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Michael #1: pyx - optimized backend for uv
- via John Hagen (thanks again)
- I’ll be interviewing Charlie in 9 days on Talk Python → Sign up (get notified) of the livestream here.
- Not a PyPI replacement, more of a middleware layer to make it better, faster, stronger.
- pyx is a paid service, with maybe a free option eventually.
Brian #2: Litestar is worth a look
- James Bennett
- Michael brought up Litestar in episode 444 when talking about rewriting TalkPython in Quart
- James brings up
- scaling - Litestar is easy to split an app into multiple files
- Not using pydantic - You can use pydantic with Litestar, but you don’t have to. Maybe attrs is right for you instead.
- Michael brought up
- Litestar seems like a “more batteries included” option.
- Somewhere between FastAPI and Django.
Brian #3: Django remake migrations
- Suggested by Bruno Alla on BlueSky
- In response to a migrations topic last week
- django-remake-migrations is a tool to help you with migrations and the docs do a great job of describing the problem way better than I did last week
- “The built-in
squashmigrations command is great, but it only work on a single app at a time, which means that you need to run it for each app in your project. On a project with enough cross-apps dependencies, it can be tricky to run.”
- “This command aims at solving this problem, by recreating all the migration files in the whole project, from scratch, and mark them as applied by using the
replaces attribute.”
- Also of note
- The package was created with Copier
- Michael brought up Copier in 2021 in episode 219
- It has a nice comparison table with CookieCutter and Yoeman
- One difference from CookieCutter is yml vs json.
- I’m actually not a huge fan of handwriting either. But I guess I’d rather hand write yml.
- So I’m thinking of trying Copier with my future project template needs.
Michael #4: django-chronos
- Django middleware that shows you how fast your pages load, right in your browser.
- Displays request timing and query counts for your views and middleware.
- Times middleware, view, and total per request (CPU and DB).
Extras
Brian:
- Test & Code 238: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
- after 10 years, this is the goodbye episode
Michael:
Joke: python is better than java
