Decoupling Systems to Get Closer to the Data
What are the benefits of using a decoupled data processing system? How do you write reusable queries for a variety of backend data platforms? This week on the show, Phillip Cloud, the lead maintainer of Ibis, will discuss this portable Python dataframe library.
19 Apr 20241h 9min
Avoiding Error Culture and Getting Help Inside Python
What is error culture, and how do you avoid it within your organization? How do you navigate alert and notification fatigue? Hey, it's episode #200! Real Python's editor-in-chief, Dan Bader, joins us this week to celebrate. Christopher Trudeau also returns to bring another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
12 Apr 20241h 5min
Leveraging Documents and Data to Create a Custom LLM Chatbot
How do you customize a LLM chatbot to address a collection of documents and data? What tools and techniques can you use to build embeddings into a vector database? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Parker is back to discuss developing an AI-powered, Large Language Model-driven chat interface.
5 Apr 20241h 8min
Build a Video Game With Python Turtle & Visualize Data in Seaborn
Can you build a Space Invaders clone using Python's built-in turtle module? What advantages does the Seaborn data visualization library provide compared to Matplotlib? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, along with special guest Real Python core team member Bartosz Zaczyński. We're sharing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
29 Mar 202449min
Using Python in Bioinformatics and the Laboratory
How is Python being used to automate processes in the laboratory? How can it speed up scientific work with DNA sequencing? This week on the show, Chemical Engineering PhD Student Parsa Ghadermazi is here to discuss Python in bioinformatics.
22 Mar 202450min
Exploring Duck Typing in Python & Dynamics of Monkey Patching
What are the advantages of determining the type of an object by how it behaves? What coding circumstances are not a good fit for duck typing? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
15 Mar 202450min
Building a Healthy Developer Mindset While Learning Python
How do you get yourself unstuck when facing a programming problem? How do you develop a positive developer mindset while learning Python? This week on the show, Bob Belderbos from Pybites is here to talk about learning Python and building healthy developer habits.
8 Mar 20241h
Automate Tasks With Python & Building a Small Search Engine
What are the typical computer tasks you do manually every week? Could you automate those tasks with a Python script? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
1 Mar 202444min
