

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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Apr 13, 2019 • 32min
#125 Will you conquer the deadlock empire?
Exploring pyproject.toml and 'src' project structure, mastering concurrency in the Deadlock Empire game, updated cog 3.0 tool, insights from StackOverflow 2019 Developer Survey, Cuv'ner for test-coverage, mobile apps launch, and a dose of coding jokes.

Apr 5, 2019 • 28min
#124 This is not the None you're looking for
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:0:29] pytest 4.4.0
[play:3:47] requests-async
[play:7:10] Reasons why PyPI should not be a service
[play:12:35] Jupyter in the cloud
[play:16:57] Jupyter Notebook tutorials
[play:19:28] Unique sentinel values, identity checks, and when to use object() instead of None
Extras
Joke
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Mar 29, 2019 • 26min
#123 Time to right the py-wrongs
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:0:34] Deconstructing xkcd.com/1987/
[play:3:12] Python package as a CLI option
[play:10:29] Refactoring Python Applications for Simplicity
[play:14:15] FastAPI
[play:17:48] Bleach: stepping down as maintainer
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/123

Mar 22, 2019 • 29min
#122 Give Me Back My Monolith
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:0:55] Combining and separating dictionaries
[play:3:02] Why I Avoid Slack
[play:7:57] Hunting for Memory Leaks in Python applications
[play:13:06] Give Me Back My Monolith
[play:18:23] Famous Laws Of Software Development
[play:20:54] Beer Garden Plugins
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/122

Mar 16, 2019 • 24min
#121 python2 becomes self-aware, enters fifth stage of grief
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:0:40] Futurize and Auto-Futurize
[play:3:42] Tech blog writing live stream
[play:8:50] bullet: Beautiful Python Prompts Made Simple
[play:11:15] Hosting private pip packages using Azure Artifacts
[play:13:15] Async/await for wxPython
Extras
Joke
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Mar 5, 2019 • 25min
#120 AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source and more
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:0:53] The Ultimate Guide To Memorable Tech Talks
[play:3:56] Running Flask on Kubernetes
[play:10:51] Python server setup for macOS 🍎
[play:12:52] Learn Enough Python to be Useful: argparse
[play:14:56] AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source
Extras
Joke
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Feb 26, 2019 • 22min
#119 Assorted files as Django ORM backends with Alkali
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:0:52] Incrementally migrating over one million lines of code from Python 2 to Python 3
[play:3:42] Network Automation Development with Python (for fun and for profit)
[play:9:59] Carnegie Mellon Launches Undergraduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence
[play:11:37] asyncio + PyQt5/PySide2
[play:13:02] 4 things I want to see in Python 4.0
Extras
Joke
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Feb 22, 2019 • 26min
#118 Better Python executable management with pipx
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:7:52] Data science is different now
Extras
Joke
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Feb 14, 2019 • 28min
#117 Is this the end of Python virtual environments?
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Feb 6, 2019 • 18min
#116 So you want Python in a 3D graphics engine?
Topics covered in this episode:
[play:0:25] Inside python dict — an explorable explanation
[play:2:37] Embed Python in Unreal Engine 4
[play:4:32] Redirecting stdout with contextlib
[play:7:56] Panda3D
[play:10:32] Why PyPI Doesn't Know Your Projects Dependencies
[play:13:58] PyGame series
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/116


