#517: Agentic Al Programming with Python
Talk Python To Me22 Elo 2025

#517: Agentic Al Programming with Python

Agentic AI programming is what happens when coding assistants stop acting like autocomplete and start collaborating on real work. In this episode, we cut through the hype and incentives to define “agentic,” then get hands-on with how tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and LangChain actually behave inside an established codebase. Our guest, Matt Makai, now VP of Developer Relations at DigitalOcean, creator of Full Stack Python and Plushcap, shares hard-won tactics. We unpack what breaks, from brittle “generate a bunch of tests” requests to agents amplifying technical debt and uneven design patterns. Plus, we also discuss a sane git workflow for AI-sized diffs. You’ll hear practical Claude tips, why developers write more bugs when typing less, and where open source agents are headed. Hint: The destination is humans as editors of systems, not just typists of code.

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#494: Update on Flet: Python + Flutter UIs

#494: Update on Flet: Python + Flutter UIs

As Python developers, we're incredibly lucky to have over half a million packages that we can use to build our applications with over at PyPI. However, when it comes to choosing a UI framework, the op...

21 Helmi 20251h

#493: Quarto: Open-source technical publishing

#493: Quarto: Open-source technical publishing

In this episode, I'm joined by JJ Allaire, founder and executive chairman at Posit, and Carlos Scheidegger, a software engineer at Posit, to explore Quarto, an open-source tool revolutionizing technic...

9 Helmi 20251h 5min

#492: Great Tables

#492: Great Tables

Join me as I chat with Rich Iannone and Michael Chow from Posit where we explore the transformative power of data tables with the Great Tables library. We'll cover practical applications of Great Tabl...

30 Tammi 20251h 4min

#491: DuckDB and Python: Ducks and Snakes living together

#491: DuckDB and Python: Ducks and Snakes living together

Join me for an insightful conversation with Alex Monahan, who works on documentation, tutorials, and training at DuckDB Labs. We explore why DuckDB is gaining momentum among Python and data enthusiast...

27 Joulu 20241h 2min

#490: Django Ninja

#490: Django Ninja

If you're a Django developer, I'm sure you've heard so many people raving about FastAPI and Pydantic. But you really love Django and don't want to switch. Then you might want to give Django Ninja a se...

24 Joulu 20241h 4min

#489: Anaconda Toolbox for Excel and more with Peter Wang

#489: Anaconda Toolbox for Excel and more with Peter Wang

Peter Wang has been pushing Python forward since the early days of its data science roots. We're lucky to have him back on the show. We're going to talk about the Anaconda Toolbox for Excel as well as...

20 Joulu 20241h 9min

#488: Multimodal data with LanceDB

#488: Multimodal data with LanceDB

LanceDB is a developer-friendly, open source database for AI. It's used by well-known companies such as Midjourney and Character.ai. We have Chang She, the CEO and cofounder of LanceDB on to give us a...

12 Joulu 202458min

#487: Building Rust Extensions for Python

#487: Building Rust Extensions for Python

There has been a lot of changes in the low-level Python space these days. The biggest has to be how many projects have rewritten core performance-intensive sections in Rust. Or even the wholesale adop...

1 Joulu 20241h 2min