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#454: It's some form of Elvish

29 min

Topics covered in this episode: djrest2 - A small and simple REST library for Django based on class-based views. Github CLI caniscrape - Know before you scrape. Analyze any website's anti-bot protections in seconds. 🐴 GittyUp Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/454

#453: Python++

36 min

Topics covered in this episode: PyPI+ uv-ship - a CLI-tool for shipping with uv How fast is 3.14? air - a new web framework built with FastAPI, Starlette, and Pydantic. Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/453

#452: pi py-day (or is it py pi-day?)

40 min

Topics covered in this episode: Python 3.14 Free-threaded Python Library Compatibility Checker Claude Sonnet 4.5 Python 3.15 will get Explicit lazy imports Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/452

#451: Databases are a Fad

23 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/451

#450: At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling

32 min

Topics covered in this episode: pandas is getting pd.col expressions Cline, At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling uv cheatsheet Ducky Network UI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/450

#449: Suggestive Trove Classifiers

31 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/449

#448: I'm Getting the BIOS Flavor

39 min

Topics covered in this episode: prek tinyio The power of Python’s print function Vibe Coding Fiasco: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/448

#447: Going down a rat hole

35 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/447

#446: State of Python 2025

31 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/446

#444: Begone Python of Yore!

25 min

Topics covered in this episode: Coverage.py regex pragmas Python of Yore nox-uv A couple Django items Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/444

#443: Patching Multiprocessing

26 min

Topics covered in this episode: rumdl - A Markdown Linter written in Rust Coverage 7.10.0: patch aioboto3 You might not need a Python class Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/443

#442: Cloud bills in scientific notation

22 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/442

#441: It's Michaels All the Way Down

27 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/441

#440: Can't Register for VibeCon

25 min

Topics covered in this episode: Switching to direnv, Starship, and uv rqlite - Distributed SQLite DB Some Markdown Stuff Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/440

#439: That Astral Episode

26 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/439

#438: Motivation time

33 min

Topics covered in this episode: Python Cheat Sheets from Trey Hunner Automatisch mureq-typed My CLI World Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/438

#437: Python Language Summit 2025 Highlights

34 min

Topics covered in this episode: The Python Language Summit 2025 Fixing Python Properties complexipy juvio Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/437

#436: Slow tests go last

36 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/436

#435: Stop with .folders in my ~/

25 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/435

#434: Most of OpenAI’s tech stack runs on Python

29 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/434

#433: Dev in the Arena

28 min

Topics covered in this episode: git-flight-rules Uravelling t-strings neohtop Introducing Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/433

#432: How To Fix Your Computer

25 min

Topics covered in this episode: pre-commit: install with uv PEP 773: A Python Installation Manager for Windows (Accepted) Changes for Textual The Best Programmers I Know Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/432

#431: Nerd Gas

29 min

Topics covered in this episode: pirel: Python release cycle in your terminal FastAPI Cloud Python's new t-strings Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/431

#430: Or you go to jail

29 min

Topics covered in this episode: pip 25.1 has dependency groups, pylock.toml, plus more aiohttp goes free threaded uv 0.6.15 supports pylock.toml Whenever Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/430

#429: Nitpicking Python

27 min

Topics covered in this episode: Huly CVE Foundation formed to take over CVE program from MITRE drawdb 14 Advanced Python Features Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/429

#428: How old is your Python?

31 min

Topics covered in this episode: How to Write a Git Commit Message Caddy Web Server Some new PEPs approved juv Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/428

#427: Rise of the Python Lord

36 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/427

#426: Committing to Formatted Markdown

29 min

Topics covered in this episode: mdformat pre-commit-uv PEP 758 and 781 Serie: rich git commit graph in your terminal, like magic Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/426

#425: If You Were a Klingon Programmer

37 min

Topics covered in this episode: Why aren't you using uv? Python Developer Tooling Handbook Calling all doc writers: blacken-docs Reinventing notebooks as reusable Python programs Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/425

#424: We Will Test in Production

27 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/424

#423: Traveling the Python Universe

26 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/423

#422: You need 4 spaces

32 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/422

#421: 22 years old

22 min

Topics covered in this episode: 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 See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/421

#420: 90% Done in 50% of the Available Time

27 min

Topics covered in this episode: PEP 772 – Packaging governance process Official Django MongoDB Backend Now Available in Public Preview Developer Philosophy Python 3.13.2 released Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/420

#419: Is your back end popular?

30 min

Topics covered in this episode: content-types package for better MIME types/Content-Type Wagtail 6.4 Build It Yourself Build backend popularity over time Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/419

#418: I'm a tea pot

20 min

Topics covered in this episode: In memoriam: Michael Foord 1974-2025 Valkey (Redis Replacement) 30 best practices for software development and testing mimetype.io Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/418

#417: Bugs hide from the light

23 min

Topics covered in this episode: LLM Catcher On PyPI Quarantine process RESPX Unpacking kwargs with custom objects Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/417

#416: A Ghostly Episode

43 min

Topics covered in this episode: Terminals & Shells Winloop: An Alternative library for uvloop compatibility with windows Ruff & uv uv-secure Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/416

#415: Just put the fries in the bag bro

32 min

Topics covered in this episode: dbos-transact-py Typed Python in 2024: Well adopted, yet usability challenges persist RightTyper Lazy self-installing Python scripts with uv Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/415

#414: Because we are not monsters

29 min

Topics covered in this episode: New project to shorten django-admin to django because we are not monsters django-unicorn: The magical reactive component framework for Django Testing some tidbits The State of Python 2024 article Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/414

#413: python-build-standalone finds a home

30 min

Topics covered in this episode: jiter A new home for python-build-standalone moka-py uv: An In-Depth Guide Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/413

#412: Closing the loop

26 min

Topics covered in this episode: Loop targets asyncstdlib Bagels: TUI Expense Tracker rloop: An AsyncIO event loop implemented in Rust Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/412

#411: TLS Client: Hello >

40 min

Topics covered in this episode: Talk Python rewritten in Quart PyPI now supports digital attestations Django Rusty Templates PEP 639 is now supported by PYPI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/411

#410: Entering the Django core

30 min

Topics covered in this episode: Thoughts on Django’s Core futurepool Don't return named tuples in new APIs Ziglang: Migrating from AWS to Self-Hosting Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/410

#409: We've moved to Hetzner write-up

35 min

Topics covered in this episode: terminal-tree posting: The API client that lives in your terminal Extra, extra, extra UV does everything or enough that I'm not sure what else it needs to do Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/409

#408: python-preference only-managed 3.13t

31 min

Topics covered in this episode: GitHub action security: zizmor Python is now the top language on GitHub Python 3.13, what didn't make the headlines PyCon US 2025 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/408

#407: Back to the future, destination 3.14

28 min

Topics covered in this episode: Python 3.14.0 alpha 1 is now available uv supports dependency groups dive: A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image pytest-metadata Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/407

#406: What's on Django TV tonight?

24 min

Topics covered in this episode: Open Source Pledge Jeff Triplet's DjangoTV PEP 735 – Dependency Groups in pyproject.toml livereload Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/406

#405: Oh Really?

22 min

Topics covered in this episode: Briefer: Dashboards and notebooks in a single place Introduction to programming with Python setup-uv HTML for people Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/405

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