Why is Python pulling in so many new programmers? Maybe some of that growth is from Python being a full-spectrum language. This week on the show we have Michael Kennedy, the host of the podcast “Talk Python to Me”. Michael reflects on five years of podcasting about Python, and many of the changes he has seen in the Python landscape.

We discuss several stories about the different ways Python is being used, and how that is drawing in many new programmers. Michael covers some potential Python stumbling blocks of Async, the Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), building desktop apps, and type checking. We also talk about how podcasts can act as a form of language immersion.

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Topics:

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:34 – Changes in the Python landscape over the last 5 years
00:08:09 – Changing the perspective from scripts to applications
00:10:48 – Python as a full-spectrum language
00:17:13 – What are the areas of growth for Python
00:22:09 – Stories highlights from Talk Python
00:27:48 – Stack Overflow Developer Surveys
00:33:22 – Enterprise use and contributions to Python
00:38:04 – Video Course Spotlight
00:39:20 – A monk learns Python and OpenCV
00:48:18 – Things that have been hard to do in Python
00:52:07 – How is the GIL part of the problem?
00:56:37 – Leave a review, it will help the show, Thanks!
00:57:04 – More on Async in Python
01:03:38 – Recent courses developed
01:10:05 – Who listens to a Python podcast?
01:13:06 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?
01:17:46 – What do you want to learn next?
01:23:17 – What is something you thought you knew about Python, but were wrong about it?
01:26:58 – Thanks and goodbye

Show Links:

Talk Python To Me
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Apple MainStage: Nine Inch Nails – YouTube
Stack Overflow Trends: See how technologies have trended over time
Stack Overflow: Most Loved, Dreaded, and Wanted Languages
Enterprise Software with Python: Mahmoud Hashemi - Talk Python Ep54
Python in digital humanities research: Cornelis van Lit - Talk Python Ep230
PEP 554 – Multiple Interpreters in the Stdlib
Machine Learning at the Large Hadron Collider: Talk Python Ep144
Python at the Large Hadron Collider and CERN: Talk Python Ep29
12 of the Biggest Spreadsheet Fails in History: Oracle Blog
FastAPI: Modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python
Starlette: Lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit
Unsync: Unsynchronize asyncio by using an ambient event loop in a separate thread
Python Type Checking: Real Python Video Course
pydanctic: Data validation and settings management using Python type annotations

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