April 21, 2025

#429 Nitpicking Python

27 minutes

Topics covered in this episode:

Huly

CVE Foundation formed to take over CVE program from MITRE

drawdb

14 Advanced Python Features

Extras

Joke

Watch on YouTube

About the show

Sponsored by Posit Workbench: pythonbytes.fm/workbench

Connect with the hosts

Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)

Brian: @[email protected] / @brianokken.bsky.social

Show: @[email protected] / @pythonbytes.fm (bsky)

Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Monday at 10am PT. Older video versions available there too.

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Michael #1: Huly

All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)

If you're primarily interested in self-hosting Huly without the intention to modify or contribute to its development, please use huly-selfhost.

Manage your tasks efficiently with Huly's bidirectional GitHub synchronization. Use Huly as an advanced front-end for GitHub Issues and GitHub Projects.

Connect every element of your workflow to build a dynamic knowledge base.

Everything you need for productive team work: Team Planner • Project Management • Virtual Office • Chat • Documents • Inbox

Self hosting as a service: elest.io

Brian #2: CVE Foundation formed to take over CVE program from MITRE

Back story: CVE, global source of cybersecurity info, was hours from being cut by DHS

The 25-year-old CVE program, an essential part of global cybersecurity, is cited in nearly any discussion or response to a computer security issue.

CVE was at real risk of closure after its contract was set to expire on April 16.

The nonprofit MITRE runs CVE on a contract with the DHS.

A letter last Tuesday sent Tuesday by Yosry Barsoum, vice president of MITRE, gave notice of the potential halt to operations.

Another possible victim of the current administration.

CVE Foundation Launched to Secure the Future of the CVE Program

CVE Board members have spent the past year developing a strategy to transition CVE to a dedicated, non-profit foundation. The new CVE Foundation will focus solely on continuing the mission of delivering high-quality vulnerability identification and maintaining the integrity and availability of CVE data for defenders worldwide.

Over the coming days, the Foundation will release more information about its structure, transition planning, and opportunities for involvement from the broader community.

Michael #3: drawdb

Free and open source, simple, and intuitive database design editor, data-modeler, and SQL generator.

Great drag-drop relationship manager

Define your DB visually, export as SQL create scripts

Or import existing SQL to kickstart the diagramming.

Brian #4: 14 Advanced Python Features

Edward Li

Picking some favorites

1. Typing Overloads

2. Keyword-only and Positional-only Arguments

9. Python Nitpicks

For-else statements

Walrus operator

Short Circuit Evaluation

Operator Chaining

Extras

Michael:

Thunderbird send / other firefox things.

Joke: Python Tariffs

Thanks wagenrace

Thanks Campfire Tales

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April 21, 2025

#429 Nitpicking Python

27 minutes

Topics covered in this episode:

Huly

CVE Foundation formed to take over CVE program from MITRE

drawdb

14 Advanced Python Features

Extras

Joke

Watch on YouTube

About the show

Sponsored by Posit Workbench: pythonbytes.fm/workbench

Connect with the hosts

Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)

Brian: @[email protected] / @brianokken.bsky.social

Show: @[email protected] / @pythonbytes.fm (bsky)

Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Monday at 10am PT. Older video versions available there too.

Finally, if you want an artisanal, hand-crafted digest of every week of the show notes in email form? Add your name and email to our friends of the show list, we'll never share it.

Michael #1: Huly

All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)

If you're primarily interested in self-hosting Huly without the intention to modify or contribute to its development, please use huly-selfhost.

Manage your tasks efficiently with Huly's bidirectional GitHub synchronization. Use Huly as an advanced front-end for GitHub Issues and GitHub Projects.

Connect every element of your workflow to build a dynamic knowledge base.

Everything you need for productive team work: Team Planner • Project Management • Virtual Office • Chat • Documents • Inbox

Self hosting as a service: elest.io

Brian #2: CVE Foundation formed to take over CVE program from MITRE

Back story: CVE, global source of cybersecurity info, was hours from being cut by DHS

The 25-year-old CVE program, an essential part of global cybersecurity, is cited in nearly any discussion or response to a computer security issue.

CVE was at real risk of closure after its contract was set to expire on April 16.

The nonprofit MITRE runs CVE on a contract with the DHS.

A letter last Tuesday sent Tuesday by Yosry Barsoum, vice president of MITRE, gave notice of the potential halt to operations.

Another possible victim of the current administration.

CVE Foundation Launched to Secure the Future of the CVE Program

Over the coming days, the Foundation will release more information about its structure, transition planning, and opportunities for involvement from the broader community.

Michael #3: drawdb

Free and open source, simple, and intuitive database design editor, data-modeler, and SQL generator.

Great drag-drop relationship manager

Define your DB visually, export as SQL create scripts

Or import existing SQL to kickstart the diagramming.

Brian #4: 14 Advanced Python Features

Edward Li

Picking some favorites

1. Typing Overloads

2. Keyword-only and Positional-only Arguments

9. Python Nitpicks

For-else statements