

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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Dec 26, 2017 • 15min
#58 Better cache decorators and another take on type hints
Topics covered in this episode:
Instagram open sources MonkeyType
cachetools
Going Fast with SQLite and Python
* The graphing calculator that makes learning math easier.*
Installing Python Packages from a Jupyter Notebook
Videos from PyConDE 2017 are online
Extras
Joke
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Dec 21, 2017 • 16min
#57 Our take on Excel and Python
Topics covered in this episode:
Testing Python 3 and 2 simultaneously with retox
Robo 3T / RoboMongo
regular expressions
MongoEngine
Introducing PrettyPrinter for Python
Excel and Python
Extras
Joke
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Dec 14, 2017 • 16min
#56 The pendulum of time swings beautifully in PyPI
Topics covered in this episode:
Pendulum for datetimes
Flask asynchronous background tasks with Celery and Redis
Building a Simple Web App With Bottle, SQLAlchemy, and the Twitter API
Python extension for VSCode updated, now brought to you by Microsoft
A Comprehensive Guide To Web Design
Requestium
Extras
Joke
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Dec 7, 2017 • 20min
#55 Flask, Flask, Flask, 3x Flask
Topics covered in this episode:
Django 2.0 Released
The Big Ol' List of Rules
requests-staticmock
PEP 557 -- Data Classes have been approved
Quart: 3x faster Flask
Extras
Joke
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Nov 29, 2017 • 19min
#54 PyAnnotate your way to the future
Topics covered in this episode:
The PSF awarded $170,000 grant from Mozilla Open Source Program to improve sustainability of PyPI
Dropbox releases PyAnnotate
pytest-annotate is now open-source!
Run Python script as systemd service
pytest 3.3.0 released
Why d = {} is faster than d = dict()
Extras
Joke
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Nov 22, 2017 • 22min
#53 Getting started with devpi and Git Virtual FS
Topics covered in this episode:
Exploring Line Lengths in Python Packages
NumPy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support
How to Learn Pandas
Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file system to macOS, Linux
Getting started with devpi
Marketing-for-Engineers
Extras
Joke
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Nov 16, 2017 • 22min
#52 Call your APIs with uplink and test them in the tavern
Topics covered in this episode:
Restful API testing with Tavern
Uplink
Using json-schema for REST API endpoint tests
Live coding to music!
Weekly Python Chat
10 common beginner mistakes in Python
Extras
Joke
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Nov 9, 2017 • 22min
#51 How to make your code 80 times faster
Topics covered in this episode:
Exploring United States Policing Data with Python
How to make your code 80 times faster
Giving Open-Source Projects Life After a Developer's Death
Solar Powered Internet Connected Lawn Sprinkler Project
Talk MicroPython and Open Source Hardware at Adafruit: https://talkpython.fm/108
Some New Python Books
Anaconda Distribution 5.0 released
Extras
Joke
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Nov 2, 2017 • 19min
#50 Bundling , shipping, and protecting Python applications
Topics covered in this episode:
Think Like a Pythonista
Serpent.AI - Game Agent Framework
MkDocs
PyInstaller 3.3 released
PEX: A library and tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files
Using Cython to protect a Python codebase
Extras
Joke
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Oct 25, 2017 • 26min
#49 Your technical skills are obsolete: now what?
Topics covered in this episode:
* Conference videos for DjangoCon 2017 and PyGotham 2017*
* Python 3.6.3 released on Tue. All machines at FB are already running it (3 days)*
Your technical skills are obsolete: now what?
Visualizing Garbage Collection Algorithms
pathlib — Filesystem Paths as Objects
LUMINOTH: Open source Computer Vision toolkit
Extras
Joke
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