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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Jun 18, 2020 • 25min
#186 The treebeard will guard your notebook
Topics covered in this episode:
sidetable - Create Simple Summary Tables in Pandas
tabulate
treebeard - ci for notebooks
Upcoming features in venv/virtualenv
PEP 582 now!
awesome pyproject.toml projects
Extras
Joke
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Jun 12, 2020 • 25min
#185 This code is snooping on you (a good thing!)
Topics covered in this episode:
MyST - Markedly Structured Text
direnv
Convert a Python Enum to JSON
Pendulum: Python datetimes made easy
PySnooper - Never use print for debugging again
Fil: A New Python Memory Profiler for Data Scientists and Scientists
Extras
Joke
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Jun 5, 2020 • 36min
#184 Too many ways to wait with await?
Topics covered in this episode:
Waiting in asyncio
virtualenv is faster than venv
Latency in Asynchronous Python
How to Deprecate a PyPI Package
Another progress bar library: Enlighten
Code Ocean
Extras
Joke
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May 29, 2020 • 32min
#183 Need a beautiful database editor? Look to the Bees!
Topics covered in this episode:
fastpages: An easy to use blogging platform, with enhanced support for Jupyter Notebooks.
BeeKeeper Studio Open Source SQL Editor and Database Manager
2nd Annual Python Web Conference
Mimesis - Fake Data Generator
Schemathesis
Finding secrets by decompiling Python bytecode in public repositories
Extras
Joke
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May 19, 2020 • 26min
#182 PSF Survey is out!
Topics covered in this episode:
PSF / JetBrains Survey
Hypermodern Python
Open AI Jukebox
The Curious Case of Python's Context Manager
nbstripout
Write ups for The 2020 Python Language Summit
Extras
Joke
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May 14, 2020 • 31min
#181 It's time to interrogate your Python code
Topics covered in this episode:
interrogate: checks your code base for missing docstrings
Streamlit: Turn Python Scripts into Beautiful ML Tools
Why You Should Document Your Tests
HoloViz project
A cool new progress bar for python
Awesome Panel
Extras
Joke
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May 8, 2020 • 33min
#180 Transactional file IO with Python and safer
Topics covered in this episode:
Ubuntu 20.04 is out!
Working with warnings in Python
Safer file writer
codespell
Austin profiler
Numbers in Python
Extras
Joke
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Apr 30, 2020 • 45min
#179 Guido van Rossum drops in on Python Bytes
Topics covered in this episode:
New governance model for the Django project
missingno
Announcements from the language summit.
Codes of Conduct and Enforcement
Myths about Indentation
Parsers and LibCST
Extras
Joke
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Apr 22, 2020 • 38min
#178 Build a PyPI package from a Jupyter notebook
Topics covered in this episode:
Pandas-Bokeh
Stop naming your python modules “utils”
From 1 to 10,000 test cases in under an hour: A beginner's guide to property-based testing
Extras
Joke
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Apr 16, 2020 • 42min
#177 Coding is 90% Google searching or is it?
Topics covered in this episode:
Announcing a new Sponsorship Program for Python Packaging
energy-usage
Coding is 90% Google Searching — A Brief Note for Beginners
Using WSL to Build a Python Development Environment on Windows
A Pythonic Guide to SOLID Design Principles
Types for Python HTTP APIs: An Instagram Story
Extras
Joke
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