Python 3.7 I don’t like notebooks PEP 8000 -- Python Language Governance Proposal Overview TIOBE jump https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/94...

Sep 06, 201824 minEp. 94

#93 Looking like there will be a PyBlazor!

Topics covered in this episode: Replacing Bash Scripting with Python . pyodide The subset of reStructuredText worth committing to memory bandit Learn Python 3 within Jupyter Notebooks detect-secrets Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/93...

Aug 31, 201824 minEp. 93
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