

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.
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Jul 11, 2022 • 29min
#292 Thursday, it's always a Thursday
Topics covered in this episode:
rich-codex
Pydastic
3 Things to Know Before Building with PyScript
disnake
Extras
Joke
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Jul 6, 2022 • 32min
#291 Wait, you have how many licenses?!?
Topics covered in this episode:
Python License tracker
undataclass
Qutebrowser
asyncio and web applications
Extras
Joke
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Jun 28, 2022 • 50min
#290 Sentient AI? If so, then what?
Topics covered in this episode:
picologging
CheekyKeys
richbench
typeguard
Extras
Joke
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Jun 21, 2022 • 46min
#289 Textinator is coming for your text, wherever it is
Topics covered in this episode:
beanita
The Good Research Code Handbook
Textinator
Handling Concurrency Without Locks
Extras
Joke
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Jun 14, 2022 • 33min
#288 Performance benchmarks for Python 3.11 are amazing
Topics covered in this episode:
Polars: Lightning-fast DataFrame library for Rust and Python
PSF Survey is out
Gin Config: a lightweight configuration framework for Python
Performance benchmarks for Python 3.11 are amazing
Extras
Joke
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Jun 7, 2022 • 27min
#287 Surprising ways to use Jupyter Notebooks
Topics covered in this episode:
auto-py-to-exe
8 surprising ways how to use Jupyter Notebook
piptrends
Is it a class or a function? It's a callable!
Extras
Joke
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Jun 3, 2022 • 26min
#286 Unreasonable f-strings
Topics covered in this episode:
The Python GIL: Past, Present, and Future
Announcing the PyOxy Python Runner
The unreasonable effectiveness of f-strings and re.VERBOSE
PyCharm PR Management
Extras
Joke
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May 25, 2022 • 51min
#285 Where we talk about UIs and Python
Topics covered in this episode:
libgravatar
JSON to Pydantic Converter
PEP 690 – Lazy Imports
Two small items
Extras
Joke
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May 18, 2022 • 41min
#284 Spicy git for Engineers
Topics covered in this episode:
distinctipy
Soda SQL
Python in Nature
Supercharging GitHub Actions with Job Summaries
Language Summit is write up out
AllSpice is Git for EEs
Extras
Joke
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May 12, 2022 • 33min
#283 The sports episode
Topics covered in this episode:
Pathy: a Path interface for local and cloud bucket storage
Robyn
Termshot
When Python can’t thread: a deep-dive into the GIL’s impact
Extras
Joke
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