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The Real Python Podcast
A weekly Python podcast hosted by Christopher Bailey with interviews, coding tips, and conversation with guests from the Python community. The show covers a wide range of topics including Python programming best practices, career tips, and related software development topics. Join us every Friday...
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Python 3.14: Exploring the New Features
Python 3.14 is here! Christopher Trudeau returns to discuss the new version with Real Python team member Bartosz Zaczyński. This year, Bartosz coordin...
Advice on Beginning to Learn Python
What's changed about learning Python over the last few years? What new techniques and updated advice should beginners have as they start their journey...
Managing Feature Flags & Comparing Python Visualization Libraries
What's a good way to enable or disable code paths without redeploying the software? How can you use feature flags to toggle functionality for specific...
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’...
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 se...
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 benchmark...
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 batc...
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 wo...
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 function...
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?...
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, bringi...
Supporting the Python Package Index
What goes into supporting more than 650,000 projects and nearly a million users of the Python Package Index? This week on the show, we speak with Mari...
Comparing Real-World Python Performance Against Big O
How does the performance of an algorithm hold up when you put it into a realistic context? Where might Python code defy Big O notation expectations wh...
Solving Problems and Saving Time in Chemistry With Python
What motivates someone to learn how to code as a scientist? How do you harness the excitement of solving problems quickly and make the connection to t...
Structuring Python Scripts & Exciting Non-LLM Software Trends
What goes into crafting an effective Python script? How do you organize your code, manage dependencies with PEP 723, and handle command-line arguments...
Scaling Python Web Applications With Kubernetes and Karpenter
What goes into scaling a web application today? What are resources for learning and practicing DevOps skills? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Pa...
Starting With marimo Notebooks & Python App Config Management
Looking for a guide on getting started with marimo notebooks? How do you build a reproducible notebook for sharing or create a dashboard with interact...
Rodrigo Girão Serrão: Python Training, itertools, and Idioms
Once you've learned the vocabulary and syntax of the Python language, how do you progress into learning the right combinations to put into your code?...
Python Thread Safety & Managing Projects With uv
What are the ways you can manage multithreaded code in Python? What synchronization techniques are available within Python's threading module? Christo...
DjangoCon Europe 2025: Live Recording From Dublin
What goes into making video courses at Real Python? How should you build an installable Django application? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show th...
Going Beyond requirements.txt With pylock.toml and PEP 751
What is the best way to record the Python dependencies for the reproducibility of your projects? What advantages will lock files provide for those pro...
Experiments With Gen AI, Knowledge Graphs, Workflows, and Python
Are you looking for some projects where you can practice your Python skills? Would you like to experiment with building a generative AI app or an auto...
Exploring DuckDB & Comparing Python Expressions vs Statements
Are you looking for a fast database that can handle large datasets in Python? What's the difference between a Python expression and a statement? Chris...
Learning Intermediate Python With a Deep Dive Course
Do you want to learn deeper concepts in Python? Would the accountability of scheduled group classes help you get past the basics? This week, five Real...
GUIs & TUIs: Choosing a User Interface for Your Python Project
What are the current Python graphical user interface libraries? Should you build everything in the terminal and create a text-based user interface ins...
A Decade of Automating the Boring Stuff With Python
What goes into updating one of the most popular books about working with Python? After a decade of changes in the Python landscape, what projects, lib...
Manage Projects With pyproject.toml & Explore Polars LazyFrames
How can you simplify the management of your Python projects with one file? What are the advantages of using LazyFrames in Polars? Christopher Trudeau...
Eric Matthes: Maybe Don't Start With Unit Tests
Should you always start testing your code with unit tests? When does it make sense to look at integration or end-to-end testing as a first step instea...
Deciphering Python Jargon & Compiling Python 1.0
How do you learn the terms commonly used when speaking about Python? How is the jargon similar to other programming languages? Christopher Trudeau is...
Telling Effective Stories With Your Python Visualizations
How do you make compelling visualizations that best convey the story of your data? What methods can you employ within popular Python tools to improve...
Behavior-Driven vs Test-Driven Development & Using Regex in Python
What is behavior-driven development, and how does it work alongside test-driven development? How do you communicate requirements between teams in an o...
Charlie Marsh: Accelerating Python Tooling With Ruff and uv
Are you looking for fast tools to lint your code and manage your projects? How is the Rust programming language being used to speed up Python tools? T...
Testing Your Python Code Base: Unit vs. Integration
What goes into creating automated tests for your Python code? Should you focus on testing the individual code sections or on how the entire system run...
Simon Willison: Using LLMs for Python Development
What are the current large language model (LLM) tools you can use to develop Python? What prompting techniques and strategies produce better results?...
Principles for Considering Your Python Tooling
What are the principles you should consider when making decisions about which Python tools to use? What anti-patterns get in the way of making the rig...
Building New Structures for Learning Python
What are the new ways we can teach and share our knowledge about Python? How can we improve the structure of our current offerings and build new educa...
PyCoder's Weekly 2024 Top Articles & Missing Gems
PyCoder's Weekly included over 1,500 links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and projects in 2024. Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week...
Exploring Modern Sentiment Analysis Approaches in Python
What are the current approaches for analyzing emotions within a piece of text? Which tools and Python packages should you use for sentiment analysis?...
Good Python Programming Practices When New to the Language
What advice would you give to someone moving from another language to Python? What good programming practices are inherent to the language? Christophe...
marimo: Reactive Notebooks and Deployable Web Apps in Python
What are common issues with using notebooks for Python development? How do you know the current state, share reproducible results, or create interacti...