

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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Oct 9, 2020 • 33min
#202 Jupyter is back in black!
Topics covered in this episode:
New in Python 3.9
jupyter-black
Understanding and preventing DoS in web applications
bbox-visualizer
How to NEVER use lambdas.
Uncommon Contributions: Making impact without touching the core of a library
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/202

Oct 2, 2020 • 40min
#201 Understand git by rebuilding it in Python
Topics covered in this episode:
Under the hood of calling C/C++ from Python
ugit: DIY Git in Python
Things I Learned to Become a Senior Software Engineer
Profiling Django Views
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/201

Sep 25, 2020 • 32min
#200 No dog-piling please (it's episode 200!)
Topics covered in this episode:
How to be helpful online
blackcellmagic
Test smarter, not harder
US: The Greatest Package in the World
Think Like A Coder
Costs of running a Python web app for 55k monthly users
Extras
Joke
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Sep 17, 2020 • 29min
#199 Big news for a very small Python runtime
Topics covered in this episode:
micropython updated
respx: A utility for mocking out the Python HTTPX library
GetPy - A Vectorized Python Dict/Set
isort and black now play nice together easily
Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
Never Run ‘python’ In Your Downloads Folder
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/199

Sep 11, 2020 • 35min
#198 There's a beaver in your database and Anna-Lena drops by
Topics covered in this episode:
Easily create Python scripts using argparse
DBeaver Database UI Tool
Anna- pdp++ debugger
Markdown toys
Python Malware and obfuscation
Anna- attrs package
Extras
Joke
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Sep 5, 2020 • 36min
#197 Structured concurrency in Python
Topics covered in this episode:
Structured concurrency in Python with AnyIO
The Consortium for Python Data API Standards
Ask for Forgiveness or Look Before You Leap?
myrepos
A deep dive into the official Docker image for Python
“Only in a Pandemic” section
Extras
Joke
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Aug 27, 2020 • 31min
#196 Version your SQL schemas with git + automatically migrate them
Topics covered in this episode:
Surviving Django (if you care about databases)
Python Numbers and the Flyweight design pattern
What Are Python Wheels and Why Should You Care?
Pandas_Alive
How To Use the Python Map Function
Version your SQL schemas with git + automatically migrate them
Extras
Joke
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Aug 18, 2020 • 33min
#195 Runtime type checking for Python type hints
Topics covered in this episode:
watchdog
Status code 418
pydantic’s new Validation decorator
Building Python Extension Modules in Assembly
easy property
Non Blocking Assertion Failures with pytest-check
Extras
Joke
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Aug 10, 2020 • 29min
#194 Events and callbacks in the Python language!
Topics covered in this episode:
An introduction to mutation testing in Python
asynq
redis: Beyond the Cache
LittleTable
pytest-timeout
Events
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/194

Aug 6, 2020 • 34min
#193 Break out the Django testing toolbox
Topics covered in this episode:
Start using pip install --use-feature=2020-resolver if you aren’t already
Profiling Python import statements
Django Testing Toolbox
Pandas-profiling
Interfaces, Mixins and Building Powerful Custom Data Structures in Python
Pickle’s 9 flaws
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/193


