The Python Show

Episode 37 of The Python Show Podcast has special guest Mike Bayer, the creator of SQLAlchemy, Mako, and Alembic.

In this episode, we discuss the following topics:

* Python packages

* The origin of SQLAlchemy and Mako

* How databases have changed over the years

* ORMs in Python and other languages

* and much more!

Additional Info

Want to learn more about our guest, Mike Bayer? Check out the links below:

* Bayer’s website

* Bayer on GitHub

* Bayer on LinkedIn

* Bayer on Twitter / X

* Mouse vs Python - PyDev of the Week: Mike Bayer

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Episode 37 welcomes Julian Danjou as our special guest. Julien is the author of Serious Python from No Starch Press and the co-founder of Mergify.

You can connect with Julien on LinkedIn or Twitter/X.

In this episode, we discuss the following topics:

* Python packages

* Writing a book

* Publishing

* Starting a business

* Being a CEO

* and more!

Welcome to episode 35 of The Python Show Podcast. In this episode, we have special guest, Patrick Arminio (@patrick91), the creator of Strawberry GraphQL, the Python implementation of GraphQL.

We discuss the following topics:

* 1:20 - Journey into programming

* 3:57 - Favorite Python modules

* 8:18 - Strawberry GraphQL

* 19:38 - AI and open source development

* 22:58 - Conference organizing

* 38:44 - Non-technical hobbies

Links

* PyRun

* PyRun Discord

* PyCon Italia

* EuroPython

* Strawberry

This week, we welcome Sebastian Raschka as our guest on The Python Show.

Sebastian works for Lightning AI and writes the popular Ahead of AI newsletter. He is also the author of the following books:

* Machine Learning Q and AI

* Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-learn

* Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

We talked about machine learning, AI, book writing, Python and so much more!

Episode 33’s special guest is Jon Fincher from CodingNomads. Jon teaches and mentors people in Python and other topics. He also occasionally writes for Real Python.

In this podcast, we chat about the following topics:

* Jon’s journey to programming and Python

* Teaching and mentoring

* Python gaming packages

* Writing

* and much more!

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Episode 32 is another great time! This time we welcome the amazing Reuven Lerner (@reuvenmlerner).

Reuven is a corporate trainer who spends his days training people the Python programming language and the pandas package. Reuven has written a couple of books and also has three newsletters!

In this episode, we discuss:

* Python

* pandas

* AI

* Training / teaching

* Staying current in tech

* and much more!

Links

* The “Better developers” Python newsletter: https://BetterDevelopersWeekly.com

* Weekly data-analysis problems, based on current events: https://BambooWeekly.com

* Reuven’s courses and membership packages: https://LernerPython.com

* Python Workout: https://PythonWorkout.com

* Pandas Workout: https://PandasWorkout.com

* Reuven on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reuvenmlerner

* Reuven on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@reuvenlerner

* Reuven’s YouTube channel: https://YouTube.com/reuvenlerner

In episode 31, we welcome special guest, Matt Harrison (@__mharrison__).

Matt is a Python and pandas trainer and an author of more than TWELVE technical books.

You will learn about the following topics in this episode:

* Matt’s journey into programming and training

* Things students struggle with

* Hard topics to teach

* AI’s effect on teaching

* and much more!

Links

* Matt’s website - Metasnake

* Twitter / X - @__mharrison__.

* Effective Pandas 2 book

We welcome Brett Slatkin as our special guest for episode 30 of The Python Show Podcast.

Brett is the author of the popular book, Effective Python

In this episode, we chat with Brett about the following:

* Programming languages

* Favorite Python modules and least favorite

* Book writing

* Book editing

* The worst practices in software development

* and much more!

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In episode 29 of the Python Show Podcast, we welcome Anthony Shaw as our special guest.

Anthony is a contributor to Real Python and the author of the book, CPython Internals.

We talked about the following topics in this episode:

* CPython Internals

* Book writing

* Projects at Microsoft

* How Python’s internals have been changing

* Faster Python

* VS Code Pets

* and more!

You can follow Anthony at the following:

* Twitter

* GitHub

* Personal Website

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In episode 28, we welcome Rodrigo Girão Serrão (@mathsppblog) as our special guest.

Rodrigo authored the free Python book, Pydon'ts – Write elegant Python code.

In this episode, we talk about:

* Python content creation

* Writing a Python book

* Working in open source

* Non-traditional hiring practices

* and much more!

Rodrigo also has a newsletter you can check out to learn more Python!

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