Python Bytes

By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

Technology

What's Python Bytes about?

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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Python Bytes episodes:

04.09.2024
#378 Python is on the edge
Topics include pacemaker, PyPI suspends new user registration to block malware campaign, Python Project-Local Virtualenv Management Redux, and Python Edge Workers at Cloudflare.
04.02.2024
#377 A Dramatic Episode
Topics include justpath, , LPython, and dramatic.
03.26.2024
#376 Every dunder method in a Python Lockbox
Topics include
03.19.2024
#375 Pointing at Countries
Topics include pycountry, Does Python have pointers?, ingestr, and Make your terminal nice.
03.11.2024
#374 Climbing the Python Web Mountain
Topics include 6 ways to improve the architecture of your Python project (using import-linter), Mountaineer, Why Python's Integer Division Floors, and Hatchet.
03.05.2024
#373 Changing Directories
Topics include zoxide, Smart CLIs with Typer, Python recommended officially by the US Government, and Textual tutorials at Mouse vs Python.
02.20.2024
#372 uv - an impressive pip alternative
Topics include uv: Python packaging in Rust, jpterm, Everything You Can Do with Python's textwrap Module, and HTML First.
02.13.2024
#371 Python in a Crate
Topics include AppleCrate, One way to package Python code right now, Flask8 but why?, and.
02.06.2024
#370 Your Very Own Heroku
Topics include Dokku, Summary of Major Changes Between Python Versions, speedtest-cli, and.
01.30.2024
#369 The Readability Episode
Topics include Granian, pytest 8 is here, , and New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality'
01.23.2024
#368 That episode where we just ship open source
Topics include Syntax Error #11: Debugging Python, umami umami-analytics, pytest-suite-timeout, and Listmonk (py) listmonk.
01.16.2024
#367 A New Cloud Computing Paradigm at Python Bytes
Topics include Leaving the cloud, PEP 723 - Inline script metadata, Flet for Android, and harlequin: The SQL IDE for Your Terminal.
01.09.2024
#366 Put It In The Backlog
Topics include Python 3.13 gets a JIT, UniDep - Unified Conda and Pip Dependency Management, Don’t Start Pull Requests from Your Main Branch, and instld: The simplest package management.
12.20.2023
#365 Inheritance, but not Inheritance!
Topics include Hatch v1.8, svcs: A Flexible Service Locator for Python, Steering Council 2024 Term Election Results, and Python protocols. When to use them in your projects to abstract and decoupling.
12.12.2023
#364 Holy Match-Cases Batman!
Topics include A Python/Django Advent calendar, Dropbase helps you build internal web apps with Python, Real-world match/case, and.
12.05.2023
#363 DNS Again? It's Always DNS.
Topics include Fixit 2: Meta’s next-generation auto-fixing linter, FastUI, Mail list / newsletter conversation, and.
11.28.2023
#362 You can deprecate a global variable?
Topics include Habits of great software engineers, Flask 3.0, Build Conway's Game of Life With Python, and polars business.
11.21.2023
#361 Proper way to comment your code!
Topics include The many shapes and sizes of keyboards, appeal - a CLI framework from Larry Hastings, Graphinate: Data to Graphs, and A Disorganized List of Maintainer Tasks.
11.07.2023
#360 Happy Birthday!
Topics include exclude_also with coverage.py, Writeside, , and Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM.
11.02.2023
#359 gil--;
Topics include PyCon 2024 is up, Ruff formatter is production ready, gil--;, and Why is the Django Admin “Ugly”?
10.24.2023
#358 Collecting Shells
Topics include Django 5.0 beta 1 released, git bash, terminals, and Windows, Mastering Integration Testing with FastAPI, and Reuven Learner has been banned for trading in rare animals (Pythons and Pandas)
10.17.2023
#357 Python 3.7 EOLed, We Hadn't Noticed
Topics include QuickMacHotKey, Things I’ve learned about building CLI tools in Python, Warp Terminal referral code, and Python 3.7 EOLed, but I hadn’t noticed.
10.10.2023
#356 Ripping from PyPI
Topics include Psycopg 3, dacite, RIP: Fast, barebones pip implementation in Rust, and Flaky Tests follow up.
10.03.2023
#355 Python 3.12 is Out!
Topics include 3.12 is out, Trouble with virtualenv caching, a tale of 3.12 update, Python Developers Survey 2022 Results, and Scientific Python Library Development Guide.
09.26.2023
#354 Python 3.12 is Coming!
Topics include logmerger, The third and final Python 3.12 RC is out now, The Python dictionary dispatch pattern, and Visualizing the CPython Release Process.
09.19.2023
#353 Hatching Another Episode
Topics include OverflowAI, Switching to Hatch, Alpha release of the Ruff formatter, and What is wrong with TOML?
09.12.2023
#352 Helicopter Time Comes to Python
Topics include Heliclockter, Wagtail 5, Git log customization, and MiniJinja template engine.
09.06.2023
#351 A Python Empire (or MPIRE?)
Topics include mpire, mopup, Immortal Objects for Python, and Common Docstring Formats in Python.
08.29.2023
#350 You've Got The Stamina For This Episode
Topics include Make Each Line Count, Keeping Things Simple in Python, Parsel, A Comprehensive Guide to Python Logging with Structlog, and Stamina.
08.22.2023
#349 Djangonauts: Ready for Takeoff!
Topics include Omnivore app, Djangonaut.space, Server-side hot reload, and Python in Excel.
08.15.2023
#348 JavaScript in Your Python
Topics include Differentiating between writing down dependencies to use packages and for packages themselves, PythonMonkey, Quirks of Python package versioning, and bear-type.
08.08.2023
#347 The One About Context Mangers
Topics include async-timeout, PyPI Project URLs Cheatsheet, httpx-sse, and Creating a context manager in Python.
08.02.2023
#346 Have you lost your GIL?
Topics include A Steering Council notice about PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython), Google's post-cookie world could turn into DRM for the internet, How ruff changed my Python programming habits, and pathlib api extended to use...
07.26.2023
#345 Some Big Time Releases
Topics include Cython 3.0, Reading code: An important but seldom-discussed skill, Major new version of MicroPython: v1.20.0, and Advanced Python Tips for Development.
07.18.2023
#344 AMA: Ask Us Anything
07.11.2023
#343 So Much Pydantic!
Topics include Pydantic v2 released, Two Ways to Turbo-Charge tox, Awesome Pydantic, and CLI tools hidden in the Python standard library.
06.26.2023
#342 Don't Believe Those Old Blogging Myths
Topics include Plumbum: Shell Combinators and More, Our plan for Python 3.13, Some blogging myths, and Jupyter AI.
06.20.2023
#341 Shhh - For Secrets and Shells
Topics include Pydantic roadmap, The Right Way to Run Shell Commands From Python, US: Yep, We're Buying Your Data, Including Your Embarrassing Secrets, and Pro-Tip – pytest fixtures are magic!
06.13.2023
#340 Snorkel not included
Topics include PythonGUIS, JupyterLab 4.0 is Here, Proposing a struct syntax for Python, and Python 3.13 Removes 20 Stdlib Modules.
06.07.2023
#339 Actual Technical People
Topics include pystack, Securing PyPI accounts via Two-Factor Authentication, Propan - a declarative Python MQ framework, and Makefile tricks for Python projects.
05.30.2023
#338 Scripting iOS with Python
Topics include The Basics of Python Packaging in Early 2023, vecs, Introducing Grasshopper - An Open Source Python Library for Load Testing, and memocast.
05.23.2023
#337 Backtracking For a Package
Topics include Ruff PyCharm plugin, Writing Python like it's Rust, Pip 23.1 Released - Massive improvement to backtracking, and Markdown Code Runner.
05.16.2023
#336 We found one of your batteries
Topics include Python's Missing Batteries: Essential Libraries You're Missing Out On, awesome-polars, Running Headless Selenium in Python (2023), and Gracy.
05.11.2023
#335 Should you get your mojo on?
Topics include Introducing 'Trusted Publishers’, Mojo: a new programming language for all AI developers., django-prose, and pylyzer is a static code analyzer / language server for Python, written in Rust.
05.05.2023
#334 Packaging Organizations
Topics include rye - Python workflow tool, PyPI Organizations, 5 tips to learn any new Python library faster, and Python gets down to (the) Metal.
04.22.2023
#333 Live From PyCon
Topics include Introducing Microsoft Security Copilot, PEP 695 – Type Parameter Syntax, Auto-GPT, and Astral: Ruff is now a company.
04.18.2023
#332 A Python, a Slurpee, and Some Chaos
Topics include huak, PSF expresses concerns about a proposed EU law that may make it impossible to continue providing Python and PyPI to the European public, ChaosToolkit, and PEP 711 – PyBI: a standard format for distributing Python Binaries.
04.12.2023
#331 Python From the Future
Topics include makeapp, , Python 3.11.3 is out, and How to Make a Great Conference Talk.
04.06.2023
#330 Your data, validated 5x-50x faster, coming soon
Topics include Pydantic V2 Pre Release, microdot The impossibly small web framework for Python and MicroPython, , and PEP 709 – Inlined comprehensions.
03.30.2023
#329 Creating very old Python code
Topics include Prefix-cache, NiceGUI, flask-ngrok, and No-async async with Python.

