

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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Feb 24, 2021 • 38min
#222 Autocomplete with type annotations for AWS and boto3
Topics covered in this episode:
boto type annotations
How to have your code reviewer appreciate you
REPODASH - Quality Metrics for Github repositories
Extra, extra, extra, extra, hear all about it
testcontainers-python
The Python Ecosystem is relentlessly improving price-performance every day
Extras
Joke
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Feb 19, 2021 • 59min
#221 Pattern matching and accepting change in Python with Brett Cannon
Topics covered in this episode:
Keeping up with Rich
12 requests per second
Python Launcher for Unix reaches RC (probably 😉)
Build a text editor with Python and curses
Pattern matching and accepting change in Python
A Quick Intro to Structural Pattern Matching in Python
Extras
Joke
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Feb 11, 2021 • 47min
#220 What, why, and where of friendly errors in Python
Topics covered in this episode:
We Downloaded 10,000,000 Jupyter Notebooks From Github – This Is What We Learned
pytest-pythonpath
Thinking in Pandas
Quickle
what(), why(), where(), explain(), more() from friendly-traceback console
Bandit
Extras
Joke
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Feb 3, 2021 • 39min
#219 HTMX: Dynamic and live HTML without JavaScript
Guest HTMX introduces a technology that allows for dynamic and live HTML without JavaScript. Other topics covered include virtualenv, Copier, Pandarallel for parallel processing in pandas, icecream as a debugging alternative, and PyLDAvis for interactive topic model visualization.

Jan 27, 2021 • 44min
#218 Keyboards for developers, Python, and some history
Topics covered in this episode:
Constant Folding in Python
Update All Packages With pip-review
Quantum Mechanical Keyboard Firmware
Reinventing the Python Logo
Private PyPI with Serverless Computing
Beyond the Basic Stuff w/Python
Extras
Joke
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Jan 19, 2021 • 39min
#217 Use your cloud SSD for fast, cross-process caching
Topics covered in this episode:
diskcache
TOML is 1.0.0 now.
pyqtgraph
Parler + Python = Insurrection in public
Best-of Web Development with Python
Assorted
Extras
Joke
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Jan 13, 2021 • 36min
#216 Container: Sort thyself!
Topics covered in this episode:
pip search. Just don’t.
QPython - Scripting for Android with Python
Thesis: Deep Learning assistant for designers/engineers
sortedcontainers
Łukasz Langa Typed Twitter Thread
Extras
Joke
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Jan 6, 2021 • 43min
#215 A Visual Introduction to NumPy
Topics covered in this episode:
5 ways I use code as an astrophysicist
A Visual Intro to NumPy and Data Representation
Qt 6 release (including PySide2)
Is your GC hyper active? Tame it!
Top 10 Python libraries of 2020
Adoption of pyproject.toml — why is this so darned controversial?
Extras
Joke
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Dec 28, 2020 • 1h 10min
#214 Python year in review (2020 edition)
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Dec 23, 2020 • 45min
#213 Uh oh, Vulcans have infiltrated Flask
Topics covered in this episode:
Django Ledger Project
Flask-Meld: simple JavaScript interactive features without all of the JavaScript.
Bitwise operators in Python (RealPython)
Why should you use an ORM (Object Relational Mapper)?
sqlite-utils: a Python library and CLI tool for building SQLite databases
Online conferences are not working for me. But this was a good talk,
Extras
Joke
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