

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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Sep 28, 2018 • 25min
#97 Java goes paid
Topics covered in this episode:
Making a PyPI-friendly README
Java goes paid
Absolute vs Relative Imports in Python
pyxel - A retro game engine for Python
Click 7.0 Released
How we spent 30k USD in Firebase in less than 72 hours
Extras
Joke
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Sep 22, 2018 • 27min
#96 Python Language Summit 2018
Topics covered in this episode:
Plumbum: Shell Combinators and More
Windows 10 Linux subsystem for Python developers
Type hints cheat sheet (Python 3)
Python driving new languages
asyncio documentation rewritten from scratch
The 2018 Python Language Summit
Extras
Joke
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Sep 15, 2018 • 24min
#95 Unleash the py-spy!
Topics covered in this episode:
dataset: databases for lazy people
CuPy GPU NumPy
Automate Python workflow using pre-commits
py-spy
SymPy is a Python library for symbolic mathematics
Starlette ASGI web framework
Extras
Joke
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Sep 6, 2018 • 24min
#94 Why don't you like notebooks?
Topics covered in this episode:
Python Patterns
Arctic: Millions of rows a sec (time data)
PyCon Australia videos
GAE: Introducing App Engine Second Generation runtimes and Python 3.7
I don’t like notebooks
PEP 8000 -- Python Language Governance Proposal Overview
- TIOBE jump https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
Extras
Joke
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Aug 31, 2018 • 24min
#93 Looking like there will be a PyBlazor!
Topics covered in this episode:
Replacing Bash Scripting with Python.
pyodide
The subset of reStructuredText worth committing to memory
bandit
Learn Python 3 within Jupyter Notebooks
detect-secrets
Extras
Joke
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Aug 25, 2018 • 27min
#92 Will your Python be compiled?
Topics covered in this episode:
IEEE Survey Ranks Programming Languages
MyPyC
Beyond Interactive: Notebook Innovation at Netflix
How to create a Windows Service in Python
An Overview of Packaging for Python
PEP 505 -- None-aware operators
Extras
Joke
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Aug 15, 2018 • 20min
#91 Will there be a PyBlazor?
Topics covered in this episode:
What makes the Python Cool
Django 2.1 released
Awesome Python Features Explained Using Harry Potter
Executing Encrypted Python with no Performance Penalty
icdiff and pytest-icdiff
* Will there be a PyBlazor?*
Extras
Joke
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Aug 7, 2018 • 25min
#90 A Django Async Roadmap
Topics covered in this episode:
Reproducible Data Analysis in Jupyter
PySimpleGUI - For simple Python GUIs
Useful tricks you might not know about Git stash
A Django Async Roadmap
pydub
Molten: Modern API framework
Extras
Joke
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Aug 4, 2018 • 29min
#89 A tenacious episode that won't give up
Topics covered in this episode:
tenacity
Why is Python so slow?
A multi-core Python HTTP server (much) faster than Go (spoiler: Cython)
Extras
Joke
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Jul 27, 2018 • 23min
#88 Python has brought computer programming to a vast new audience
Topics covered in this episode:
Documenting Python Code: A Complete Guide
* Security vulnerability alerts for Python at Github*
How virtual environment libraries work in Python
Learning (not) to Handle Exceptions
Python has brought computer programming to a vast new audience
Extras
Joke
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