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Brian #1: rye - Python workflow tool

• Armin Ronacher
• Rust built tool, currently only for Linux and MacOS
• Project workflow commands, like
  • init - new project
  • add - add a dependency (including optional)
  • remove - remove a dependency
  • build - build wheel
  • lock - update lock file
• virtualenv commands
  • add —dev - install in environment
  • sync - install/update dependencies in env based on pyprojec.toml
  • run - run command within environment
• Install Python
  • fetch - Fetches a Python interpreter for the local machine
• Register existing Python
  • toolchain Helper utility to manage Python toolchains
• Kinda like pipx
  • install - Installs a package as global tool
  • uninstall - Uninstalls a global tool
  • I didn’t see that it added anything to my PATH, so this addition made it work:
• Bonus
  • Everything lives under ~/.rye
  • So it’s easy to stop using, and doesn’t muck up
• see also
  • Simon Willison’s A few notes on Rye
  • Python Bytes #332, where we talked about huak

Michael #2: PyPI Organizations

• The first step in our plan to build financial support and long-term sustainability of the Python Packaging Index (PyPI)
• Small fee for organizations rather than individual users
• Like Github orgs

Brian #3: 5 tips to learn any new Python library faster

• Bob Belderbos
• The tiips
  • RTFM - at lest the getting started docs
  • Install it
  • Explore the library - play. Bob recommends Jupyter notebook for this.
  • Apply it to a real world problem - deliberate practice
  • Build something with it
  • (bonus) Teach it - blog, TIL, video tutorial, etc.

Michael #4: Python gets down to (the) Metal

Extras

Brian:

• frogmouth - Markdown viewer / browser for your terminal, built with Textual.

Michael:

• Was going to talk about Serenade, but seems to have gone silent.
• Packaging follow up discussion.

Joke: It’s the progress that counts