The Python Show

Episode 37 of The Python Show Podcast has special guest Mike Bayer, the creator of SQLAlchemy, Mako, and Alembic. In this episode, we discuss the following topics: * Python packages * The origin of SQLAlchemy and Mako * How databases have changed over the years * ORMs in Python and other languages * and much more! Additional Info Want to learn more about our guest, Mike Bayer? Check out the links below: * Bayer’s website * Bayer on GitHub * Bayer on LinkedIn * Bayer on Twitter / X * Mouse vs Python - PyDev of the Week: Mike Bayer The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Episode 37 welcomes Julian Danjou as our special guest. Julien is the author of Serious Python from No Starch Press and the co-founder of Mergify. You can connect with Julien on LinkedIn or Twitter/X. In this episode, we discuss the following topics: * Python packages * Writing a book * Publishing * Starting a business * Being a CEO * and more! Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Welcome to episode 35 of The Python Show Podcast. In this episode, we have special guest, Patrick Arminio (@patrick91), the creator of Strawberry GraphQL, the Python implementation of GraphQL. We discuss the following topics: * 1:20 - Journey into programming * 3:57 - Favorite Python modules * 8:18 - Strawberry GraphQL * 19:38 - AI and open source development * 22:58 - Conference organizing * 38:44 - Non-technical hobbies Links * PyRun * PyRun Discord * PyCon Italia * EuroPython * Strawberry Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

This week, we welcome Sebastian Raschka as our guest on The Python Show. Sebastian works for Lightning AI and writes the popular Ahead of AI newsletter. He is also the author of the following books: * Machine Learning Q and AI * Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-learn * Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) We talked about machine learning, AI, book writing, Python and so much more! Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Episode 33’s special guest is Jon Fincher from CodingNomads. Jon teaches and mentors people in Python and other topics. He also occasionally writes for Real Python. In this podcast, we chat about the following topics: * Jon’s journey to programming and Python * Teaching and mentoring * Python gaming packages * Writing * and much more! The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Episode 32 is another great time! This time we welcome the amazing Reuven Lerner (@reuvenmlerner). Reuven is a corporate trainer who spends his days training people the Python programming language and the pandas package. Reuven has written a couple of books and also has three newsletters! In this episode, we discuss: * Python * pandas * AI * Training / teaching * Staying current in tech * and much more! Links * The “Better developers” Python newsletter: https://BetterDevelopersWeekly.com * Weekly data-analysis problems, based on current events: https://BambooWeekly.com * Reuven’s courses and membership packages: https://LernerPython.com * Python Workout: https://PythonWorkout.com * Pandas Workout: https://PandasWorkout.com * Reuven on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reuvenmlerner * Reuven on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@reuvenlerner * Reuven’s YouTube channel: https://YouTube.com/reuvenlerner Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

In episode 31, we welcome special guest, Matt Harrison (@__mharrison__). Matt is a Python and pandas trainer and an author of more than TWELVE technical books. You will learn about the following topics in this episode: * Matt’s journey into programming and training * Things students struggle with * Hard topics to teach * AI’s effect on teaching * and much more! Links * Matt’s website - Metasnake * Twitter / X - @__mharrison__. * Effective Pandas 2 book Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

We welcome Brett Slatkin as our special guest for episode 30 of The Python Show Podcast. Brett is the author of the popular book, Effective Python In this episode, we chat with Brett about the following: * Programming languages * Favorite Python modules and least favorite * Book writing * Book editing * The worst practices in software development * and much more! You can now sponsor The Python Show or one of my other endeavors. Learn more here: Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

In episode 29 of the Python Show Podcast, we welcome Anthony Shaw as our special guest. Anthony is a contributor to Real Python and the author of the book, CPython Internals. We talked about the following topics in this episode: * CPython Internals * Book writing * Projects at Microsoft * How Python’s internals have been changing * Faster Python * VS Code Pets * and more! You can follow Anthony at the following: * Twitter * GitHub * Personal Website You can now sponsor The Python Show or one of my other endeavors. Learn more here: Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

In episode 28, we welcome Rodrigo Girão Serrão (@mathsppblog) as our special guest. Rodrigo authored the free Python book, Pydon'ts – Write elegant Python code. In this episode, we talk about: * Python content creation * Writing a Python book * Working in open source * Non-traditional hiring practices * and much more! Rodrigo also has a newsletter you can check out to learn more Python! You can now sponsor The Python Show or one of my other endeavors. Learn more here: Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Episode 27 of The Python Show Podcast welcomes Łukasz Langa as our guest. Łukasz is a CPython Developer in Residence, which means he works full-time on the core CPython language. He is also the creator of Black, a super popular Python code formatter. In this episode, we talked about the following topics: * Core python development * The origin of Black * YAPF and Ruff * Python, Python, Python * and more! Links You can follow or connect with Łukasz at the following sites: * X / Twitter * Personal website Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

