Visit our site to listen to past episodes, support the show, and sign up for our mailing list. Summary Kay Hayen is a systems engineer from Germany who has dedicated his spare time to the creation of Nuitka, a library that will compile your Python project to C++. In this episode we talked to Kay about what inspired him to create the project, how it operates, and some of the challenges he has faced. It is a very interesting project and it has the potential to let you run your Python code in a who...
Oct 24, 2015•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, support the show, and sign up for our mailing list. Summary Trent Nelson is a software engineer working with Continuum Analytics and a core contributor to CPython. He started experimenting with a way to sidestep the restrictions of the Global Interpreter Lock without discarding its benefits and that has become the PyParallel project. We had the privilege of discussing the details around this innovative experiment with Trent and learning more about the c...
Oct 14, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, support the show, and sign up for our newsletter! Summary Dag Brattli is an engineer with Microsoft and in his spare time he created the ported the Reactive Xtensions framework to Python in the form of the RxPy library. In this episode we had the opportunity to speak with Dag and learn more about what ReactiveX is, why it is useful and how you can use it in your Python programs. It is definitely a very powerful programming patern when manipulating data ...
Oct 09, 2015•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, join the mailing list and support the show. Summary uWSGI is one of the most versatile application servers available. It was originally written for running Python applications and has since gained functionality to support Perl, Ruby, PHP, and more in addition to the incredible feature set. In this episode Tobias got to interview three of the core developers of this project and find out more about how the different pieces of it fit together and what its ...
Oct 03, 2015•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, sign up for our mailing list and support the show. Summary Griatch is an incredibly talented digital artist, professional astronomer and the maintainer of the Evennia project for creating MUDs in Python. We got the opportunity to speak with him about what MUDs are, why they’re interesting and how Evennia simplifies the process of creating and extending them. If you’re interested in building your own virtual worlds, this episode is a great place to start...
Sep 29, 2015•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, support the show, and sign up for our mailing list Summary We got the chance to talk to some of the core developers of Hylang, which is a Lisp dialect that runs on the Python VM! We talked about how it got started, how it works and why you should try it. Of particular interest is our discussion about using Hylang to backport language features, or create entirely new ones due to the power of Lisp and the Python AST (Abstract Syntax Tree). If you need to ...
Sep 19, 2015•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, subscribe to our mailing list, and donate to the show. Summary Bryan Van de Ven is the project maintainer for Bokeh, a plotting and visualization toolkit that allows Python developers to easily create attractive interactive visualizations for the web. We talked about the project’s history, some interesting use cases for it, and what its near future looks like. Bryan also told us about how Bokeh compares to some of the other visualization libraries in bo...
Sep 08, 2015•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, support the show and sign up for our mailing list. Summary We got the chance to talk to Jessica McKellar about her work in the Python community. She told us about her experience as a director for the PSF, working as the diversity outreach manager for PyCon, and being a champion for improving the on-boarding experience for new users of Python. We also discussed perceptions around the performance of Python and some of the work being done to improve concur...
Sep 01, 2015•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, comment on the show or find out more about us. Summary In this episode we had the opportunity to discuss the world of static site generators with Roberto Alsina of the Nikola project and Justin Mayer of the Pelican project. They explained what static site generators are and why you might want to use one. We asked about why you should choose a Python based static site generator, theming and markup support as well as metadata formats and documentation. We...
Aug 25, 2015•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, learn more about us, and support the show. Summary We got the opportunity to speak with Al Sweigart about his work on books like ‘Automate The Boring Stuff With Python’ and ‘Invent With Python’. We discussed how Python can be useful to people who don’t work as software engineers, why coding literacy is important for the general populace and how that will affect the ways in which we interact with software. Brief Introduction Hello and welcome to Podcast....
Aug 16, 2015•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, find additional content, sign up for our newsletter or learn about the hosts. Summary In this episode we talked to Liza Avramenko, the CEO of CheckIO, about Empire of Code and CheckIO. We discussed what differentiates them from each other and from the other coding games that have been spreading on the internet. One of the main differentiators for CheckIO in particular is the strong focus on community. The bottom line is that if you use Python then you s...
Aug 06, 2015•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site for past episodes and extra content. Summary In this episode we had a nice long conversation with Glyph Lefkowitz of Twisted fame about his views on the need for an established code of ethics in the software industry. Some of the main points that were covered include the need for maintaining a proper scope in the ongoing discussion, the responsibilities of individuals and corporations, and how any such code might compare with those employed by other professions. This is something ...
Aug 03, 2015•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site to listen to past episodes, learn more about the show and sign up for our mailing list. Summary In this episode we talked to Holger Krekel about the py.test library. We discussed the various styles of testing that it supports, the plugin system and how it compares to the unittest library. We also reviewed some of the challenges around packaging and releasing Python software and our thoughts on some ways that they can be improved. Brief Introduction Welcome to Podcast.__init__ the ...
Jul 24, 2015•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site for more news, information and past episodes of Podcast.__init__! Summary We talked to Damien George about his work on the Micro Python interpreter and the PyBoard SOC (Systom On a Chip). The combination of the interpreter and SOC allows Python developers to get involved in hardware hacking, as well as letting electronics afficionados try their hand at development. Damien explained to us where this fits in with the expanding landscape of low cost embedded devices and why you shoul...
Jul 16, 2015•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Find past episodes and more information about the show at iTunes , Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) You can donate (if you want) Overview – Interview with Allen Downey, Prolific Author and Professor of Computer Science Interview with Allen Downey Introductions How did you get introduced to Python? – Chris Wrote a Java book with an open license to allow anyone to make changes Jeff Elkner translated it to Python What attributes of Python ma...
