Episode 425: Michael Kennedy on Python

Brandon interviews Michael Kennedy, host of Talk Python to Me and founder of Talk Python Training. They discuss Python’s rapid growth, replacing Excel Worksheets with Jypter Notebooks and why Python is the preferred language for AI. Plus, a few thoughts on podcasting and motorcycles. Show Links Talk Python to Me (https://talkpython.fm/home) Python Bytes (https://pythonbytes.fm) Talk Python Training - Python courses and tutorials for developers (https://training.talkpython.fm/) Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023 (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/) Stack Overflow Trends (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=java%2Cc%2Cc%2B%2B%2Cpython%2Cc%23%2Cvb.net%2Cjavascript%2Cassembly%2Cphp%2Cperl%2Cruby%2Cswift%2Cr%2Cobjective-c) YouTube vs. Google Video (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/156/python-history-and-perspectives#transcript_at_3056) The 7 Biggest Excel Mistakes of All Time (https://www.teampay.co/blog/biggest-excel-mistakes-of-all-time) Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates) Discovering exoplanets with Python (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/289/discovering-exoplanets-with-python) Python Interviews: Discussions with Python Experts (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1788399080/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=mickensblo-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1788399080&linkId=6033f85abee7932145b302638e14bddc) Mojo 🔥 — a new programming language for all AI developers. (https://www.modular.com/mojo) Contact Michael LinkedIn: mkennedy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkennedy/) Twitter: @mkennedy (https://twitter.com/mkennedy?lang=en) Mastodon: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org (https://fosstodon.org/@mkennedy) SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Special Guest: Michael Kennedy.