Python Bytes

Python Bytes

Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

Episodes 483
Avg. Duration 31m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (212)
Since Nov 2016
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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79%
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pythonbytes.fm

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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.

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#483 Thanks Brian

Jun 09, 2026 28m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Vulnerability and malware checks in uv HTTP GET requests with the Python standard library Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source…

#482 Mr. Beast's episode

Jun 01, 2026 24m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: CVE-2026-48710: A Maintainer's Perspective daily-stars-explorer Markdown to pdf with pandoc and typst postman2pytest Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the…

#481 Ways to die

May 25, 2026 33m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die How to create a pylock.toml lockfile https://github.com/facebook/Lifeguard Choosing a Python Logging Library in…

#480 Proud Parents

May 18, 2026 33m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Using Django Tasks in production Co-authored with Claude? PyPI packages are increasing rapidly httpx2 Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by…

#479 Talking About Types

May 11, 2026 35m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: httpxyz one month in Learn concurrency - a deep dive into multithreading with Python pip 26.1 - lockfiles and dependency cooldowns Python 3.15 sentinal values from…

#478 Iodine tablets and potable water

May 04, 2026 40m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: profiling-explorer Reverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15 VSCode AI Co-author defaults to on, then off django freeze Extras Joke Watch on…

#477 Lazy, Frozen, and 31% Lighter

Apr 20, 2026 45m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Django Modern Rest Already playing with Python 3.15 Cutting Python Web App Memory Over 31% tryke - A Rust-based Ptyhon test runner with a Jest-style…

#476 Common themes

Apr 06, 2026 32m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Migrating from mypy to ty: Lessons from FastAPI Oxyde ORM Typeshedded CPython docs Raw+DC Database Pattern: A Retrospective Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the…

#475 Haunted warehouses

Mar 30, 2026 40m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Lock the Ghost Fence for Sandboxing MALUS: Liberate Open Source Harden your GitHub Actions Workflows with zizmor, dependency pinning, and dependency…

#474 Astral to join OpenAI

Mar 23, 2026 45m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Starlette 1.0.0 Astral to join OpenAI uv audit Fire and forget (or never) with Python’s asyncio Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us!…

#473 A clean room rewrite?

Mar 16, 2026 46m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: chardet ,AI, and licensing refined-github pgdog: PostgreSQL connection pooler, load balancer and database sharder Agentic Engineering Patterns Extras Joke Watch on…

#472 Monorepos

Mar 09, 2026 28m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Setting up a Python monorepo with uv workspaces cattrs: Flexible Object Serialization and Validation Learning to program in the AI age VS Code extension for FastAPI…

#471 The ORM pattern of 2026?

Mar 02, 2026 39m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Raw+DC: The ORM pattern of 2026? pytest-check releases Dataclass Wizard SQLiteo - “native macOS SQLite browser built for normal people” Extras Joke See the full…

#470 A Jolting Episode

Feb 23, 2026 25m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Better Python tests with inline-snapshot jolt Battery intelligence for your laptop Markdown code formatting with ruff act - run your GitHub actions…

#469 Commands, out of the terminal

Feb 09, 2026 33m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Command Book App uvx.sh: Install Python tools without uv or Python Ending 15 years of subprocess polling monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust…

#468 A bolt of Django

Feb 03, 2026 31m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: django-bolt: Faster than FastAPI, but with Django ORM, Django Admin, and Django packages pyleak More Django (three articles) Datastar Extras Joke See the full…

#467 Toads in my AI

Jan 26, 2026 31m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: GreyNoise IP Check tprof: a targeting profiler TOAD is out Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/467

#466 PSF Lands $1.5 million

Jan 19, 2026 41m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: Better Django management commands with django-click and django-typer PSF Lands a $1.5 million sponsorship from Anthropic How uv got so fast PyView Web…

#465 Stack Overflow is Cooked

Jan 12, 2026 35m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: port-killer How we made Python's packaging library 3x faster CodSpeed Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/465

#464 Malicious Package? No Build For You!

Jan 05, 2026 30m Transcript

Topics covered in this episode: ty: An extremely fast Python type checker and LSP Python Supply Chain Security Made Easy typing_extensions MI6 chief: We'll be as fluent in Python as we are in…

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