

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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Mar 6, 2018 • 19min
#68 Python notebooks galore!
Topics covered in this episode:
dumb-pypi
Requests-HTML: HTML Parsing for Humans
A phone number proxy
* Notebooks galore part 1:* Datalore
bellybutton
Notebooks galore part 2
Extras
Joke
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Mar 1, 2018 • 22min
#67 Result of moving Python to Github
Topics covered in this episode:
Building a blog with Pelican
Notifiers
Using Makefiles in Python projects
Result of moving Python to Github
Self-Deprecation Needs to Stop
5 speed improvements in Python 3.7
Extras
Joke
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Feb 23, 2018 • 22min
#66 Wait, NoSQL with ACID and transactions?
Topics covered in this episode:
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Python 3
ScriptedForms
MongoDB to add multi-document transactions and ACID
Python packaging pitfalls
Blogging principles
pipenv is officially official
Extras
Joke
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Feb 14, 2018 • 27min
#65 Speed of your import statements affecting performance?
Topics covered in this episode:
pygal : Simple Python Charting
Thoughts on becoming a self-taught programming
How to speed up Python application startup time (timing imports in 3.7)
AnPyLar - The Python web front-end framework
Migrating to Python 3 with pleasure
Moving to Python 3
Extras
Joke
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Feb 9, 2018 • 21min
#64 The GUI phoenix rises with wxPython
Topics covered in this episode:
* wxPython 4,* Pheonix is now live and supports Python 3
typeshed
Coverage 4.5 adds configurator plug-ins
Python integrated into Unreal Engine
Python 3.7.0b1 : Beta means we should be testing it!!!
* Releases abound!*
Extras
Joke
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Feb 1, 2018 • 21min
#63 We're still on a desktop GUI kick
Topics covered in this episode:
A brief tour of Python 3.7 data classes
SQLite [The Databaseology Lectures - CMU Fall 2015]
dryable : a useful dry-run decorator for python
PEP Explorer - Explore Python Enhancement Proposals
TKInter Tutorial
Extras
Joke
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Jan 26, 2018 • 29min
#62 Wooey and Gooey are simple Python GUIs
Topics covered in this episode:
Dan Bader takes over Real Python
* Still more Python GUIs*
Python’s misleading readability
warp2 access
Help! My tests can’t see my code!
Cement - Framework for CLI
Extras
Joke
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Jan 16, 2018 • 22min
#61 On Being a Senior Engineer
Topics covered in this episode:
PEP 412's dict key sharing for classes
Python Hunter
Ten Things I Wish I’d Known About bash
Snakefooding Python Code For Complexity Visualization
On Being a Senior Engineer
* Python UI frameworks*
Extras
Joke
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Jan 11, 2018 • 26min
#60 Don't dismiss SQLite as just a starter DB
Topics covered in this episode:
Who's at nine?
Retiring Python as a teaching language
Don't dismiss SQLite as just a starter DB
Chalice: Python Serverless Microframework for AWS
Fastest way to uniquely a list in Python >=3.6
* PyTexas and PyCon AU vidoes are up*
Extras
Joke
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Jan 5, 2018 • 26min
#59 Instagram disregards Python's GC (again)
Topics covered in this episode:
gc.freeze() and Copy-on-write friendly Python garbage collection
SpeechPy - A Library for Speech Processing and Recognition
PyBites Code Challenges: Bites of Py
How big is the Python Family
Dramatiq: simple task processing
Controlling Python Async Creep
Extras
Joke
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