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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

#212 SQLite as a file format (like docx)

Topics covered in this episode: pytest 6.2 is out SQLite as a file format (like docx) A Day in Code: Python – A picture book written in code PythonLabs is now hosted by Azure. and “Yes, Barry, there is a PythonLabs” Extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, hear all about it OpenMV Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/212...

Dec 16, 202036 minEp. 212

#211 Will a black hole devour this episode?

Topics covered in this episode: Introducing FARM Stack - FastAPI, React, and MongoDB py-applescript airspeed velocity visidata Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/211...

Dec 07, 202045 minEp. 211

#210 Analyzing Kickstarter Campaigns with Python

Topics covered in this episode: Analyzing Kickstarter Campaigns with Python Data Science Tools GPU Accelerated Python for Machine Learning on Cross-Vendor Graphics Cards Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/210...

Dec 03, 202031 minEp. 210

#209 JITing Python with .NET, no irons in sight

Topics covered in this episode: Running Python on .NET 5 PEP 621 -- Storing project metadata in pyproject.toml GitHub revamps copyright takedown policy after restoring YouTube-dl Install & Configure MongoDB on the Raspberry Pi Extra! extra! extra!, hear all about it! A Python driven AI Stylist Inspired by Social Media Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/209...

Nov 27, 202033 minEp. 209

#208 Dependencies out of control? Just pip chill.

Topics covered in this episode: pip-chill - Make requirements with only the packages you need Windows update broke NumPy Build Plugins with Pluggy LINQ in Python Klio: a framework for processing audio files or any binary files, at large scale Collapsing code cells in Jupyter Notebooks Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/208...

Nov 19, 202030 minEp. 208

#207 FastAPI as a web platform (not just APIs)

Topics covered in this episode: fastapi-chameleon (and fastapi-jinja ) Django REST API in a single file, without using DRF 2020 StackOverflow survey results A Visual Guide to Regular Expression Taking credit Raspberry Pi 400 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/207...

Nov 13, 202033 minEp. 207

#206 Python dropping old operating systems is normal!

Topics covered in this episode: Making Enums (as always, arguably) more Pythonic Python 3.10 will be up to 10% faster Python 3.9 and no more Windows 7 Writing Robust Bash Shell Scripts Ideas for 5x faster CPython CPython core developer sprints Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/206...

Nov 08, 202043 minEp. 206

#205 This is going to be a little bit awkward

Topics covered in this episode: Awkward arrays Ordered dict surprises jupyter lab autocomplete and more Open Source Tools & Data for Music Source Separation Pass by Reference in Python: Background and Best Practices Visualizing Git Concepts Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/205...

Oct 31, 202034 minEp. 205

#204 Take the PSF survey and Will & Carlton drop by

Topics covered in this episode: nbQA: Quality Assurance for Jupyter Notebooks The PSF yearly survey is out, go take it now! From Prototype to Production in Django Deployment: Getting your app online All Contributors MovingPandas Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/204...

Oct 23, 202040 minEp. 204

#203 Scripting a masterpiece for Python web automation

Topics covered in this episode: Introducing DigitalOcean App Platform Announcing Playwright for Python Asynchronously Opening and Closing Files in asyncio Excel: Why using Microsoft's tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost locust.io Fixing Hacktoberfest Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/203...

Oct 16, 202041 minEp. 203

#202 Jupyter is back in black!

Topics covered in this episode: New in Python 3.9 jupyter-black Understanding and preventing DoS in web applications bbox-visualizer How to NEVER use lambdas. Uncommon Contributions: Making impact without touching the core of a library Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/202...

Oct 09, 202033 minEp. 202

#201 Understand git by rebuilding it in Python

Topics covered in this episode: Under the hood of calling C/C++ from Python ugit: DIY Git in Python Things I Learned to Become a Senior Software Engineer Profiling Django Views Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/201...

Oct 02, 202040 minEp. 201

#200 No dog-piling please (it's episode 200!)

Topics covered in this episode: How to be helpful online blackcellmagic Test smarter, not harder US: The Greatest Package in the World Think Like A Coder Costs of running a Python web app for 55k monthly users Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/200...

Sep 25, 202032 minEp. 200

#199 Big news for a very small Python runtime

Topics covered in this episode: micropython updated respx: A utility for mocking out the Python HTTPX library GetPy - A Vectorized Python Dict/Set isort and black now play nice together easily Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates Never Run ‘python’ In Your Downloads Folder Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/199...

Sep 17, 202029 minEp. 199

#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
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