
Python Bytes
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.
Latest episodes

Jul 18, 2023 • 48min
#344 AMA: Ask Us Anything
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10 snips
Jul 11, 2023 • 36min
#343 So Much Pydantic!
Topics covered in this episode:
Pydantic v2 released
Two Ways to Turbo-Charge tox
Awesome Pydantic
CLI tools hidden in the Python standard library
Extras
Joke
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Jun 26, 2023 • 42min
#342 Don't Believe Those Old Blogging Myths
Topics covered in this episode:
Plumbum: Shell Combinators and More
Our plan for Python 3.13
Some blogging myths
Jupyter AI
Extras
Joke
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Jun 20, 2023 • 35min
#341 Shhh - For Secrets and Shells
Topics covered in this episode:
Pydantic roadmap
The Right Way to Run Shell Commands From Python
US: Yep, We're Buying Your Data, Including Your Embarrassing Secrets
Pro-Tip – pytest fixtures are magic!
Extras
Joke
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4 snips
Jun 13, 2023 • 31min
#340 Snorkel not included
Topics covered in this episode:
PythonGUIS
JupyterLab 4.0 is Here
Proposing a struct syntax for Python
Python 3.13 Removes 20 Stdlib Modules
Extras
Joke
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Jun 7, 2023 • 31min
#339 Actual Technical People
Topics covered in this episode:
pystack
Securing PyPI accounts via Two-Factor Authentication
Propan - a declarative Python MQ framework
Makefile tricks for Python projects
Extras
Joke
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May 30, 2023 • 30min
#338 Scripting iOS with Python
Topics covered in this episode:
The Basics of Python Packaging in Early 2023
vecs
Introducing Grasshopper - An Open Source Python Library for Load Testing
memocast
Extras
Joke
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May 23, 2023 • 32min
#337 Backtracking For a Package
Topics covered in this episode:
Ruff PyCharm plugin
Writing Python like it's Rust
Pip 23.1 Released - Massive improvement to backtracking
Markdown Code Runner
Extras
Joke
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May 16, 2023 • 28min
#336 We found one of your batteries
Topics covered in this episode:
Python's Missing Batteries: Essential Libraries You're Missing Out On
awesome-polars
Running Headless Selenium in Python (2023)
Gracy
Extras
Joke
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May 11, 2023 • 26min
#335 Should you get your mojo on?
Topics covered in this episode:
Introducing 'Trusted Publishers’
Mojo: a new programming language for all AI developers.
django-prose
pylyzer is a static code analyzer / language server for Python, written in Rust.
Extras
Joke
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