#206: Running Django in Production
Let's talk about running Django in production. On this episode, you'll meet Michael Herman who used to work on realpython.com and today is running testdriven.io. We also cover some of the tradeoffs of a set of microservices and a monolith and a round trip journey between them.
6 Huhti 201951min
#205: Beginners and Experts Panel
Welcome to part 2 of our beginners and experts series. This one is a panel format with 7 different guests. Each of them a beginner in their own way. We dig deeper into some follow up conversations for part 1 with our panelists.
2 Huhti 201957min
#204: StaticFrame, like Pandas but safer
Remember back in math class when you would take a test? It wasn't enough to just write down the answer. What's the limit of this infinite summation? pi/2 Yes, but how did you get that number.
21 Maalis 20191h 1min
#203: Beginners and Experts in Software Development
What's it like to be a beginner in software development? How about learning Python for the first time? This episode is a special panel episode and is the first of a two-part series we are doing on the podcast called Beginners and Experts.
13 Maalis 201957min
#202: Building a software business
One core question around open source is how do you fund it? Well, there is always that PayPal donate button. But that's been a tremendous failure for many projects. Often the go-to answer is consulting.
9 Maalis 201959min
#201: Choosing JupyterHub and Python over MATLAB
The Nobel prize in economics recently went to Paul Romer, a convert from proprietary software like Matlab over to Python and the SciPy stack. Paul said, “The more I learn about proprietary software, the more I worry that objective truth might perish from the earth.”
27 Helmi 20191h 3min
#200: Escaping Excel Hell with Python and Pandas
Do you know or maybe work with people who abuse Excel? Is it their hammer to pound all the computational problems that get in their way? Well, join me to chat about this opportunity to bring Python deeper into their lives. You'll meet Chris Moffitt who runs Practical Business Python. He works with lots of folks who could make better use of Python to solve their business problems and he has a ton of material on his website. It's time to escape Excel hell with Python and Pandas.
21 Helmi 20191h 6min
#199: Automate all the things with Python at Zapier
Do your applications call a lot of APIs? Maybe you have a bunch of microservices driving your app. You probably don't have the crazy combinatorial explosion that Zapier does for connecting APIs! They have millions of users automating things with 1,000s of APIs. It's pretty crazy. And they are doing it all with Python. Join me and Bryan Helmig, the CTO and co-founder of Zapier as we discuss how they pull this off with Python.
14 Helmi 20191h 5min
