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:

Michael:

Transcripts are a bit better now.
Zen is better now

Joke: Can my friend come in?

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