This week we welcome Sophia Yang (@sophiamyang) as our PyDev of the Week! Sophia is a data scientist who works at Anaconda. You can connect with Sophia on LinkedIn. If podcasts are your thing, you can catch Sophia on this Teaching Python Podcast from last year. Let’s take a few moments to get to know …
A lot of people complain that Python is slow. But is it really? In my own experience, Python has almost always been “fast enough”. However, there is that niggling issue of the Global Interpreter Lock or GIL. Let’s talk about that! The Global Interpreter Lock The Python Global Interpreter Lock or GIL, is a mutex or …
This week we welcome Micaela Reyes (@codemickeycode) as our PyDev of the Week! Micaela helps organize Python conferences in Asia. Micaela has been especially active with PyCon PH. She is also a member of the Python Software Foundation. If you’d like to catch up with Micaela, you can check out her website. Let’s spend a …
This week we welcome Marcelo Trylesinski (@marcelotryle) as our PyDev of the Week! Marcelo is a core developer of the Pydantic package. You can use Pydantic to enforce type hints at runtime and data validation. You can catch up with Marcelo on his blog or over on Mastodon. You can also check out Marcelo’s YouTube …
What is linting? A linter will help you find syntactical and stylistic issues with your code. Python has several great 3rd party linting tools. Here are the two most famous ones: pylint Flake8 Innumerable projects use Flake8 to help find problems in their code before it is committed. Many also use pylint, but you won’t …
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This week, we welcome Max Kahan (@max_does_tech) as our PyDev of the Week! Max is a Python Developer Advocate and software engineer. You can see Max’s code over on GitHub if you’re curious about what Max has been up to. Let’s take some time to get to know Max better! Can you tell us a …
This week we welcome Jeffrey Glass (@JeffersGlass) as our PyDev of the Week! Jeffrey is the maintainer of PyScript. PyScript is a framework that allows users to create rich Python applications in the browser using HTML’s interface and the power of Pyodide, WASM, and modern web technologies. You can catch up with Jeff by checking …
The Python Show’s second episode is now on YouTube! Today’s episode is about data science and Python with my guest, Akshay Pachaar! You can follow Akshay on Twitter or befriend him on LinkedIn. Topics covered include: How Akshay got into tech, data science, and Python Using Python in data science Python and maps / GIS …
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Today’s episode is about data science and Python with my guest, Akshay Pachaar! You can follow Akshay on Twitter or befriend him on LinkedIn. Topics covered include: How Akshay got into tech, data science, and Python Using Python in data science Python and maps / GIS Machine learning LLMs Content creation + audience growth tips
This week we welcome Prabhu Ramachandran (@prabhu_r) as our PyDev of the Week! Prabhu is a developer of PySPH and the Mayavi packages. Prabhu works for the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and speaks internationally at Python conferences. You can see what else Prabhu is up to over on GitHub. Let’s spend a few moments …
The Python Show Podcast now has a YouTube channel too. You can find the first episode of The Python Show there now: If you prefer to listen to The Python Show, you can stream it on the following websites: The Python Show website Apple Podcasts Pocket Cast Spotify TuneIn
The Python Show Podcast is something that I have thought about creating for several years. I have had several people tell me or ask me if I would do a podcast. Of course, the problem with creating a podcast is choosing your niche. I don’t want to sound like everyone else. On the other hand, …
This week we welcome Daniel Alejandro Mesejo-León (@searchsort) as our PyDev of the Week! Daniel is the creator of the trex package, which is used for efficient keyword extraction using RegEx. You can see what else Daniel is up to by checking out his GitHub profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Daniel better! …
This week we welcome Draga Doncila Pop as our PyDev of the Week! Draga is a core developer of the napari package, which is a multi-dimensional image viewer for Python. Draga also speaks at Python conferences about Python and data visualization. You can see what else Draga is up to by visiting Draga’s GitHub profile. …
This week we welcome Benjamin Bennett Alexander (@RealBenjizo) as our PyDev of the Week! Benjamin is the author of 50 Days of Python: A Challenge a Day and Master Python Fundamentals and other books. You can catch up with Benjamin over on Medium. Let’s spend a few moments getting to know Benjamin better! Can you …