Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP
When converting an existing REST API to the Model Context Protocol, what should you consider? What anti-patterns should you avoid to keep an AI agent’s context clean? This week on the show, Kyle Strat...
19 Sep 20251h 24min
Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History
What are your options for hosting your Python application or scripts? What are the advantages of a platform as a service, container-based hosts, or setting up a virtual machine? Christopher Trudeau is...
12 Sep 202543min
Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws
What's happening with the latest releases of large language models? Is the industry hitting the edge of the scaling laws, and do the current benchmarks provide reliable performance assessments? This w...
5 Sep 20251h 28min
Exploring Mixin Classes in Python
What is a good way to add isolated, reusable functionality to Python classes? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
29 Aug 202550min
Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python
What went into developing the open-source Python tools data scientists use every day? This week on the show, we talk with Travis Oliphant about his work on SciPy, NumPy, Numba, and many other contribu...
22 Aug 20251h 11min
Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python
When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn't it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this we...
15 Aug 202546min
Harnessing the Power of Python Polars
What are the advantages of using Polars for your Python data projects? When should you use the lazy or eager APIs, and what are the benefits of each? This week on the show, we speak with Jeroen Jansse...
8 Aug 20251h 14min
Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python
Do the design patterns learned in other programming languages translate to coding in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and ...
1 Aug 202549min
