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#431 Nerd Gas

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Topics covered in this episode:
  • pirel: Python release cycle in your terminal
  • FastAPI Cloud
  • Python's new t-strings
  • Extras
  • Joke
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      Michael #1: pirel: Python release cycle in your terminal

      • pirel check shows release information about your active Python interpreter.
      • If the active version is end-of-life, the program exits with code 1. If no active Python interpreter is found, the program exits with code 2.
      • pirel list lists all Python releases in a table. Your active Python interpreter is highlighted.
      • A picture is worth many words

        • Brian #2: FastAPI Cloud

        • Sebastián Ramírez, creator of FastAPI, announced today the formation of a new Company, FastAPI Cloud.
        • Here’s the announcement blog post: FastAPI Cloud - By The Same Team Behind FastAPI
        • There’s a wait list to try it out.
        • Promises to turns deployment into fastapi login; fastapi deploy
        • Side note: announcement includes quote from Daft Punk: Build Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
          • I just included this in a talk I’m gave last week (and will again next week), where I modify this to “Build Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger”
          • Sebastian and I are both fans of the rocket emoji.
          • BTW, we first covered FastAPI on episode 123 in 2019

            • Brian #3: Python's new t-strings

            • Dave Peck, one of the authors of PEP 750, which will go into Python 3.14
            • We covered t-strings in ep 428
            • In article
              • t-strings security benefits over f-strings
              • How to work with t-strings
              • A Pig Latin example
                • Also, I think I have always done this wrong
                • Is it the first consonant to the end? or the first consonant cluster?
                • So… Brian → Rianbay? or Ianbray?
                • BTW, this is an example of nerdgassing
                • What’s next once t-strings ship?
                • On thing that’s next (in Python 3.15, maybe, is using t-strings in shlex and subprocess)
                  • PEP 787 – Safer subprocess usage using t-strings deferred to 3.15

                    • Michael #4: zev

                    • A simple CLI tool to help you remember terminal commands.

                    • Examples:

                      • # Find running processes
                      zev 'show all running python processes'
                      # File operations
                      zev 'find all .py files modified in the last 24 hours'
                      # System information
                      zev 'show disk usage for current directory'
                      # Network commands
                      zev 'check if google.com is reachable'
                      # Git operations
                      zev 'show uncommitted changes in git'

                    • Again, picture worth many words:

                      • Extras

                      Brian:

                      • Holy Grail turns 50
                      • nerdgassing

                        • Michael:

                        • Transcripts are a bit better now.
                        • Zen is better now

                          • Joke: Can my friend come in?

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