Episodes

  • Moving Towards Spec-Driven Development
    Dec 19 2025
    What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? Are these recent trends a move toward declarative programming? This week on the show, Marc Brooker, VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to discuss specification-driven development and Kiro.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Exploring Quantum Computing & Python Frameworks
    Dec 5 2025
    What are the recent advances in the field of quantum computing and high-performance computing? And what Python tools can you use to develop programs that run on quantum computers? This week on the show, Real Python author Negar Vahid discusses her tutorial, "Quantum Computing Basics With Qiskit."
    Show More Show Less
    50 mins
  • Building a FastAPI Application & Exploring Python Concurrency
    Nov 21 2025
    What are the steps to get started building a FastAPI application? What are the different types of concurrency available in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
    Show More Show Less
    35 mins
  • Preparing Data Science Projects for Production
    Nov 14 2025
    How do you prepare your Python data science projects for production? What are the essential tools and techniques to make your code reproducible, organized, and testable? This week on the show, Khuyen Tran from CodeCut discusses her new book, "Production Ready Data Science."
    Show More Show Less
    59 mins
  • Advice for Writing Maintainable Python Code
    Nov 7 2025
    What are techniques for writing maintainable Python code? How do you make your Python more readable and easier to refactor? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
    Show More Show Less
    55 mins
  • Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure
    Oct 31 2025
    How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new book, "Talk Python in Production."
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Benchmarking Python 3.14 & Enabling Asyncio to Scale
    Oct 24 2025
    How does Python 3.14 perform under a few hand-crafted benchmarks? Does the performance of asyncio scale on the free-threaded build? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
    Show More Show Less
    47 mins
  • Evolving Teaching Python in the Classroom
    Oct 17 2025
    How is teaching young students Python changing with the advent of LLMs? This week on the show, Kelly Schuster-Paredes from the Teaching Python podcast joins us to discuss coding and AI in the classroom.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 5 mins