Talk Python to Me is a weekly podcast hosted by developer and entrepreneur Michael Kennedy. We dive deep into the popular packages and software developers, data scientists, and incredible hobbyists doing amazing things with Python. If you're new to Python, you'll quickly learn the ins and outs of the community by hearing from the leaders. And if you've been Pythoning for years, you'll learn about your favorite packages and the hot new ones coming out of open source.
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#475: Python Language Summit 2024
Every year the core developers meet to discuss and propose the major changes and trends in Python itself. This invite-only conference of about 50 people happens inside PyCon in the US. Because it's private, we rarely get detailed looks inside this event. On this episode, we have Seth Michael Larson here to give us his account of the sessions and proposals. It's a unique look into the zeitgeist of CPython. Episode sponsors Posit Talk Python Courses Links from the show Seth on Mastodon: @sethmlarson@fosstodon.org Seth on Twitter: @sethmlarson Seth on Github: github.com The Python Language Summit 2024: blogspot.com PEP 2026: Calendar versioning for Python: github.com PSF authorized as a CVE Numbering Authority: python.org Recommends Memory-Safe Programming Languages: blogspot.com Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#474: Python Performance for Data Science
Python performance has come a long way in recent times. And it's often the data scientists, with their computational algorithms and large quantities of data, who care the most about this form of performance. It's great to have Stan Seibert back on the show to talk about Python's performance for data scientists. We cover a wide range of tools and techniques that will be valuable for many Python developers and data scientists. Episode sponsors Posit Talk Python Courses Links from the show Stan on Twitter: @seibert Anaconda: anaconda.com High Performance Python with Numba training: learning.anaconda.cloud PEP 0703: peps.python.org Python 3.13 gets a JIT: tonybaloney.github.io Numba: numba.pydata.org LanceDB: lancedb.com Profiling tips: docs.python.org Memray: github.com Fil: a Python memory profiler for data scientists and scientists: pythonspeed.com Rust: rust-lang.org Granian Server: github.com PIXIE at SciPy 2024: github.com Free threading Progress: py-free-threading.github.io Free Threading Compatibility: py-free-threading.github.io caniuse.com: caniuse.com SPy, presented at PyCon 2024: us.pycon.org Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#473: Being a developer with ADHD
Do you feel like ADHD is holding you back? Maybe you don't personally have ADHD but you work with folks who do and you'd like to support them better. Either way, how ADHD interplays with programming and programmers is pretty fascinating. On this episode we have Chris Ferdinandi who himself has ADHD and has written a lot about it to share his journey and his advice for thriving with ADHD as a programmer or data scientist. Episode sponsors Posit Talk Python Courses Links from the show Chris on Mastodon: @cferdinandi ADHD FTW Talk Python Page: adhdftw.com Building a Second Brain: buildingasecondbrain.com Building a Second Brain Book: buildingasecondbrain.com White Collar Jobs are Just Meetings: theatlantic.com Article with Fighting Duck-Sized Horses Agile: mensurdurakovic.com Nothing Phone: nothing.tech Apple Watch: apple.com Todoist: todoist.com Anytype (open source Notion): anytype.io Obsidian: obsidian.md Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#472: State of Flask and Pallets in 2024
Flask is one of the most important Python web frameworks and powers a bunch of the internet. David Lord, Flask's lead maintainer is here to give us an update on the state of Flask and Pallets in 2024. If you care about where Flask is and where it's going, you'll definitely want to listen in. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Talk Python Courses Links from the show David on Mastodon: @davidism David on X: @davidism State of Pallets 2024 FlaskCon Talk: youtube.com FlaskCon: flaskcon.com FlaskCon 2024 Talks: youtube.com Pallets Discord: discord.com Pallets Eco: github.com JazzBand: jazzband.co Pallets Github Org: github.com Jinja: github.com Click: github.com Werkzeug: github.com MarkupSafe: github.com ItsDangerous: github.com Quart: github.com pypistats: pypistats.org Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#471: Learning and teaching Pandas
