#516: Accelerating Python Data Science at NVIDIA
Python’s data stack is getting a serious GPU turbo boost. In this episode, Ben Zaitlen from NVIDIA joins us to unpack RAPIDS, the open source toolkit that lets pandas, scikit-learn, Spark, Polars, and...
19 Aug 20251h 5min
#515: Durable Python Execution with Temporal
What if your code was crash-proof? That's the value prop for a framework called Temporal. Temporal is a durable execution platform that enables developers to build scalable applications without sacrif...
11 Aug 20251h 10min
#514: Python Language Summit 2025
Every year the core developers of Python convene in person to focus on high priority topics for CPython and beyond. This year they met at PyCon US 2025. Those meetings are closed door to keep focused ...
18 Jul 20251h 13min
#513: Stories from Python History
Why do people listen to this podcast? Sure, they're looking for technical explorations of new libraries and ideas. But often it's to hear the story behind them. If that speaks to you, then I have the ...
14 Jul 20251h 8min
#512: Building a JIT Compiler for CPython
Do you like to dive into the details and intricacies of how Python executes and how we can optimize it? Well, do I have an episode for you. We welcome back Brandt Bucher to give us an update on the up...
2 Jul 20251h 8min
#511: From Notebooks to Production Data Science Systems
If you're doing data science and have mostly spent your time doing exploratory or just local development, this could be the episode for you. We are joined by Catherine Nelson to discuss techniques and...
25 Jun 202554min
#510: 10 Polars Tools and Techniques To Level Up Your Data Science
Are you using Polars for your data science work? Maybe you've been sticking with the tried-and-true Pandas? There are many benefits to Polars directly of course. But you might not be aware of all the ...
18 Jun 20251h 2min
#509: GPU Programming in Pure Python
If you're looking to leverage the insane power of modern GPUs for data science and ML, you might think you'll need to use some low-level programming language such as C++. But the folks over at NVIDIA ...
11 Jun 202557min
