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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Jan 27, 2020 • 28min
#166 Misunderstanding software clocks and time
Topics covered in this episode:
Amazon is now offering quantum computing as a service
A quick-and-dirty guide on how to install packages for Python
Say No to the no code movement
What I learned going from prison to Python
A real QUICK → Qt5 based gUI generator for ClicK
Falsehoods programmers believe about time
Extras
Joke
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Jan 21, 2020 • 29min
#165 Ranges as dictionary keys - oh my!
Topics covered in this episode:
iterators, generators, coroutines
requests-toolbelt
Pandas Validation
qtpy
pylightxl
python-ranges
Extras
Joke
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Jan 16, 2020 • 29min
#164 Use type hints to build your next CLI app
Topics covered in this episode:
* Data driven journalism via* cjworkbench
remi: A Platform-independent Python GUI library for your applications.
Typer
Effectively using Matplotlib
Django Simple Task
PyPI Stats at pypistats.org
Extras
Joke
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Jan 9, 2020 • 24min
#163 Meditations on the Zen of Python
Topics covered in this episode:
Meditations on the Zen of Python
* nginx raided by Russian police*
I'm not feeling the async pressure
codetiming from Real Python
Making Python Programs Blazingly Fast
LocalStack
Extras
Joke
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Jan 3, 2020 • 23min
#162 Retrofitting async and await into Django
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Dec 18, 2019 • 30min
#161 Sloppy Python can mean fast answers!
Topics covered in this episode:
Larry Hastings - Solve Your Problem With Sloppy Python - PyCon 2018
Introduction to ASGI: Emergence of an Async Python Web Ecosystem
Python Insights
Assembly
Building a Standalone GPS Logger with CircuitPython using @Adafruit and particle hardware
10 reasons python is good to learn
Extras
Joke
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Dec 12, 2019 • 29min
#160 Your JSON shall be streamed
Topics covered in this episode:
Type Hints for Busy Python Programmers
auto-py-to-exe
How to document Python code with Sphinx
Snek is a cross-platform PowerShell module for integrating with Python
How to use Pandas to access databases
ijson — Iterative JSON parser with a standard Python iterator interface
Extras
Joke
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Dec 3, 2019 • 33min
#159 Brian's PR is merged, the src will flow
Topics covered in this episode:
Final type
flit 2
Pint
8 great pytest plugins
* 11 new web frameworks*
Raise Better Exceptions in Python
Extras
Joke
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Nov 27, 2019 • 26min
#158 There's a bounty on your open-source bugs!
Topics covered in this episode:
GitHub launches 'Security Lab' to help secure open source ecosystem
pybit.es now has some test challenges
pyhttptest - a command-line tool for HTTP tests over RESTful APIs
xarray
Animated SVG Terminals
Extras
Joke
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Nov 20, 2019 • 24min
#157 Oh hai Pandas, hold my hand?
Topics covered in this episode:
pydantic
Coverage.py 5.0 beta 1 adds context support
* PSF is seeking developers for paid contract improving pip*
dovpanda - Directions OVer PANDAs
removestar
pytest-quarantine : Save the list of failing tests, so that they can be automatically marked as expected failures on future test runs.
Extras
Joke
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