Michael Kennedy and Calvin Hendryx-Parker

Python Bytes

Python Bytes is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael Kennedy and Calvin Hendryx-Parker. The show is a short discussion on the headlines and noteworthy news in the Python, developer, and data science space.

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Michael Kennedy and Calvin Hendryx-Parker

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Technology

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pythonbytes.fm

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

#387 Heralding in a new era of database queries 11.06.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Dataherald Python's many command-line utilities Distroless Python functools.cache , cachetools , and cachebox Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/387

#386 Major releases abound 04.06.2024

Topics covered in this episode: NumPy 2.0 release date is June 16 Uvicorn adds multiprocess workers pixi JupyterLab 4.2 and Notebook 7.2 are available Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/386

#385 RESTing on Postgres 27.05.2024

Topics covered in this episode: PostgresREST How Python Asyncio Works: Recreating it from Scratch Bend The Smartest Way to Learn Python Regular Expressions Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/385

#384 Force push lightly 21.05.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Git: Force push safely with --force-with-lease and --force-if-includes Thoughts from PyCon 2024 Being friendly: Strategies for friendly fork management tach Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/384

#383 Why aren’t devs shipping faster? 14.05.2024

Topics covered in this episode: I asked 100 devs why they aren’t shipping faster. Here’s what I learned Python 3.13.0 beta 1 released A theme editor for JupyterLab rich-argparse Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/383

#382 A Simple Game 07.05.2024

Topics covered in this episode: act: Run your GitHub Actions locally! portr Annotating args and kwargs in Python github badges Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/382

#381 Python Packages in the Oven 30.04.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Announcing py2wasm: A Python to Wasm compiler Exploring Python packages with Oven and PyPI Browser PyCharm Local LLM Google shedding Python devs (at least in the US). Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/381

#380 Debugging with your eyes 23.04.2024

Topics covered in this episode: NumFOCUS concerns leaping pytest debugger llm Extra, Extra, Extra, PyPI has completed its first security audit Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/380

#379 Constable on the debugging case 16.04.2024

Topics covered in this episode: How to Set Up Pre-Commit Hooks A step-by-step guide to installing and configuring pre-commit hooks on your project . difftastic Quarto constable Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/379

#378 Python is on the edge 09.04.2024

Topics covered in this episode: pacemaker - For controlling time per iteration loop in Python. PyPI suspends new user registration to block malware campaign Python Project-Local Virtualenv Management Redux Python Edge Workers at Cloudflare Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/378

#377 A Dramatic Episode 02.04.2024

Topics covered in this episode: justpath xz back door LPython dramatic Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/377

#376 Every dunder method in a Python Lockbox 26.03.2024

Topics covered in this episode: 🤖 On Robots.txt niquests Every dunder method in Python Lockbox Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/376

#375 Pointing at Countries 19.03.2024

Topics covered in this episode: pycountry Does Python have pointers? ingestr Make your terminal nice Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/375

#374 Climbing the Python Web Mountain 11.03.2024

Topics covered in this episode: 6 ways to improve the architecture of your Python project (using import-linter) Mountaineer Why Python's Integer Division Floors Hatchet Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/374

#373 Changing Directories 05.03.2024

Topics covered in this episode: zoxide Smart CLIs with Typer Python recommended officially by the US Government Textual tutorials at Mouse vs Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/373

#372 uv - an impressive pip alternative 20.02.2024

Topics covered in this episode: uv: Python packaging in Rust jpterm Everything You Can Do with Python's textwrap Module HTML First Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/372

#371 Python in a Crate 13.02.2024

Topics covered in this episode: AppleCrate One way to package Python code right now Flask8 but why? Extra, Extra, Extra Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/371

#370 Your Very Own Heroku 06.02.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Dokku Summary of Major Changes Between Python Versions How to check Internet Speed via Terminal? speedtest-cli Blogs: We all should blog more Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/370

#369 The Readability Episode 30.01.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Granian pytest 8 is here Assorted Docker Goodies New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality' Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/369

#368 That episode where we just ship open source 23.01.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Syntax Error #11: Debugging Python umami and umami-analytics pytest-suite-timeout Listmonk and (py) listmonk Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/368

#367 A New Cloud Computing Paradigm at Python Bytes 16.01.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Leaving the cloud PEP 723 - Inline script metadata Flet for Android harlequin: The SQL IDE for Your Terminal. Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/367

#366 Put It In The Backlog 09.01.2024

Topics covered in this episode: Python 3.13 gets a JIT UniDep - Unified Conda and Pip Dependency Management Don’t Start Pull Requests from Your Main Branch instld: The simplest package management Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/366

#365 Inheritance, but not Inheritance! 20.12.2023

Topics covered in this episode: Hatch v1.8 svcs: A Flexible Service Locator for Python Steering Council 2024 Term Election Results Python protocols. When to use them in your projects to abstract and decoupling Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/365

#364 Holy Match-Cases Batman! 12.12.2023

Topics covered in this episode: A Python/Django Advent calendar Dropbase helps you build internal web apps with Python Real-world match/case Extra, extra, extra, so many extras! Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/364

#363 DNS Again? It's Always DNS. 05.12.2023

Topics covered in this episode: Fixit 2: Meta’s next-generation auto-fixing linter FastUI Mail list / newsletter conversation CLIs from type hints Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/363

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