
Python Bytes
Python Bytes is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken. The show is a short discussion on the headlines and noteworthy news in the Python, developer, and data science space.
Latest episodes

May 5, 2023 • 32min
#334 Packaging Organizations
Topics covered in this episode:
rye - Python workflow tool
PyPI Organizations
5 tips to learn any new Python library faster
Python gets down to (the) Metal
Extras
Joke
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Apr 22, 2023 • 23min
#333 Live From PyCon
Topics covered in this episode:
Introducing Microsoft Security Copilot
PEP 695 – Type Parameter Syntax
Auto-GPT
Astral: Ruff is now a company
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/333

Apr 18, 2023 • 37min
#332 A Python, a Slurpee, and Some Chaos
The podcast covers an interesting Python package manager written in Rust, the potential impact of a proposed EU law on open source software, chaos engineering with the Chaos Toolkit, and some upcoming events and jokes.

Apr 12, 2023 • 36min
#331 Python From the Future
Topics covered in this episode:
makeapp
Looking forward to Python 3.12
Python 3.11.3 is out
How to Make a Great Conference Talk
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/331

Apr 6, 2023 • 34min
#330 Your data, validated 5x-50x faster, coming soon
Topics covered in this episode:
Pydantic V2 Pre Release
microdot The impossibly small web framework for Python and MicroPython
GitHub Actions Tools: watchgha, build and inspect, and pytest annotate failures
PEP 709 – Inlined comprehensions
Extras
Joke
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Mar 30, 2023 • 29min
#329 Creating very old Python code
Topics covered in this episode:
Prefix-cache
NiceGUI
flask-ngrok
No-async async with Python
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/329

Mar 21, 2023 • 25min
#328 We are going to need some context here
Topics covered in this episode:
zipapp
Reverse engineering the Apple News app with #python and #nerd power
What is a context manager?
nox-poetry: Use Poetry inside Nox sessions
Extras
Joke
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Mar 13, 2023 • 32min
#327 Untangling XML with Pydantic
Learn about the 'pydantic-xml' extension for dynamic and object-oriented XML interaction. Explore virtual environments in Python, DB Declare for simplifying database management, and testing multiple Python versions with nox and pyenv.

Mar 8, 2023 • 33min
#326 Let's Go for a PyGWalk
Topics covered in this episode:
Data Classification: Does Python still have a need for class without @dataclass?
PyGWalker
An opinionated Python boilerplate
Front Matter VS Code
Extras
Joke
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Feb 28, 2023 • 40min
#325 It's called a merge conflict
Topics covered in this episode:
Python Parquet and Arrow: Using PyArrow With Pandas
FastAPI-Filter
12 Python Decorators to Take Your Code to the Next Level
PyHamcrest
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/325