Python Bytes #463 2025 is @wrapped
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Dec 22, 2025 Discover how agentic AI is transforming the software landscape, potentially slashing costs by 90% while speeding up implementation. The discussion delves into the rising demand for software as costs decrease, alongside the risks that open-source sustainability might face. Explore GitHub alternatives amidst pricing controversies and the vital balance between community reach and self-hosting. Plus, enjoy some light-hearted dev hacks that bring humor to coding challenges!
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Agent Helped Security Review Legacy Code
- Michael Kennedy used an hour crafting a prompt for a security review and got high-quality results on a legacy code base.
- He reported the agent performed well because it had patterns from existing, long-lived code to follow.
LLM Boosted Algorithm Performance
- Brian Okken spent an hour with an LLM and agent to optimize a slow algorithm and improved performance beyond his prior version.
- He later refined the generated code to remove non-pythonic recursion and made it maintainable.
Mark Deprecations With Decorator And CI Checks
- Use the warnings.deprecated decorator and a custom UserWarning subclass to mark deprecations.
- Run pytest with -W error and consider Python's -X dev or -W once to ensure warnings surface in CI and locally.