

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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Jun 2, 2017 • 21min
#28 The meaning of _ in Python
Topics covered in this episode:
[more] pep8.org: PEP 8 — the Style Guide for Python Code
Tokio: Asyncio event loop written in Rust language
Python Boilerplate
Instagram switching to Python 3 on one branch
The Meaning of Underscores in Python
The future is looking bright for Python
Extras
Joke
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May 25, 2017 • 19min
#27 The PyCon 2017 recap and functional Python
Topics covered in this episode:
How to Create Your First Python 3.6 AWS Lambda Function
How to Publish Your Package on PYPI
Coconut: Simple, elegant, Pythonic functional programming
Choose a licence
Python for Scientists and Engineers
Extras
Joke
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May 19, 2017 • 20min
#26 How have you automated your life, or CLI, with Python?
Topics covered in this episode:
* Two part series on interactive terminal applications*
How have you automated your life with python?
Spelling with Elemental Symbols
IDE's for beginners
PDF Plumber
Extras
Joke
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May 12, 2017 • 18min
#25 Could we have more in-database machine learning please?
Topics covered in this episode:
Python in SQL Server 2017: enhanced in-database machine learning
Stack Overflow Trends tool
We asked 20,000 people who they are and how they’re learning to code
Beeware: A request for your help
Extras
Joke
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May 3, 2017 • 19min
#24 I have a local PyPI server and so do you!
Topics covered in this episode:
* Learning Python Series by Doug Farrell, published on dbader.org*
Geeking out in your older years
Local package store
Modifying the Python language in 6 minutes
colorful
Five steps to add the bling factor your Python package
Extras
Joke
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Apr 26, 2017 • 20min
#23 Can you grok the GIL?
Topics covered in this episode:
Grok the GIL - How to write fast and thread-safe Python
The New NBA by Mark Cuban
Ian Cordasco gets a Community Service Award from PSF
Release of IPython 6.0
Testing & Packaging
AWS Lambda adds Python 3.6 support
Extras
Joke
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Apr 18, 2017 • 16min
#22 PYTHONPATH considered harmful
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Apr 13, 2017 • 21min
#21 Python has a new star framework for RESTful APIs
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Apr 5, 2017 • 24min
#20 Finding similar but not identical images in 128 bits via Python
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Mar 27, 2017 • 20min
#19 Put your Python dictionaries in a box and apparently Python is really wanted
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