
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

Dec 13, 2022 • 37min
#314 What are you, a wise guy? Sort it out!
Topics covered in this episode:
FAQtory
Kagi search "live with it” report
Tools for rewriting Python code
Socketify
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/314

Dec 6, 2022 • 46min
#313 Programming Robots With a Marker
Topics covered in this episode:
How do you say that number?
The Origins of Python
setproctitle
Looking forward to Python 3.12
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/313

Nov 29, 2022 • 35min
#312 AI Goes on Trial For Writing Code
Topics covered in this episode:
Coping strategies for the serial project hoarder
GitHub copilot lawsuit
Use Windows Dialog Boxes from Python with no extra libraries
Extra Extra Extra
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/312

Nov 24, 2022 • 50min
#311 Catching Memory Leaks with ... pytest?
Topics covered in this episode:
Latexify
prefixed
dbt
Memray pytest plugin
Stealing Open Source code from Textual
Shed
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/311

Nov 15, 2022 • 54min
#310 Calling All Tools for Readmes
Topics covered in this episode:
Tips for clean code in Python
Mastodon is picking up speed
Some FastAPI news, and some great READMEs.
Closevember
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/310

Nov 9, 2022 • 35min
#309 When Malware PoC's are Themselves Malware
Topics covered in this episode:
Malicious proof-of-concepts are exposing GitHub users to malware and more
The great Mastodon experiment
Gitpod and the traveling dev
Color in the terminal
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/309

Nov 1, 2022 • 35min
#308 Conference season is heating up
Topics covered in this episode:
It’s PyCon US 2023 CFP time
Any.io
How to propose a winning conference talk
Sanic release adds background workers
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/308

Oct 26, 2022 • 45min
#307 Your Python just got faster (3.11 is out!)
Topics covered in this episode:
Python 3.11 is released
Installing Python 3.11 on Mac or Windows
Bossie 2022 Awards
Textual 0.2.0
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/307

Oct 19, 2022 • 46min
#306 Some Fun pytesting Tools
Topics covered in this episode:
Awesome pytest speedup
Strive to travel without a laptop
Some fun tools from the previous testing article
Refurb
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/306

Oct 13, 2022 • 33min
#305 Decorators need love too
Topics covered in this episode:
Pyscript 2022.09.1 is out
Decorator shortcuts
Panel (of Holoviz) on Pyscript
auto-walrus
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/305