#355: EdgeDB - Building a database in Python

How do you build Python applications that can handling literally billions of requests. I has certainly been done to great success with places like YouTube (handling 1M requests / sec) and Instagram as...

18 Apr 20211h 17min

These days Git is synonymous with source control itself. Rare are the current debates of whether to use git vs SVN vs some fossil like SourceSafe vs you name it. But do you know how Git works? What ab...

8 Apr 20211h 12min

The tables have turned and this time I'm the guest and you all are the hosts. I get a ton of questions over email and twitter asking me about my thoughts on various trends, tools, and behind the scene...

2 Apr 20211h 2min

Machine learning and data science are full of best practices and important workflows. Can we extrapolate these to our broader lives? Eugene Yan and I give it a shot on this slightly more philosophical...

26 Mar 202155min

Docker is one of the core elements of developing Python applications in consistent ways as well as running them across different hardware universally. On this episode, you'll meet Peter McKee from Doc...

20 Mar 20211h 8min

Python has changed a lot since its inception 30 years ago. On this episode, you'll meet Paul Everitt and Barry Warsaw. They have both been involved with Python since the very first Python conference (...

11 Mar 20211h 11min

When we talk about scaling software threading and async get all the buzz. And while they are powerful, using asynchronous queues can often be much more effective. You might think this means creating a...

5 Mar 20211h 5min

People often ask me how they can find a Python community to be part of. Maybe discussion forum or slack channel. This week, we look at one of the most active communities in Python Discord. It's Python...

1 Mar 20211h 1min