If you want to get better at something, often times the path is pretty clear. If you get better at swimming, you go to the pool and practice your strokes and put in time doing the laps. If you want to get better at mountain biking, hit the trails and work on drills focusing on different aspects of riding. You can do the same for programming. Reuven Lerner is back on the podcast to talk about his book Pandas Workout. We dive into strategies for learning Pandas and Python as well as some of his workout exercises. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Scalable Path Talk Python Courses Links from the show Reuven Lerner on Twitter: @reuvenmlerner Pandas Workout Book: manning.com Bamboo Weekly: Solar eclipse: bambooweekly.com Bamboo Weekly: Avocado hand: bambooweekly.com Scaling data science across Python and R: talkpython.fm Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#470: Python in Medicine and Patient Care
Python is special. It's used by the big tech companies but also by those you would rarely classify as developers. On this episode, we get a look inside how Python is being used at a Children's Hospital to speed and improve patient care. We have Dr. Somak Roy here to share how he's using Python in his day to day job to help kids get well a little bit faster. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Posit Talk Python Courses Links from the show Somak Roy: linkedin.com Cincinnati Children's Hospital: cincinnatichildrens.org CNVkit: Genome-wide copy number: readthedocs.io cnaplotr: github.com hgvs: readthedocs.io openpyxl: readthedocs.io Hera is an Argo Python SDK: github.com insiM: in silico Mutator software for bioinformatics: github.com Bamsurgeon: github.com pysam - An interface for reading and writing SAM files: readthedocs.io Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates: theverge.com BioPython: biopython.org Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#469: PuePy: Reactive frontend framework in Python
Python is one of the most popular languages of the current era. It dominates data science, it an incredible choice for web development, and its many people's first language. But it's not super great on front-end programing, is it? Frameworks like React, Vue and other JavaScript frameworks rule the browser and few other languages even get a chance to play there. But with pyscript, which I've covered several times on this show, we have the possibility of Python on the front end. Yet it's not really a front end framework, just a runtime in the browser. That's why I'm excited to have Ken Kinder on the podcast to talk about his project PuePy, a reactive frontend framework in Python. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Code Comments Talk Python Courses Links from the show Michael's Code in a Castle Course: talkpython.fm/castle Ken Kinder: @bouncing@twit.social PuePy: puepy.dev PuePy Docs: docs.puepy.dev PuePy on Github: github.com pyscript: pyscript.net VueJS: vuejs.org Hello World example: docs.puepy.dev Tutorial: docs.puepy.dev Tutorial running at pyscript.com: pyscript.com Micropython: micropython.org Pyodide: pyodide.org PgQueuer: github.com Writerside: jetbrains.com Michael's PWA pyscript app: github.com Michael's demo of a PWA pyscript app: youtube.com Python iOS Web App with pyscript and offline PWAs video: youtube.com Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#468: Python Trends Episode 2024
I've gathered a group of Python experts who have been thinking deeply about where Python is going and who have lived through where it has been. This episode is all about near-term Python trends and things we each believe will be important to focus on as Python continues to grow. Our panelists are Jodie Burchell, Carol Willing, and Paul Everett. Episode sponsors Code Comments Posit Talk Python Courses Links from the show Shiny course at Talk Python: talkpython.fm/shiny Jodie Burchell: @t_redactyl Carol on Mastodon: @willingc@hachyderm.io Paul Everitt: @paulweveritt Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#467: Data Science Panel at PyCon 2024
I have a special episode for you this time around. We're coming to you live from PyCon 2024. I had the chance to sit down with some amazing people from the data science side of things: Jodie Burchell, Maria Jose Molina-Contreras, and Jessica Greene. We cover a whole set of recent topics from a data science perspective. Though we did have to cut the conversation a bit short as they were coming from and go to talks they were all giving but it was still a pretty deep conversation. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Code Comments Talk Python Courses Links from the show Jodie Burchell: @t_redactyl Jessica Greene: linkedin.com Maria Jose Molina-Contreras: linkedin.com Talk Python's free Shiny course: talkpython.fm/shiny Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#466: Pydantic Performance Tips
