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Posts by Christopher Trudeau

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Episode #289: Limitations in Human and Automated Code Review – The Real Python Podcast With the mountains of Python code that it's possible to generate now, how's your code review going? What are the limitations of human review, and where does machine review excel? Christopher Trudeau…

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about Great Tables, task queues, context managers, and more.

With content from: @duckdb.org @pypyproject.bsky.social @jeffmorhous.bsky.social @lukeplant.me.uk @glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @theorangeone.net and others.

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PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #727 Sunsetting Jazzband, Spyder, A/B Testing, and More

📰🐍 Get the best Python links of the week: PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #727: Sunsetting Jazzband, Spyder, A/B Testing, and More (March 24, 2026) pycoders.com/issues/727

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Episode #288: Automate Exploratory Data Analysis & Invent Python Comprehensions – The Real Python Podcast How do you quickly get an understanding of what's inside a new set of data? How can you share an exploratory data analysis with your team? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with…

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about standalone Django ORMs, YData, a bit of programming history, and more.

With content from: @djangoproject.com @paulox.net @isabelizimm.bsky.social @trey.io @mkennedy.codes and others not on the 🦋

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I'm about 3/4s through. Enjoying it as much as the others. Great job! Happy book signing.

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PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #726 Lazy Imports, Pydantic AI, Classes, and More

📰🐍 Get the best Python links of the week: PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #726: Lazy Imports, Pydantic AI, Classes, and More (March 17, 2026) pycoders.com/issues/726

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🐍🎧 Crafting and Editing In-Depth Tutorials at Real Python

What goes into creating the tutorials you read at Real Python? This week, Real Python team members Martin Breuss, Brenda Weleschuk, and Philipp Acsany join us to discuss topic curation, review stages, and quality assurance.

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🐍📩 Pycoders Weekly (Issue 725) — Generators, __init__.py, Pointblank, and More

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Episode #287: Crafting and Editing In-Depth Tutorials at Real Python – The Real Python Podcast What goes into creating the tutorials you read at Real Python? What are the steps in the editorial process, and who are the people behind the scenes? This week on the show, Real Python team members Martin...

🎧🐍 Episode #287 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Crafting and Editing In-Depth Tutorials at Real Python realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

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PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #725 Generators, __init__.py, Pointblank, and More

📰🐍 Get the best Python links of the week: PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #725: Generators, __init__.py, Pointblank, and More (March 10, 2026) pycoders.com/issues/725

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CPython: 36 Years of Source Code | Python Insider An analysis of the growth of CPython's codebase from its first commits to the present day

Interesting post from @stan.ulbrych.org with an annotated chart showing the growth of CPython's source code over the decades:
blog.python.org/2026/03/cpyt...
#Python #CPython #history

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Want to improve your testing process? You should check out "Effective BDD" by Nagy and @sebrose.bsky.social from @manning.com. It is about 2/3rds written and already has loads of great stuff in it. I've used BDD with my clients and still found useful tips and pointers throughout.

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Episode #286: Overcoming Testing Obstacles With Python's Mock Object Library – The Real Python Podcast Do you have complex logic and unpredictable dependencies that make it hard to write reliable tests? How can you use Python's mock object library to improve your tests? Christopher Trudeau is back on…

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about unittest.mock, match-case, time in programming and more.

With content from: @djangoproject.com @wagtail.org @thibaudcolas.bsky.social @pypi.org
@cnx-software.com @trey.io @shanrauf.bsky.social and others not on the 🦋

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Python Unplugged on PyTV – Free Online Python Conference Watch Python Unplugged, a free online conference bringing together top Python community leaders – open to developers of any level.

There is a Free Python conference next week. Check it out!
My friend @t-redactyl.bsky.social is one of the hosts.
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PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #723 Chained Assignment, Great Tables, Docstrings, and More

📰🐍 Get the best Python links of the week: PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #723: Chained Assignment, Great Tables, Docstrings, and More (Feb. 24, 2026) pycoders.com/issues/723

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Looking to learn the basics of FastAPI? My new course is up, learn how to quickly create APIs, use Pydantic for your models, and HTTP methods to perform CRUD ops.

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Yep same. And before you ask "star-star-keyword args"

Which is interesting because sometimes I use mainframe terminology and refer to "star" as "splat", but not in Python.

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Episode #285: Exploring MCP Apps & Adding Interactive UIs to Clients – The Real Python Podcast How can you move your MCP tools beyond plain text? How do you add interactive UI components directly inside chat conversations? This week on the show, Den Delimarsky from Anthropic joins us to discuss...

🎧🐍 Episode #285 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Exploring MCP Apps & Adding Interactive UIs to Clients realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

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PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #722 Itertools, Circular Imports, Mock, and More

📰🐍 Get the best Python links of the week: PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #722: Itertools, Circular Imports, Mock, and More (Feb. 17, 2026) pycoders.com/issues/722

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🐍🎧 Running Local LLMs With Ollama and Connecting With Python

How do you integrate your Python projects with a local model? @trudeau.dev is back this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

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Episode #284: Running Local LLMs With Ollama and Connecting With Python – The Real Python Podcast Would you like to learn how to work with LLMs locally on your own computer? How do you integrate your Python projects with a local model? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with…

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about callables, GeoPandas, subprocess polling, and more.

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🐍📩 Pycoders Weekly (Issue 721) — Classification With zstd, Callables, Gemini, and More

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Woo hoo! 🎉

My book, #Python Workout (2nd edition), is now the #20 best-selling book in programming languages at Amazon.

Thanks so much to everyone who has bought it, and also to everyone leaving such kind reviews.

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Looks like my new course is up, come learn how to improve your testing with Python's unittest.mock module.

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Episode #283: Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience – The Real Python Podcast What are ways to improve how you're using GitHub? How can you collaborate more effectively and improve your technical writing? This week on the show, Adam Johnson is back to talk about his new book, "Boost...

🎧🐍 Episode #283 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

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One place I was at years ago, the person calling in was claiming to be one of the employees and just needed someone's extension. Fortunately, that employee was standing at the receptionist's desk at the time. We quickly implemented a "don't give out digits policy".

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PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #720 Subprocess, Memray, Callables, and More

📰🐍 Get the best Python links of the week: PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #720: Subprocess, Memray, Callables, and More (Feb. 3, 2026) pycoders.com/issues/720

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🐍🎧 Testing Python Code for Scalability & What's New in pandas 3.0

What are the new features in pandas 3.0? @trudeau.dev is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

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Episode #282: Testing Python Code for Scalability & What's New in pandas 3.0 – The Real Python Podcast How do you create automated tests to check your code for degraded performance as data sizes increase? What are the new features in pandas 3.0? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with…

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about pandas 3.0, unit testing performance, and more.

With content from: @djangoproject.com @itamarst.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy @adamj.eu @opensource.google and others not on the 🦋

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🐍📩 Pycoders Weekly (Issue 719) — Django Tasks, Dictionaries, Ollama, and More

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You were a busy man over the holidays!

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