#21: PyPy - The JIT Compiled Python Implementation
Is your Python code running a little slow? Did you know that the PyPy runtime could make it run up to 10x faster? Seriously! Maciej Fijalkowski is here to tell us all about it. This episode is all about the alternative, JIT compiled, garbage collection Python implementation PyPy.
18 Aug 201553min
#20: Interactive Python and Teaching Python: Beyond Text Books
What if your computer science textbooks could run their python code samples and that code ran directly in your browser, kinda like JavaScript but better, because: Python. It is possible and Brad Miller is making it happen!
11 Aug 201548min
#19: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Some of the things we do in life are tedious and boring. It's the kind of thing that machines or robots could do. So let's build those machines!
4 Aug 201541min
#18: Python Anti-patterns and other mistakes
Often the most important lessons we learn is what NOT to do. Show #18 is all about BAD Python code and Python Antipatterns with Andreas Dewes. Listen in to learn about the "Empty Intern Except Block" and other dubious coding decisions!
28 Jul 201548min
#17: Python on bare metal with MicroPython
How many layers of abstraction and indirection are between your python code and machine instructions? What if that number could be 1 and Python itself was the operating system? That would be so amazing, right?
21 Jul 201551min
#16: Python at Netflix
Right now there is a chaos monkey running through AWS knocking over Netflix servers. But don't be alarmed! It's all part of the plan. This is Talk Python to Me with Roy Rapoport from Netflix and the topic is "Python at Netflix."
14 Jul 201556min
#15: Python at Spotify, PSF, and PyLadies
A strong community is one of Python's super-powers and that's what this episode of Talk Python To Me is all about! We speak with Lynn Root about her work with Python at Spotify, her role in the PSF as a Python Software Foundation board member, how she came to be the founder of PyLadies San Francisco, her talks and presentations, as well as some excellent open source work she is doing.
7 Jul 201549min
#14: Moving from PHP to Python 3 with Patreon
It's uncommon when technology and purpose combine to create something amazing. But that's exactly what's happening here a Patreon. Learn how they are using Python to enable an entirely new type of crowdsourcing for creative endeavours (podcasting, art, open source, and more).
30 Jun 201549min
