

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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Aug 9, 2017 • 25min
#38 Hacking Classic Nintendo Games with Python
Topics covered in this episode:
[more]* Hacking Classic Nintendo Games with Python *
Bokeh
Mosh (mobile shell)
(bonus) Twilio Voices
Extras
Joke
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Aug 2, 2017 • 18min
#37 Rule over the shells with Sultan
Topics covered in this episode:
[more] New URL for Python Developer’s Guide
Sultan: Command and Rule Over Your Shell
Flake8Lint
Magic Wormhole
Python Virtual Environments Primer
How Rust can replace C, with Python's help
Extras
Joke
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Jul 28, 2017 • 23min
#36 Craft Your Python Like Poetry and Other Musings
Topics covered in this episode:
Craft Your Python Like Poetry
The Fedora Python Classroom Lab
How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source community
Newspaper Python Package
IEEE Spectrum: The Top Programming Languages 2017
SciPy 2017 videos are out
Extras
Joke
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Jul 19, 2017 • 25min
#35 How developers change programming languages over time
Topics covered in this episode:
[more] Python Quirks : Comments
Python 3.6.2 is out!
Contributing to Open Source Projects: Imposter Syndrome Disclaimer
The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI
Arrange Act Assert pattern for Python developers
Analyzing GitHub, how developers change programming languages over time
Extras
Joke
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Jul 13, 2017 • 23min
#34 The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence
Topics covered in this episode:
Easy Python logging with daiquiri
The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence
The three laws of config dynamics
Five Tips To Get You Started With Jupyter Notebook
Cost of Coupling Versus Cost of De-coupling
100 Days of Code at PyBites
Extras
Joke
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Jul 6, 2017 • 18min
#33 You should build an Alexa skill
Topics covered in this episode:
Linting as Lightweight Defect Detection for Python
You should build an Alexa skill
RISE
Closer
Checklist for Python libraries APIs
Fades
Extras
Joke
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Jul 1, 2017 • 23min
#32 8 ways to contribute to open source when you have no time
Topics covered in this episode:
[more] Introducing Dash
Keeping Python competitive
PyPI Quick and Dirty
Minimal examples of data structures and algorithms in Python
8 ways to contribute to open source when you have no time
NumPy receives first ever funding, thanks to Moore Foundation
Extras
Joke
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Jun 21, 2017 • 22min
#31 You should have a change log
Topics covered in this episode:
[more] TinyMongo
A dead simple Python data validation library
PuDB
Analyzing Django requirement files on GitHub
Changelogs
Understanding Asynchronous Programming in Python
Extras
Joke
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Jun 15, 2017 • 25min
#30 You are not Google and other ruminations
Topics covered in this episode:
Problems and Solutions are different at different scales
Introducing NoDB - a Pythonic Object Store for S3
Elizabeth for mock data
What’s New In Python 3.7
* Hypothesis Testing*
Heroku switching default to v3.6.1
Extras
Joke
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Jun 8, 2017 • 23min
#29 Responsive Bar Charts with Bokeh, Flask, and Python 3
Topics covered in this episode:
Responsive Bar Charts with Bokeh, Flask and Python 3
Zappa Serverless Python Web Services
Using a local cache for pip packages
Building game AI using ML: Working with TensorFlow, Keras, and the Intel MKL in Python
Debug Test Failures With Pdb
Monitoring my VOIP provider with Home Assistant
Extras
Joke
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