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
- 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
About the show
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- 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
About the show
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- Michael: @mkennedy@...
- git-flight-rules
- Uravelling t-strings
- neohtop
- Introducing Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by us! Support our work through:
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (b...
- pre-commit: install with uv
- PEP 773: A Python Installation Manager for Windows (Accepted)
- Changes for Textual
- The Best Programmers I Know
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by NordLayer: pythonbytes.fm/nordlayer
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokken.bsky.social
- Sh...
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About the show
Sponsored by NordLayer: pythonbytes.fm/nordlayer
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokken.bsky.social
- Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org / @pythonbytes.fm (bsky) ...
- pip 25.1 has dependency groups, pylock.toml, plus more
- aiohttp goes free threaded
- uv 0.6.15 supports pylock.toml
- Whenever
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by Porkbun! Use our link pythonbytes.fm/porkbun and get a .app or .dev domain for $5.99 at Porkbun.
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- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokk...
- Huly
- CVE Foundation formed to take over CVE program from MITRE
- drawdb
- 14 Advanced Python Features
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by Posit Workbench: pythonbytes.fm/workbench
Connect with the hosts
- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokken.bsky.social
- Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org / @...
- How to Write a Git Commit Message
- Caddy Web Server
- Some new PEPs approved
- juv
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by Posit Connect: pythonbytes.fm/connect
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) ...
- Git Town solves the problem that using the Git CLI correctly
- PEP 751 – A file format to record Python dependencies for installation reproducibility
- git-who and watchgha
- Share Python Scripts Like a Pro: uv and PEP 723 for Easy Deployment
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by Posit Package Manager: pythonbytes.fm/ppm
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- Michael: @mke...
- mdformat
- pre-commit-uv
- PEP 758 and 781
- Serie: rich git commit graph in your terminal, like magic
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Sponsored by Posit Connect Cloud: pythonbytes.fm/connect-cloud
Connect with the hosts
- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkenned...
- Why aren't you using uv?
- Python Developer Tooling Handbook
- Calling all doc writers: blacken-docs
- Reinventing notebooks as reusable Python programs
- Extras
- Joke
About the show
Brought to you by Posit Connect: pythonbytes.fm/connect.
Connect with the hosts
- Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky)
- Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokk...
- The weird quirk with rounding in Python
- Python interpreter adds tail calls
- Remove punctuation from a string with translate and maketrans
- Extra, extra, extra
- Extras
- Joke
- pysqlscribe
- A map of Python
- Rust, C++, and Python trends in jobs on Hacker News (February 2025)
- The features of Python's help() function
- Extras
- Joke
- My 2025 uv-based Python Project Layout for Production Apps
- aiolimiter
- A peek into a possible future of Python in the browser
- Reloadium
- Extras
- Joke
- httpdbg
- PyPI Now Supports iOS and Android Wheels for Mobile Python Development
- Arcade Game Platform goes 3.0
- PEP 765 – Disallow return/break/continue that exit a finally block
- Extras
- Joke
- PEP 772 – Packaging governance process
- Official Django MongoDB Backend Now Available in Public Preview
- Developer Philosophy
- Python 3.13.2 released
- Extras
- Joke
- content-types package for better MIME types/Content-Type
- Wagtail 6.4
- Build It Yourself
- Build backend popularity over time
- Extras
- Joke
- In memoriam: Michael Foord 1974-2025
- Valkey (Redis Replacement)
- 30 best practices for software development and testing
- mimetype.io
- Extras
- Joke
- LLM Catcher
- On PyPI Quarantine process
- RESPX
- Unpacking kwargs with custom objects
- Extras
- Joke
- Terminals & Shells
- Winloop: An Alternative library for uvloop compatibility with windows
- Ruff & uv
- uv-secure
- Extras
- Joke
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