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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

#258 Python built us an anime dog!

Topics covered in this episode: stale: github bot to “Close Stale Issues and PRs” jut - JUpyter notebook Terminal viewer JupyterLyte Feature comparison of ack, ag, git-grep, GNU grep and ripgrep Python Client for Airtable: pyairtable Black can now format notebooks Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/258...

Nov 11, 202143 minEp. 258

#257 Python Launcher - Launching Python Everywhere

Topics covered in this episode: Django 4.0 beta 1 released * py - The Python launcher * Model bakery Coverage goals, goals.py Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/257...

Nov 04, 202140 minEp. 257

#256 And the best open source project prize goes to ...

Topics covered in this episode: * It’s episode 2^8 (nearly 5 years of podcasting) * Where does all the effort go? : Looking at Python core developer activity Why you shouldn't invoke setup.py directly By Paul Ganssle (from Talk Unlock the mysteries of time, Python's datetime that is! ) OpenTelemetry is going stable soon Understanding all of Python, through its builtins FastAPI, Dask, and more Python goodies win best open source titles Notes From the Meeting On Python GIL Removal Between Python C...

Oct 29, 20211 hrEp. 256

#255 Closember eve, the cure for Hacktoberfest?

Topics covered in this episode: Wrapping C++ with Cython tbump : bump software releases Closember by Matthias Bussonnier scikit learn goes 1.0 Using devpi as an offline PyPI cache PyPi command line Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/255...

Oct 20, 202147 minEp. 255

#254 Do Excel things, get notebook Python code with Mito

Topics covered in this episode: yaml, GH Actions, and Python 3.10 Beating C and Java, Python Becomes the #1 Most Popular Programming Language, Says TIOBE Newspaper3k: Article scraping & curation PEP 660, pip 21.3, flit 3.4 -> easy editable installs Mito - a JupterLab Extension - generates Python code while you work on your analysis troposphere Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/254...

Oct 13, 202131 minEp. 254

#253 A new Python for you, and for everyone!

Topics covered in this episode: awesome-htmx Python 3.10 is here !!!! Prospector (almost) All Python analysis tools together Rich Pandas DataFrames Union types, baby! Make your code darker - Improving Python code incrementally Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/253...

Oct 07, 202145 minEp. 253

#252 Jupyter is now a desktop app!

Topics covered in this episode: * Changing themes to DIY * SQLFluff JupyterLab Desktop Requests Cache pypi-rename Django 4 coming with Redis Adapter PEP 612 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/252...

Sep 29, 202144 minEp. 252

#251 A 95% complete episode (wait for it)

Topics covered in this episode: auto-optional Making World-Class Docs Takes Effort Starship JMESPath pedalboard - audio effects library PEP 665 (and the journey so far ) Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/251...

Sep 22, 202156 minEp. 251

#250 skorch your scikit-learn together with PyTorch

Topics covered in this episode: Exciting New Ways To Be Told That Your Python Code is Bad GitHub Readme Stats Nox Two tools for dealing with text MPIRE (MultiProcessing Is Really Easy) skorch Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/250...

Sep 15, 202142 minEp. 250

#249 All of Linux as a Python API

Topics covered in this episode: Fickling Python Project-Local Virtualenv Management Testcontainers jc What is Python's Ellipsis Object? PyTorch Forecasting Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/249...

Sep 09, 202137 minEp. 249

#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
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