Episódios

  • Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws

    Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws
    Sep 5 2025
    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 benchmarks provide reliable performance assessments? This week on the show, Jodie Burchell returns to discuss the current state of LLM releases.
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    1 hora e 29 minutos
  • Exploring Mixin Classes in Python

    Exploring Mixin Classes in Python
    Aug 29 2025
    What is a good way to add isolated, reusable functionality to Python classes? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    50 minutos
  • Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python

    Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python
    Aug 22 2025
    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 work on SciPy, NumPy, Numba, and many other contributions to the Python scientific community.
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    1 hora e 11 minutos
  • Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python

    Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python
    Aug 15 2025
    When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn't it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    46 minutos
  • Harnessing the Power of Python Polars

    Harnessing the Power of Python Polars
    Aug 8 2025
    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? This week on the show, we speak with Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp about their new book, _Python Polars: The Definitive Guide_.
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    1 hora e 15 minutos
  • Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python

    Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python
    Aug 1 2025
    Do the design patterns learned in other programming languages translate to coding in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    49 minutos
  • Supporting the Python Package Index

    Supporting the Python Package Index
    Jul 25 2025
    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 Maria Ashna about her first year as the inaugural PyPI Support Specialist.
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    50 minutos
  • Comparing Real-World Python Performance Against Big O

    Comparing Real-World Python Performance Against Big O
    Jul 11 2025
    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 when using a profiler? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    45 minutos