Jul 09, 2015•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to past episodes and find out more about the show at our website pythonpodcast.com Synopsis In this episode we talked to Jacob Kovac, creator of the KivEnt game engine and one of the Kivy core developers. He told us about what inspired him to create the KivEnt project, some of the ways that he has managed to optimize rendering time and some of the problems that he has encountered as part of his work on the project. We also discussed what the use cases and limitations of the KivEnt engine ...
Jul 03, 2015•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to past episodes, read about the hosts or donate to the show at podcastinit.com Brief Introduction Date of recording – June 10th, 2015 Hosts Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Follow us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) You can donate (if you want)! Overview – Interview with Eric Schles Interview with Eric Schles Introductions How did you get introduced to Python? What inspired you to take up the fight against slavery? Is there...
Jun 25, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to past episodes, read about the show and check out our donations section at podcastinit.com Brief Introduction Date of recording – Jun-10th, 2015 Hosts Macey and Chris Patti Follow us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) You can donate (if you want)! Overview – Interview with Tracy Osborn, Naomi Ceder, Lynn Root Interview with Prominent PyLadies Introductions Tracy Osborn Naomi Ceder Lynn Root How did you get introduced to ...
Jun 18, 2015•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast You can find past episodes and other information about the show at podcastinit.com Brief Introduction Date of recording – June 3rd, 2015 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Overview – Interview with Fernando Perez and Brian Granger, core developers of IPython/Project Jupyter Follow us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) You can donate (if you want)! Interview with Brian Granger and Fernando Perez Introductions How did you g...
Jun 13, 2015•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast You can find out more about us and view previous episodes at podcastinit.com . Brief Introduction Date of recording – 2015-06-02 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Follow us on – iTunes , Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback on iTunes , Twitter , email or Disqus Interview with David Baumgold Introduction How did you get introduced to Python? What problem does Flask-Dance solve that wasn’t covered by other libraries? What were some of the technical issues that you encountered w...
Jun 07, 2015•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read all of our show notes and find more information about us at Beautiful Soup Brief Introduction Date of recording – May 28th, 2015 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Overview – Interview with Mark Bagett Follow us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) You can donate (if you want)! Interview with Mark Bagett Introductions How were you first introduced to Python? – Chris Started using it for automating tasks while wor...
Jun 03, 2015•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read all of our show notes and find more information about us at podcastinit.com Brief Introduction Date of recording – May 18th, 2015 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Follow us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) Overview – Interview with Jacob Kaplan-Moss Interview with Jacob Kaplan-Moss Introductions How were you first introduced to Python? So, we wanted to invite you on the show to discuss the keynote that you gave a...
May 26, 2015•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit our site at podcastinit.com for more show notes and news. Brief Introduction Date of recording – May 17th, 2015 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Follow us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) Overview – Interview with Jonathan Slenders Interview with Jonathan Slenders Introductions How were you first introduced to Python? -Chris What inspired you to create the python-prompt-toolkit? What are some design consideratio...
May 19, 2015•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Visit podcastinit.com for information about the show and links to our iTunes and Stitcher feeds. Brief Introduction Date of recording – May 4th, 2015 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Overview – Interview with Ned Batchelder Follow us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Give us feedback! (iTunes, Twitter, email, Disqus comments) You can donate (if you want)! Interview with Ned Batchelder Introductions How did you get introduced to Python? Zope … Implemented in Python How did you g...
May 12, 2015•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast For show notes and other content, visit our site at http://www.pythonpodcast.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Brief Introduction Date of recording – Apr 28th 2015 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Overview – Interview with Travis Oliphant Interview with Travis Oliphant Introductions How did you get introduced to Python? I’m curious what inspired you to create NumPy and SciPy? Why did you choose Python for those libraries? Numeric, Jim Hugunin Morphology library in NumArray ...
May 04, 2015•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast You can view all of the show notes for every episode at http://podcastinit.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Brief Introduction Date of recording – Apr 21st 2015 Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti Overview – Interview with members of the Kivy core development team Interview with Kivy Core Developers Introductions How did you get introduced to Python? How did the Kivy project get started? What made you choose Python as the basis for Kivy? What were some influences on and inspi...
Apr 27, 2015•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Full show notes can be found at http://podcastinit.com/episode-2-reuven-lerner.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Episode 2 Brief intro Recording date/time Hosts Overview Reuven Lerner Interview Please introduce yourself How did you get introduced to Python? How did you break into the field of providing Python trainings? What are the most common languages that your students are coming from? What are some of the biggest obstacles that people encounter when learning Python? Where does Python ...
Apr 23, 2015•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Full show notes can be found at http://podcastinit.com/episode-1-thomas-hatch.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Brief Intro Hosts Overview Python at Chefconf! Plug for Talk Python To Me Thomas Hatch Interview Picks Thomas Hatch Flow Based Programming IOFlo Imagine Dragons Chris Patti Stone Imperial Russian Stout Python One Liner Games Boston Python User Group Tobias Macey Noisli CopyQ Pelican Moving From Heroku to AWS With Salt Part 1 Moving From Heroku to AWS With Salt Part 2 Closing Remarks...
Apr 11, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast focused on bringing you the stories of the people who make the Python language and ecosystem great. Outline Introduction Brief Host Biographies Why We’re Doing This Why We Love Python & Favorite Tools Thank You Picks! Picks Tobias Summoner Wars Dbeaver KDE Connect Playerctl Chris ptpython Duchesse de Bourgogne The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish ( The Freak Fandango Orchestra ) / CC BY-SA 3.0...
Mar 21, 2015•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
