

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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Oct 19, 2017 • 18min
#48 Garbage collection and memory management in Python
Topics covered in this episode:
The Python Graph Gallery
pynesis
Things you need to know about garbage collection in Python
* WSGI Is Not Enough Anymore,* part 1 and part 2
Queues in Python
Using Reflection: A Podcast About Humans Engineering
Extras
Joke
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Oct 12, 2017 • 17min
#47 PyPy now works with way more C-extensions and parking your package safely
Topics covered in this episode:
WTF Python?
Python Exercises
Exploiting misuse of Python's "pickle"
A Complete Beginner's Guide to Django
pypi-parker
Extras
Joke
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Oct 5, 2017 • 17min
#46 Spicy lecture notes and unicorn console spinners
Topics covered in this episode:
Scipy lecture notes
Building a desktop notification tool for Linux using python
Alice in Python projectland
How to teach technical concepts with cartoons
Halo: Beautiful terminal spinners in Python
Extras
Joke
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Sep 29, 2017 • 20min
#45 A really small web API and OS-level machine learning
Topics covered in this episode:
pico
High Sierra ships, first major OS with machine learning built in?
A guide to logging in Python
Let me introduce: slots
pipenv revisited
Stack Overflow gives an even closer look at developer salaries
Extras
Joke
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Sep 20, 2017 • 27min
#44 pip install malicious-code
Topics covered in this episode:
Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI
* PyPI migration to Warehouse is in progress*
Live coding in a presentation
* Notable REST / Web Frameworks*
tox
* flake8-tidy-imports* deprecated imports
Extras
Joke
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Sep 14, 2017 • 19min
#43 Python string theory, v2
Topics covered in this episode:
future-fstrings
The Fun of Reinvention
Sound Pattern Recognition with Python
PEP 550: Execution Context
Intro to Threads and Processes in Python
Alternative filesystems for Python
Extras
Joke
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Sep 8, 2017 • 24min
#42 Behold: The Python 2 death clock
Topics covered in this episode:
What Kenneth Did Last Week (well, recently)
Python 2 Death Clock
Small Functions considered Harmful
Why Python 3
EANABs
The Incredible Growth of Python
Extras
Joke
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Aug 31, 2017 • 23min
#41 Python Concurrency From the Ground Up and Caring for our Community
Topics covered in this episode:
lolviz
Odo for data transforms
Python Concurrency From the Ground Up
FAT Python: the next chapter in Python optimization
sshuttle
Node.js forks again – this time it's a war of words over codes of conducts
Extras
Joke
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Aug 24, 2017 • 23min
#40 Packet Manipulation with Scapy
Topics covered in this episode:
DevOps Automation Tool: Ansible
Python Practices for Efficient Code: Performance, Memory, and Usability
Packet Manipulation Program: Scapy
Using Headless Chrome with Selenium
Extras
Joke
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Aug 17, 2017 • 43min
#39 The new PyPI
Topics covered in this episode:
[more] The New PyPI
CircuitPython Snakes its Way onto Adafruit Hardware
Dataclasses
Pandas in a Nutshell
Extras
Joke
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