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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.

#408 python-preference only-managed 3.13t

November 04, 2024 00:31:16 21.32 MB Downloads: 0
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Brian #1: GitHub action security: zizmor

  • Article: Ned Batchelder
  • zizmor: William Woodruff & others
  • “a new tool to check your GitHub action workflows for security concerns.”
  • Install with cargo or brew, then point it at workflow yml files.
  • It reports security concerns.

Michael #2: Python is now the top language on GitHub

  • Thanks to Pat Decker for the heads up.
  • A rapidly growing number of developers worldwide
    • This suggests AI isn’t just helping more people learn to write code or build software faster—it’s also attracting and helping more people become developers. First-time open source contributors continue to show wide-scale interest in AI projects. But we aren’t seeing signs that AI has hurt open source with low-quality contributions.
  • Python is now the most used language on GitHub as global open source activity continues to extend beyond traditional software development.
    • The rise in Python usage correlates with large communities of people joining the open source community from across the STEM world rather than the traditional community of software developers.
  • There’s a continued increase in first-time contributors to open source projects. 1.4 million new developers globally joined open source with a majority contributing to commercially backed and generative AI projects.
    • Notably, we did not see a rise in rejected pull requests. This could indicate that quality remains high despite the influx of new contributors.

Brian #3: Python 3.13, what didn't make the headlines

  • Some pretty cool updates to pdb : the command line Python debugger
    • multiline editing
    • code completion
  • pathlib has a bunch of performance updates
  • python -m venv adds a .gitignore file that auto ignores the venv.

Michael #4: PyCon US 2025

  • Site is live with CFP and dates
  • Health code is finally reasonable: “Masks are Encouraged but not Required”
  • PyCon US 2025 Dates
    • Tutorials - May 14-15, 2025
    • Sponsor Presentations - May 15, 2025
    • Opening Reception - May 15, 2025
    • Main Conference and Online - May 16-18, 2025
    • Job Fair - May 18, 2025
    • Sprints - May 19-May 22, 2025

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Joke: Debugging char