

Python Bytes
Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken
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.
Episodes
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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
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/322

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
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/321

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
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/320

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
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/318

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)
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/316

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

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


