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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.

Episodes

#248 while True: stand up, sit down

Topics covered in this episode: Why I use attrs instead of pydantic mclfy * Textual and * boilerplate removal xdoctest Automate the standing desk with python Hypermodern Python Cookiecutter Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/248...

Sep 02, 202152 minEp. 248

#247 Do you dare to press "."?

Topics covered in this episode: Keep your computer awake during long processing How to write a great Stack Overflow question Github.dev - press ‘.’ to edit code in any GitHub repo Log analyzer (minus google analytics) KMK: Clackety Keyboards Powered by Python SQLModel - use the same models for SQL and FastAPI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/247...

Aug 26, 202146 minEp. 247

#246 Love your crashes, use Rich to beautify tracebacks

Topics covered in this episode: mktestdocs Redis powered queues (QR3) 25 Pandas Functions You Didn’t Know Existed FastAPI and Rich Tracebacks in Development Dev in Residence Dagster Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/246...

Aug 11, 202146 minEp. 246

#245 Fire up your Python time machine (and test some code)

Topics covered in this episode: State of the community (via Jet Brains) Cornell - record & replay mock server pyinstrument Python 3.10 is now in Release Candidate phase. RC1 just released. Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/245...

Aug 04, 202142 minEp. 245

#244 vendorizing your Python podcast

Topics covered in this episode: pip Environmental Variables * Extra, Extra, 6x Extra, hear all about it * Building and testing Python with GitHub Actions python-vendorize Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/244...

Jul 30, 202135 minEp. 244

#243 Django unicorns and multi-region PostgreSQL

Topics covered in this episode: MongoDB 5 Python 3.11: Enhanced error locations in tracebacks fly.io multi-region PostgreSQL and last mile Redis django-unicorn Blue: The somewhat less uncompromising code formatter than black Organize and Index Your Screenshots (OCR) on macOS Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/243...

Jul 21, 202142 minEp. 243

#242 from lib import * but less

Topics covered in this episode: just Strong Typing testbook auto-all Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/242...

Jul 15, 202139 minEp. 242

#241 f-yes we want some f-string tricks!

Topics covered in this episode: Autosync all branches of a fork Measuring memory usage in Python: it’s tricky! Python f-strings can do more than you thought. f'{val=}', f'{val!r}', f'{dt:%Y-%m-%d}' 10 Tips and Tools You Can Adopt in 15 minutes or Less To Level Up Your Dev Productivity How to Start a Production-Ready Django Project Bunch Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/241...

Jul 07, 202140 minEp. 241

#240 This is GitHub, your pilot speaking...

Topics covered in this episode: Subclassing in Python Redux * Extra, Extra, Extra 7, Hear all about it!** klib Don’t forget about functools GitHub Copilot Kats Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/240...

Jul 02, 202152 minEp. 240

#239 No module named pythonbytes

Topics covered in this episode: ormar: an async mini ORM for Python, with support for Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite. No module named JupyterLite Lot of plots Monty, Mongo tinified. MongoDB implemented in Python Exhaustiveness Checking with Mypy Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/239...

Jun 23, 202143 minEp. 239

#238 A cloud-based file system for Python and a new GUI!

Topics covered in this episode: Practical SQL for Data Analysis Git Blame in your Python Tracebacks fsspec: a unified file system library The need for slimmer containers PandasGUI: A GUI for analyzing Pandas DataFrames xarray: pandas-like API for labeled N-dimensional data Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/238...

Jun 15, 202147 minEp. 238

#237 Separate your SQL and Python, asynchronously with aiosql

Topics covered in this episode: Textual Pinning application dependencies with pip-tools compile Pynguin Python Advisory DB Function Overloading with singledispatch and multipledispatch Aiosql Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/237...

Jun 09, 202140 minEp. 237

#236 Fuzzy wuzzy wazzy fuzzy was faster

Topics covered in this episode: Using accessible colors, monolens & CMasher rapidfuzz: Rapid fuzzy string matching in Python and C++ Structlog to improve your logs xfail now works with pytest-subtests BaseSettings in Pydantic Take care of the documentation on your team will thank you later Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/236...

Jun 02, 202137 minEp. 236

#235 Flask 2.0 Articles and Reactions

Topics covered in this episode: Flask 2.0 articles and reactions Python 3.11 will be 2x faster? 3 Tools to Track and Visualize the Execution of your Python Code DuckDB + Pandas Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/235...

May 26, 202146 minEp. 235

#234 The Astronomy-filled edition with Dr. Becky

Topics covered in this episode: Powering the Python Package Index in 2021 The Leuven Star Atlas TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator Python Package CI/CD with GitHub Actions SpaceX is using Python for prototyping their Starlink satellite software : A beginner’s guide to working with astronomical data Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/234...

May 19, 202150 minEp. 234

#233 RaaS: Readme as a Service

Topics covered in this episode: readme.so Wafer-scale Python datefinder and dateutil Cinder - Instagram's performance oriented fork of CPython PyCon US 2021 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/233...

