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   How many attempts have been made to remove Python's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)? How do they compare to the current approach? Christopher...

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   How do you avoid the risk of running a Python application locally that could be malicious, break your code, or leak private data? How can you create...

   Do you feel like your Python skills are atrophying after using LLM coding tools? How do you add the right kind of friction into your coding routine...

   What's happening at EuroPython 2026? The conference celebrates its 25th anniversary this year in Kraków, Poland. This week on the show,...

   How can you easily reduce the size of a Python Docker container? What are the exceptions you should catch in your code? Christopher Trudeau is back...

   Have you ever been confused by the naming of modules you're importing from a package? Is there a standard way to organize and name your Python...

   How can you avoid schema problems in your Polars data pipeline when adding new columns? How can you quickly examine a GitHub user's profile to...

   What are the limitations of using a file-based agent workflow? Why do massive context windows tend to collapse? This week on the show, Mikiko Bazeley...

   What if you could build charts in Python by describing what your data means, instead of scripting every visual detail? Christopher Trudeau is back on...

   How do you add agent skills to your data science workflow? How can a coding agent assist with data wrangling and research? This week on the show,...

   How can learning Rust help make you a better Python Developer? How do techniques required by a compiled language translate to improving your Python...

   What are the current techniques being employed to improve the performance of LLM-based systems? How is the industry shifting from post-training...

   What goes into managing a major project? What techniques can you employ for a project that's in crisis? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show...

   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...

   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?...

   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?...

   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...

   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...

   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...

   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,...

   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?...

   If you haven't visited the Real Python website lately, then it's time to check out a great batch of updates on realpython.com Dan Bader...

   How often have you heard about the speed of Python? What's actually being measured, where are the bottlenecks---development time or run time--...

   Are you looking for that solid foundation to begin your Python journey? Would the accountability of scheduled group classes help you get through the...

   PyCoder's Weekly included over 1,500 links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and projects in 2025. Christopher Trudeau is back on the show...

   What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? Are these recent trends a move toward declarative programming...

   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...

   What are the steps to get started building a FastAPI application? What are the different types of concurrency available in Python? Christopher...

   How do you prepare your Python data science projects for production? What are the essential tools and techniques to make your code reproducible,...

   What are techniques for writing maintainable Python code? How do you make your Python more readable and easier to refactor? Christopher Trudeau is...

   How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from...

   How does Python 3.14 perform under a few hand-crafted benchmarks? Does the performance of asyncio scale on the free-threaded build? Christopher...

   How is teaching young students Python changing with the advent of LLMs? This week on the show, Kelly Schuster-Paredes from the Teaching Python...

   Python 3.14 is here Christopher Trudeau returns to discuss the new version with Real Python team member Bartosz ZaczyÅ ski. This year, Bartosz...

   What's changed about learning Python over the last few years? What new techniques and updated advice should beginners have as they start their...

   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...

   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...

   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...

   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...

   What is a good way to add isolated, reusable functionality to Python classes? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another...

   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...

   When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn't it just be simpler to use...

   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?...

   Do the design patterns learned in other programming languages translate to coding in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week,...

   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...