
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

Feb 21, 2023 • 45min
#324 JSON in My DB?
Topics covered in this episode:
Use TOML for .env files?
Pydantic gets serious funding
f-strings with pandas and Jupyter keyboard shortcuts
BioGPT
Extras
Joke
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Feb 14, 2023 • 50min
#323 AI search wars have begun
Topics covered in this episode:
camply
hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
EU hates open source?
So, Single (‘) or Double (“) Quotes in Python?
Extras
Joke
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Feb 7, 2023 • 47min
#322 Python Packages, Let Me Count The Ways
Topics covered in this episode:
Packaging Python Projects
untangle xml
Thoughts on the Python packaging ecosystem
Top PyPI Packages
Extras
Joke
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Jan 30, 2023 • 37min
#321 A Memorial To Apps Past
Topics covered in this episode:
git-sim
Why I Like Nox
I scanned every package on PyPi and found 57 live AWS keys
Getting Started With Property-Based Testing in Python With Hypothesis and pytest
Extras
Joke
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Jan 24, 2023 • 28min
#320 The Bug Is In The JavaScript
Topics covered in this episode:
markdown-it-py
Sketch
Fixing Circular Imports in Python with Protocol
unrepl
Extras
Joke
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Jan 18, 2023 • 33min
#319 CSS-Style Queries for... JSON?
Topics covered in this episode:
Secure maintainer workflow
Tools for parsing HTML and JSON
git-sizer
Dataclasses without type annotations
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/319

Jan 10, 2023 • 40min
#318 GIL, How We Will Miss You
Topics covered in this episode:
PEP 703 - Making the GIL Optional in CPython
FerretDB
Four tips for structuring your research group’s Python packages
Quibbler
Extras
Joke
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Jan 3, 2023 • 49min
#317 Most loved and most dreaded dev tools of 2022
Topics covered in this episode:
StackOverflow 2022 Developer Survey
PePy.tech - PyPI download stats with package version breakdown
Codon Python Compiler
8 Levels of Using Type Hints in Python
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/317

Dec 30, 2022 • 1h 4min
#316 Python 3.11 is here and it's fast (crossover)
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Dec 20, 2022 • 30min
#315 Some Stickers!
Topics covered in this episode:
Jupyter Server 2.0 is released!
Converting to pyproject.toml
aws-lambda-powertools-python
How to create a self updating GitHub Readme
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/315