This week we welcome Dane Hillard as our guest on The Python Show Podcast. Dane is the author of Practices of the Python Pro and Publishing Python Packages. Dane also writes for Real Python from time to time. In this episode, we talk about: * Python * Writing a book about Python * Motivations for writing a book * Advice for others who would like to write one * and much more! You can catch up with Dane at the following links: * Twitter * GitHub * LinkedIn * Personal Website The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

The 25th episode of The Python Show Podcast kicks off 2024 with special guest Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac), robot maker extraordinaire. Kevin teaches how to create robots with Raspberry Pis, microcontrollers, Python and more on his YouTube channel and website. In this episode, we cover the following: * Kevin’s journey to robotics and Python * Kevin’s robots * Why he does content creation * What kinds of robots Kevin makes * Challenges associated with creating robots * Creating a web server with a Raspberry Pi cluster * and more! The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

In this week’s episode, I have a special guest, Christopher Trudeau, on the show. Christopher is an entrepreneur who trains people in Python, Django, and more. We discuss his work for Real Python, Talk Python, and many other projects. Christopher’s Links * Christopher’s company * Christopher’s Real Python profile * Talk Python Django course * Django In Action * Django-htmx The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

The Ruff linter is a Python linter written in Rust that is super fast. The people behind Ruff recently released a new tool that is a part of Ruff that allows Ruff to format your Python code using the Black rules. In this episode, I speak with Charlie Marsh, the original creator of Ruff and the founder of Astral, the company behind Ruff. In this episode, we talked about: * The Ruff formatter and linter * How Ruff came about * The hardest features to create * The future of Ruff * Python vs Rust * and more! The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

You may know Adam from all his work around the Django web framework. If you head to the Python Package Index (PyPI), you will see that Adam has made or contributed to more than 80 projects! Adam recently released a new book called Boost Your Git DX Listen in as we chat about: * Book writing * Django * Python * Git * and much more! Links * Boost Your Django DX * Boost Your Git DX * Speed Up Your Django Tests * Adam Johnson’s website Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Python has many remarkable web frameworks to choose from. Sanic is another excellent web framework and one of the first to support async programming. Sanic is built to be able to build fast and run fast. In this episode, we talk to Adam Hopkins, one of the maintainers of the Sanic web framework. We discuss the following topics: * Sanic * Other Python web frameworks * Msgspec * Mayim - The NOT ORM Python Hydrator Other Links * Adam Hopkin’s Sanic book * Adam Hopkin’s personal website Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

In this week’s episode of The Python Show, we welcome Steve Dower as our guest. Steve is a core CPython developer who works primarily on Python for Windows. He was also involved with the Python in Excel project. We talk about how Windows development has improved for Python programmers. Steve talks about many new improvements to the Python language on Windows. We also talk about some of the cool things that are happening with Python in Excel. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Creating content can be challenging. In this podcast, Mike Driscoll talks a lot about content creation, especially around creating long-form content, such as books. You will learn some of Mike’s strategies and why he self-publishes versus going with a publishing company. You will also learn the pros and cons of indie vs pro publishing. Support the Show * Follow The Python Show on Twitter / X * Follow Mike Driscoll on Twitter / X * Python Books by Mike Driscoll * Learn more about Python on Mouse vs Python * Take Python Courses on Teach Me Python Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

This week, we talk about Natural Language Processing and machine learning with our special guest, Ines Montani. Ines is the co-founder and CEO of Explosion. Links * spaCy: https://spacy.io * Prodigy: - https://prodigy.ai * Prodigy Teams (our upcoming product): https://prodigy.ai/teams * spaCy’s config system powered by Pydantic: https://explosion.ai/blog/spacy-design-concepts * Textual UI for Prodigy by Vincent Warmerdam: https://github.com/koaning/prodigy-tui * Large Language Models: From Prototype to Production (EuroPython keynote): * The Guardian case study: https://explosion.ai/blog/guardian * Using LLMs for more efficient annotation: https://prodi.gy/features/large-language-models * spacy-llm – Integrating LLMs into structured NLP pipelines: https://github.com/explosion/spacy-llm Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe