

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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Jun 25, 2019 • 30min
#136 A Python kernel rather than cleaning the batteries?
Topics covered in this episode:
Voilà!
Toward a “Kernel Python”
Use _main_.py
The CPython Bytecode Compiler is Dumb
You can play with EdgeDB now, maybe
16 Python libraries that helped a healthcare startup grow
Extras
Joke
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Jun 20, 2019 • 32min
#135 macOS deprecates Python 2, will stop shipping it (eventually)
Topics covered in this episode:
Why do Python lists let you += a tuple, when you can’t + a tuple?
macOS deprecates Python 2, will stop shipping it (eventually)
Pythonic Ways to Use Dictionaries
Things you are probably not using in Python 3 But Should
Have a time machine? C++ would get the Python 2 → 3 treatment too
Extras
Joke
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Jun 12, 2019 • 21min
#134 Python proves Mercury is the closest planet to Earth
Topics covered in this episode:
Three scientists publish a paper proving that Mercury, not Venus, is the closest planet to Earth. using Python
Github semantics
flake8-black
Python Preview for VS Code
Create and Publish a Python Package with Poetry
Pointers in Python: What's the Point?
Extras
Joke
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Jun 5, 2019 • 27min
#133 Github sponsors - The model open source has been waiting for?
Topics covered in this episode:
Python built-ins worth learning
Github sponsors and match
Build a REST API in 30 minutes with Django REST Framework
Dependabot has been acquired by GitHub
spoof “New features planned for Python 4.0”
BlackSheep web framework
Extras
Joke
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May 30, 2019 • 30min
#132 Algorithms as objects
Topics covered in this episode:
History of CircuitPython
Algorithms as objects
pico-pytest
An Introduction to Cython, the Secret Python Extension with Superpowers
Extras
Joke
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May 21, 2019 • 27min
#131 Python 3 has issues (over on GitHub)
Topics covered in this episode:
* PEP 581 (Using GitHub issues for CPython) is accepted*
Things you’re probably not using in Python 3 – but should
The Python Arcade Library
Teaching a kid to code with Pygame Zero
Follow up on GIL / PEP 554
Extras
Joke
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May 14, 2019 • 24min
#130 Python.exe now shipping with Windows 10
Topics covered in this episode:
- pgcli
- Papermill
- Python Language Summit
- Python in Windows 10
Extras
Joke
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May 6, 2019 • 17min
#129 Maintaining a Python Project when it’s not your job
Topics covered in this episode:
* Maintaining a Python Project when it’s not your job*
* Python in 1994*
* Textblob*
Extras
Joke
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May 2, 2019 • 23min
#128 Will the GIL be obsolete with PEP 554?
Topics covered in this episode:
Solving Algorithmic Problems in Python with pytest
* DepHell -- project management for Python*
Dask
Animations with Matplotlib
PEP 554 -- Multiple Interpreters in the Stdlib
Extras
Joke
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Apr 25, 2019 • 25min
#127 That Python code is on fire!
Topics covered in this episode:
inline_python (for rust)
* Requests3: Under Way!*
* 🔥 Pyflame: *A Ptracing Profiler For Python
* flit + src*
cheat.sh
Extras
Joke
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