
#287: Testing without dependencies, mocking in Python
We know our unit tests should be relatively independent from other parts of the system. For example, running a test shouldn't generally call a credit card possessing API and talk to a database when yo...
21 Loka 20201h 3min

#286: Python and ML at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth- orbit and astronomy missions. It is also res...
16 Loka 20201h 7min

#285: Dask as a Platform Service with Coiled
If you're into data science, you've probably heard about Dask. It's a package that feels like familiar APIs such as Numpy, Pandas, and Scikit-Learn. Yet it can scale that computation across CPU cores ...
9 Loka 20201h 11min

#284: Modern and fast APIs with FastAPI
As Python 3 has eclipsed the old constrains of Python 2 and web frameworks that adopted them, we have seen a big jump in new frameworks appearing on the scene taking full advantage of things like type...
4 Loka 20201h 6min

#283: Web scraping, the 2020 edition
Web scraping is pulling the HTML of a website down and parsing useful data out of it. The use-cases for this type of functionality are endless. Have a bunch of data on governmental sites that are only...
23 Syys 202048min

#282: pre-commit framework
Git hook scripts are useful for identifying simple issues before committing your code. Hooks run on every commit to automatically point out issues in code such as trailing whitespace and debug stateme...
17 Syys 202059min

#281: Python in Car Racing
I love to bring you stories of Python being used in amazing places outside the traditional tech silos of pure web development and data science. On this episode, you'll meet Robert "Kane" Replogle, wh...
9 Syys 20201h

#280: Python and AI in Journalism
If there has ever been a time in history that journalism is needed to shine a light on what's happening in the world, it's now. Would it surprise you to hear that Python and machine learning are playi...
5 Syys 202055min

