Podcast Episodes

Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History

Episode 265

What are your options for hosting your Python application or scripts? What are the advantages of a platform as a service, container-based hosts, or setting up a virtual machine? Christopher Trudeau i…

Published on 7 hours ago

Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws

Episode 264

What’s happening with the latest releases of large language models? Is the industry hitting the edge of the scaling laws, and do the current benchmarks provide reliable performance assessments? This …

Published on 1 week ago

Exploring Mixin Classes in Python

Episode 263

What is a good way to add isolated, reusable functionality to Python classes? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects.

Chri…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python

Episode 262

What went into developing the open-source Python tools data scientists use every day? This week on the show, we talk with Travis Oliphant about his work on SciPy, NumPy, Numba, and many other contrib…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python

Episode 261

When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn’t it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this w…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Harnessing the Power of Python Polars

Episode 260

What are the advantages of using Polars for your Python data projects? When should you use the lazy or eager APIs, and what are the benefits of each? This week on the show, we speak with Jeroen Janss…

Published on 1 month ago

Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python

Episode 259

Do the design patterns learned in other programming languages translate to coding in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Supporting the Python Package Index

Episode 258

What goes into supporting more than 650,000 projects and nearly a million users of the Python Package Index? This week on the show, we speak with Maria Ashna about her first year as the inaugural PyP…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Comparing Real-World Python Performance Against Big O

Episode 257

How does the performance of an algorithm hold up when you put it into a realistic context? Where might Python code defy Big O notation expectations when using a profiler? Christopher Trudeau is back …

Published on 2 months ago

Solving Problems and Saving Time in Chemistry With Python

Episode 256

What motivates someone to learn how to code as a scientist? How do you harness the excitement of solving problems quickly and make the connection to the benefits of coding in your scientific work? Th…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago