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.
Episodes
- * Python 3.14*
- * Free-threaded Python Library Compatibility Checker*
- * Claude Sonnet 4.5*
- * Python 3.15 will get Explicit lazy imports*
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by DigitalOcean: pythonbytes.fm/digitalocean-gen-ai Use code DO4BYTES and get $200 in free credit
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Bria...
- * PostgreSQL 18 Released*
- * Testing is better than DSA (Data Structures and Algorithms)*
- * Pyrefly in Cursor/PyCharm/VSCode/etc*
- * Playwright & pytest techniques that bring me joy*
- Extras
- Joke
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- * pandas is getting pd.col expressions*
- * Cline, At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling*
- * uv cheatsheet*
- Ducky Network UI
- Extras
- Joke
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) ...
- * Mozilla’s Lifeline is Safe After Judge’s Google Antitrust Ruling*
- * troml - suggests or fills in trove classifiers for your projects*
- * pqrs: Command line tool for inspecting Parquet files*
- * Testing for Python 3.14*
- Extras
- Joke
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- * prek*
- * tinyio*
- * The power of Python’s print function*
- * Vibe Coding Fiasco: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database*
- Extras
- Joke
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- * rathole*
- * pre-commit: install with uv*
- A good example of what functools.Placeholder from Python 3.14 allows
- Converted 160 old blog posts with AI
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes...
- * pypistats.org was down, is now back, and there’s a CLI*
- * State of Python 2025*
- * wrapt: A Python module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching.*
- pysentry
- Extras
- Joke
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- pyx - optimized backend for uv
- * Litestar is worth a look*
- * Django remake migrations*
- * django-chronos*
- Extras
- Joke
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Python Bytes 445
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.or...
- Coverage.py regex pragmas
- * Python of Yore*
- * nox-uv*
- * A couple Django items*
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by DigitalOcean: pythonbytes.fm/digitalocean-gen-ai Use code DO4BYTES and get $200 in free credit
Connect with the hosts
- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokken.bsky.social
- Sh...
- rumdl - A Markdown Linter written in Rust
- * Coverage 7.10.0: patch*
- * aioboto3*
- * You might not need a Python class*
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Connect with the hosts
- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokken.bsky.social
- Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org / @pythonbytes.fm (bsky)
- * Open Source Security work isn't “Special”*
- * uv v0.8*
- * Extra, Extra, Extra*
- Announcing Toad - a universal UI for agentic coding in the terminal
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fos...
- * Distributed sqlite follow up: Turso and Litestream*
- * PEP 792 – Project status markers in the simple index*
- Run coverage on tests
- docker2exe: Convert a Docker image to an executable
- Extras
- Joke
- * Switching to direnv, Starship, and uv*
- * rqlite - Distributed SQLite DB*
- * Some Markdown Stuff*
- Extras
- Joke
- * ty documentation site and uv migration guide*
- * uv build backend is now stable + other Astral news*
- * Refactoring long boolean expressions*
- * fastapi-ml-skeleton*
- Extras
- Joke
- * Python Cheat Sheets from Trey Hunner*
- * Automatisch*
- * mureq-typed*
- * My CLI World*
- Extras
- Joke
- * The Python Language Summit 2025*
- Fixing Python Properties
- * complexipy*
- * juvio*
- Extras
- Joke
- * Free-threaded Python no longer “experimental” as of Python 3.14*
- typed-ffmpeg
- pyleak
- * Optimizing Test Execution: Running live_server Tests Last with pytest*
- Extras
- Joke
- platformdirs
- poethepoet - “Poe the Poet is a batteries included task runner that works well with poetry or with uv.”
- Python Pandas Ditches NumPy for Speedier PyArrow
- pointblank: Data validation made beautiful and powerful
- Extras
- Joke
- Making PyPI’s test suite 81% faster
- People aren’t talking enough about how most of OpenAI’s tech stack runs on Python
- PyCon Talks on YouTube
- Optimizing Python Import Performance
- Extras
- Joke
- git-flight-rules
- Uravelling t-strings
- neohtop
- Introducing Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python
- Extras
- Joke
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