You're using Pydantic and it seems pretty straightforward, right? But could you adopt some simple changes to your code that would make it a lot faster and more efficient? Chances are, you'll find a couple of the tips from Sydney Runkle that will do just that. Join us to talk about Pydantic performance tips here on Talk Python. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Code Comments Talk Python Courses Links from the show Sydney Runkle: linkedin.com Pydantic: pydantic.dev Performance docs: docs.pydantic.dev Union tips: docs.pydantic.dev Sydney's presentation slides: docs.google.com JSON to Pydantic: jsontopydantic.com Samuel talking FastUI: talkpython.fm CodeFlash: codeflash.ai Codspeed: codspeed.io Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#465: The AI Revolution Won't Be Monopolized
There hasn't been a boom like the AI boom since the .com days. And it may look like a space destined to be controlled by a couple of tech giants. But Ines Montani thinks open source will play an important role in the future of AI. I hope you join us for this excellent conversation about the future of AI and open source. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Porkbun Talk Python Courses Links from the show Ines Montani on Twitter: @_inesmontani spaCy: spacy.io Prodigy App: prodi.gy Ines' presentation at PyCon Lithuania: youtube.com LM Studio: lmstudio.ai Little Bobby Tables: xkcd.com spaCy and NLP course: talkpython.fm Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#464: Seeing code flows and generating tests with Kolo
Do you want to look inside your Django request? How about all of your requests in development and see where they overlap? If that sounds useful, you should check out Kolo. It's a pretty incredible extension for your editor (VS Code at the moment, more editors to come most likely). We have Wilhelm Klopp on to tell us all about it. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Talk Python Courses Links from the show Wil on Twitter: @wilhelmklopp Kolo: kolo.app Kolo's info repo: github.com Kolo Playground: play.kolo.app Generating tests with Kolo: kolo.app Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#463: Running on Rust: Granian Web Server
So you've created a web app with Python using Flask, Django, FastAPI, or even Emmett. It works great on your machine. How do you get it out to the world? You'll need a production-ready web server. On this episode, we have Giovanni Barillari to tell us about his relatively-new server named Granian. It promises better performance and much better consistency than many of the more well known ones today. Episode sponsors Neo4j Talk Python Courses Links from the show New spaCy course: talkpython.fm Giovanni: @gi0baro Granian: github.com Emmett: emmett.sh Renoir: github.com Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#462: Pandas and Beyond with Wes McKinney
This episode dives into some of the most important data science libraries from the Python space with one of its pioneers: Wes McKinney. He's the creator or co-creator of pandas, Apache Arrow, and Ibis projects and an entrepreneur in this space. Episode sponsors Neo4j Mailtrap Talk Python Courses Links from the show Wes' Website: wesmckinney.com Pandas: pandas.pydata.org Apache Arrow: arrow.apache.org Ibis: ibis-project.org Python for Data Analysis - Groupby Summary: wesmckinney.com/book Polars: pola.rs Dask: dask.org Sqlglot: sqlglot.com Pandoc: pandoc.org Quarto: quarto.org Evidence framework: evidence.dev pyscript: pyscript.net duckdb: duckdb.org Jupyterlite: jupyter.org Djangonauts: djangonaut.space Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
#461: Python in Neuroscience and Academic Labs
Do you use Python in an academic setting? Maybe you run a research lab or teach courses using Python. Maybe you're even a student using Python. Whichever it is, you'll find a ton of great advice in this episode. I talk with Keiland Cooper about how he is using Python at his neuroscience lab at the University of California, Irvine. Episode sponsors Neo4j Posit Talk Python Courses Links from the show Keiland's website: kwcooper.xyz Keiland on Twitter: @kw_cooper Keiland on Mastodon: @kwcooper@fediscience.org Journal of Open Source Software: joss.readthedocs.io Avalanche project: avalanche.continualai.org ContinualAI: continualai.org Executable Books Project: executablebooks.org eLife Journal: elifesciences.org Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy