Driving Toward A Faster Python Interpreter With Pyston - Episode 298

January 19, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Driving Toward A Faster Python Interpreter With Pyston - Episode 298

One of the common complaints about Python is that it is slow. There are languages and runtimes that can execute code faster, but they are not as easy to be productive with, so many people are willing to make that tradeoff. There are some use cases, however, that truly need the benefit of faster execution. To address this problem Kevin Modzelewski helped to create the Pyston intepreter that is focused on speeding up unmodified Python code. In this episode he shares the history of the project, discusses his current efforts to optimize a fork of the CPython interpreter, and his goals for building a business to support the ongoing work to make Python faster for everyone. This is an...

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Project Scaffolding That Evolves With Your Software Using Copier - Episode 297

January 12, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Project Scaffolding That Evolves With Your Software Using Copier - Episode 297

Every software project has a certain amount of boilerplate to handle things like linting rules, test configuration, and packaging. Rather than recreate everything manually every time you start a new project you can use a utility to generate all of the necessary scaffolding from a template. This allows you to extract best practices and team standards into a reusable project that will save you time. The Copier project is one such utility that goes above and beyond the bare minimum by supporting project _evolution_, letting you bring in the changes to the source template after you already have a project that you have dedicated significant work on. In this episode Jairo Llopis explains how the Copier project works under...

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How Python's Evolution Impacts Your Fluency With Luciano Ramalho - Episode 296

January 5, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on How Python's Evolution Impacts Your Fluency With Luciano Ramalho - Episode 296

On its surface Python is a simple language which is what has contributed to its rise in popularity. As you move to intermediate and advanced usage you will find a number of interesting and elegant design elements that will let you build scalable and maintainable systems and design friendly interfaces. Luciano Ramalho is best known as the author of Fluent Python which has quickly become a leading resource for Python developers to increase their facility with the language. In this episode he shares his journey with Python and his perspective on how the recent changes to the interpreter and ecosystem are influencing who is adopting it and how it is being used. Luciano has an interesting perspective on how...

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Making Content Management A Smooth Experience With A Headless CMS - Episode 295

December 28, 2020 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Making Content Management A Smooth Experience With A Headless CMS - Episode 295

Building a web application requires integrating a number of separate concerns into a single experience. One of the common requirements is a content management system to allow product owners and marketers to make the changes needed for them to do their jobs. Rather than spend the time and focus of your developers to build the end to end system a growing trend is to use a headless CMS. In this episode Jake Lumetta shares why he decided to spend his time and energy on building a headless CMS as a service, when and why you might want to use one, and how to integrate it into your applications so that you can focus on the rest of your application.

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Turning Notebooks Into Collaborative And Dynamic Data Applications With Hex - Episode 294

December 21, 2020 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Turning Notebooks Into Collaborative And Dynamic Data Applications With Hex - Episode 294

Notebooks have been a useful tool for analytics, exploratory programming, and shareable data science for years, and their popularity is continuing to grow. Despite their widespread use, there are still a number of challenges that inhibit collaboration and use by non-technical stakeholders. Barry McCardel and his team at Hex have built a platform to make collaboration on Jupyter notebooks a first class experience, as well as allowing notebooks to be parameterized and exposing the logic through interactive web applications. In this episode Barry shares his perspective on the state of the notebook ecosystem, why it is such as powerful tool for computing and analytics, and how he has built a successful business around improving the end to end experience...

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