#404: Clean Code in Python
Clean code is one of those aspects of your programming career that's easy to put on the back burner (sometimes by management more than yourself). But it's important in the short term for writing more ...
20 Feb 20231h 4min
#403: Fusion Ignition Breakthrough and Python
Imagine a world with free and unlimited clean energy. That's the musings of a great science fiction story. But nuclear fusion (the kind that powers the sun) has always been close at hand, we see the s...
13 Feb 20231h 4min
#402: Polars: A Lightning-fast DataFrame for Python [updated audio]
When you think about processing tabular data in Python, what library comes to mind? Pandas, I'd guess. But there are other libraries out there and Polars is one of the more exciting new ones. It's bui...
8 Feb 202358min
#401: Migrating 3.8 Million Lines of Python
At some point, you've probably migrated an app from one framework or major runtime version to another. For example, Django to Flask, Python 2 to Python 3, or even Angular to Vue.js. This can be a big ...
2 Feb 20231h
#400: Ruff - The Fast, Rust-based Python Linter
Our code quality tools (linters, test frameworks, and others) play an important role in keeping our code error free and conforming to the rules our teams have chosen. But when these tools become slugg...
25 Jan 20231h 3min
#399: Monorepos in Python
Monorepos are contrary to how many of us have been taught to use source control. To start a project or app, the first thing we do is create a git repo for it. This leads to many focused and small repo...
18 Jan 20231h 10min
#398: Imaging Black Holes with Python
The iconic and first ever image of a black hole was recently released. It took over a decade of work and is a major achievement for astronomy and broadens our understanding of the universe for all of ...
14 Jan 202358min
#397: Evaluating New Open Source Tech Panel
The beauty of open source software and libraries is that you're not stuck with a single option some vendor is offering. This is especially true when that support is poor and antiquated. Almost any cap...
5 Jan 20231h 3min
