

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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Sep 29, 2017 • 20min
#45 A really small web API and OS-level machine learning
Topics covered in this episode:
pico
High Sierra ships, first major OS with machine learning built in?
A guide to logging in Python
Let me introduce: slots
pipenv revisited
Stack Overflow gives an even closer look at developer salaries
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/45

Sep 20, 2017 • 27min
#44 pip install malicious-code
Topics covered in this episode:
Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI
PyPI migration to Warehouse is in progress
Live coding in a presentation
Notable REST / Web Frameworks
tox
flake8-tidy-imports deprecated imports
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/44

Sep 14, 2017 • 19min
#43 Python string theory, v2
Topics covered in this episode:
future-fstrings
The Fun of Reinvention
Sound Pattern Recognition with Python
PEP 550: Execution Context
Intro to Threads and Processes in Python
Alternative filesystems for Python
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/43

Sep 8, 2017 • 24min
#42 Behold: The Python 2 death clock
Topics covered in this episode:
What Kenneth Did Last Week (well, recently)
Python 2 Death Clock
Small Functions considered Harmful
Why Python 3
EANABs
The Incredible Growth of Python
Extras
Joke
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Aug 31, 2017 • 23min
#41 Python Concurrency From the Ground Up and Caring for our Community
Topics covered in this episode:
lolviz
Odo for data transforms
Python Concurrency From the Ground Up
FAT Python: the next chapter in Python optimization
sshuttle
Node.js forks again – this time it's a war of words over codes of conducts
Extras
Joke
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Aug 24, 2017 • 23min
#40 Packet Manipulation with Scapy
Topics covered in this episode:
DevOps Automation Tool: Ansible
Python Practices for Efficient Code: Performance, Memory, and Usability
Packet Manipulation Program: Scapy
Using Headless Chrome with Selenium
Extras
Joke
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Aug 17, 2017 • 43min
#39 The new PyPI
Topics covered in this episode:
[more] The New PyPI
CircuitPython Snakes its Way onto Adafruit Hardware
Dataclasses
Pandas in a Nutshell
Extras
Joke
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/39

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
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/37

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
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/36