May 12, 202151 minEp. 233

#232 PyPI in a box and a revolutionary keyboard

Topics covered in this episode: Sphinx Themes Gallery update Mongita - Like SQLite but for MongoDB World Plone Day 2021 - Over 50 Videos from 16 Countries The social contract of open source: view every commit as a gift PyPI in a box Film simulations from scratch using Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/232...

May 05, 202138 minEp. 232

#231 Go Python, Go!

Topics covered in this episode: For-Else: A Weird but Useful Feature in Python Tortoise ORM Faster Python with Go Shared objects Learn by reading code: Python standard library design decisions explained (for advanced beginners) Gradio: Create UIs for prototyping your machine learning model in 3 minutes Use basketball stats to optimize game play with Visual Studio Code Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/231...

Apr 28, 202144 minEp. 231

#230 PyMars? Yes! FLoC? No!

Topics covered in this episode: calmcode.io Natural sort (aka natsort) Python controlling a helicopter on Mars. Pydantic, FastAPI, Typer will all run on 3.10, 3.11, and into the future * Extra, Extra, Extra, Extra hear all about it * Build Python books with Jupyter-Book Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/230...

Apr 21, 202146 minEp. 230

#229 Has one of your dependencies died?

Topics covered in this episode: Coverage.py (5.6b1) and third-party code So you want your own PaaS? Piku! Web3.py Deadpendency All The Important Features and Changes in Python 3.10 freeCodeCamp’s Python Curriculum Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/229...

Apr 15, 202143 minEp. 229

#228 Supreme Court decides API copyright battle

Topics covered in this episode: How to make an awesome Python package in 2021 Kubestriker wasmtime Depend-a-lot-bot Supreme Court sides with Google in API copyright battle with Oracle RedisAI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/228...

Apr 07, 202144 minEp. 228

#227 No more awaiting, async comes to SQLAlchemy

Topics covered in this episode: Number One, that's "retract plank," not "remove plank." SQLAlchemy 1.4.0 Released django-tenants pre-commit ci Snyk (Python) Package Advisor PyWebIO Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/227...

Mar 31, 202133 minEp. 227

#226 Teaching Python podcast on the podcast!

Topics covered in this episode: DataClass vs NamedTuple vs Object: A Battle of Performance in Python Can My Water Cooled Raspberry Pi Cluster Beat My MacBook? There is an app for that! New packaging security funding & NYU * Extra x8, hear all about it * Using Development Containers with VS Code for Students Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/226...

Mar 25, 202146 minEp. 226

#225 SELECT Pydantic FROM MongoDB

Topics covered in this episode: Raspberry Pi Pico New MongoDB ODM: Beanie Sourcery Neomodel Conference radar Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/225...

Mar 17, 202139 minEp. 225

#224 Join us on a Python adventure back to 1977

Topics covered in this episode: AWSimple coverage and installed packages Finding Mona Lisa in the Game of Life with JAX Python Package Index nukes 3,653 malicious libraries uploaded soon after security shortcoming highlighted python-adventure Exciting New Features in Django 3.2 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/224...

Mar 10, 202138 minEp. 224

#223 Beware: A ninja is shadowing Sebastian from FastAPI

Topics covered in this episode: Python Developers Survey 2020 Results Django Ninja - Fast Django REST Framework Pydantic 1.8 Google, Microsoft back Python and Rust programming languages Semantic Versioning Will Not Save You OpenAPI 3.1.0 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/223...

Mar 03, 202151 minEp. 223

#222 Autocomplete with type annotations for AWS and boto3

Topics covered in this episode: boto type annotations How to have your code reviewer appreciate you REPODASH - Quality Metrics for Github repositories * Extra, extra, extra, extra, hear all about it * testcontainers-python The Python Ecosystem is relentlessly improving price-performance every day Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/222...

Feb 24, 202138 minEp. 222

#221 Pattern matching and accepting change in Python with Brett Cannon

Topics covered in this episode: Keeping up with Rich 12 requests per second Python Launcher for Unix reaches RC (probably 😉) Build a text editor with Python and curses Pattern matching and accepting change in Python A Quick Intro to Structural Pattern Matching in Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/221...

Feb 19, 202159 minEp. 221

#220 What, why, and where of friendly errors in Python

Topics covered in this episode: We Downloaded 10,000,000 Jupyter Notebooks From Github – This Is What We Learned pytest-pythonpath Thinking in Pandas Quickle what(), why(), where(), explain(), more() from friendly-traceback console Bandit Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/220...

Feb 11, 202147 minEp. 220

#219 HTMX: Dynamic and live HTML without JavaScript

Topics covered in this episode: Do you really need a virtualenv? Copier - like cookiecutter * Pandarallel - run pandas apply in parallel! * Stop Using Print to Debug in Python. Use icecream Instead HTMX: Dynamic and live HTML without JavaScript * PyLDAvis - Interactive Topic Model Visualisation * Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/219...

Feb 03, 202139 minEp. 219