What's Python Bytes about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Python Bytes episodes:

#378 Python is on the edge

#377 A Dramatic Episode

#376 Every dunder method in a Python Lockbox

#375 Pointing at Countries

#374 Climbing the Python Web Mountain

#373 Changing Directories

#372 uv - an impressive pip alternative

#371 Python in a Crate

#370 Your Very Own Heroku

#369 The Readability Episode

#368 That episode where we just ship open source

#367 A New Cloud Computing Paradigm at Python Bytes

#366 Put It In The Backlog

#365 Inheritance, but not Inheritance!

#364 Holy Match-Cases Batman!

#363 DNS Again? It's Always DNS.

#362 You can deprecate a global variable?

#361 Proper way to comment your code!

#360 Happy Birthday!

#359 gil--;

#358 Collecting Shells

#357 Python 3.7 EOLed, We Hadn't Noticed

#356 Ripping from PyPI

#355 Python 3.12 is Out!

#354 Python 3.12 is Coming!

#353 Hatching Another Episode

#352 Helicopter Time Comes to Python

#351 A Python Empire (or MPIRE?)

#350 You've Got The Stamina For This Episode

#349 Djangonauts: Ready for Takeoff!

#348 JavaScript in Your Python

#347 The One About Context Mangers

#346 Have you lost your GIL?

#345 Some Big Time Releases

#344 AMA: Ask Us Anything

#343 So Much Pydantic!

#342 Don't Believe Those Old Blogging Myths

#341 Shhh - For Secrets and Shells

#340 Snorkel not included

#339 Actual Technical People

#338 Scripting iOS with Python

#337 Backtracking For a Package

#336 We found one of your batteries

#335 Should you get your mojo on?

#334 Packaging Organizations

#333 Live From PyCon

#332 A Python, a Slurpee, and Some Chaos

#331 Python From the Future

#330 Your data, validated 5x-50x faster, coming soon

#329 Creating very old Python code