The Real Python Podcast

Limitations in Human and Automated Code Review

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 wher...

Automate Exploratory Data Analysis & Invent Python Comprehensions

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Crafting and Editing In-Depth Tutorials at Real Python

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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? ...

Overcoming Testing Obstacles With Python's Mock Object Library

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 im...

Exploring MCP Apps & Adding Interactive UIs to Clients

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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,...

Running Local LLMs With Ollama and Connecting With Python

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

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

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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? Christo...

Continuing to Improve the Learning Experience at Real Python

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 returns to th...

Considering Fast and Slow in Python Programming

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

Coding Python With Confidence: Beginners Live Course Participants

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

PyCoder's Weekly 2025 Top Articles & Hidden Gems

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

Moving Towards Spec-Driven Development

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Exploring Quantum Computing & Python Frameworks

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Building a FastAPI Application & Exploring Python Concurrency

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Preparing Data Science Projects for Production

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Advice for Writing Maintainable Python Code

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Benchmarking Python 3.14 & Enabling Asyncio to Scale

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Evolving Teaching Python in the Classroom

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Python 3.14: Exploring the New Features

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Advice on Beginning to Learn Python

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Managing Feature Flags & Comparing Python Visualization Libraries

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 specific...

Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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’...

Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 se...

Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 benchmark...

Exploring Mixin Classes in Python

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 wo...

Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Harnessing the Power of Python Polars

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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? ...

Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Supporting the Python Package Index

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Mari...

Comparing Real-World Python Performance Against Big O

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 wh...

Solving Problems and Saving Time in Chemistry With Python

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What motivates someone to learn how to code as a scientist? How do you harness the excitement of solving problems quickly and make the connection to t...

Structuring Python Scripts & Exciting Non-LLM Software Trends

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What goes into crafting an effective Python script? How do you organize your code, manage dependencies with PEP 723, and handle command-line arguments...

Scaling Python Web Applications With Kubernetes and Karpenter

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What goes into scaling a web application today? What are resources for learning and practicing DevOps skills? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Pa...

Starting With marimo Notebooks & Python App Config Management

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Looking for a guide on getting started with marimo notebooks? How do you build a reproducible notebook for sharing or create a dashboard with interact...

Rodrigo Girão Serrão: Python Training, itertools, and Idioms

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once you've learned the vocabulary and syntax of the Python language, how do you progress into learning the right combinations to put into your code? ...

Python Thread Safety & Managing Projects With uv

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are the ways you can manage multithreaded code in Python? What synchronization techniques are available within Python's threading module? Christo...

DjangoCon Europe 2025: Live Recording From Dublin

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What goes into making video courses at Real Python? How should you build an installable Django application? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show th...

Going Beyond requirements.txt With pylock.toml and PEP 751

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is the best way to record the Python dependencies for the reproducibility of your projects? What advantages will lock files provide for those pro...

Experiments With Gen AI, Knowledge Graphs, Workflows, and Python

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are you looking for some projects where you can practice your Python skills? Would you like to experiment with building a generative AI app or an auto...

Exploring DuckDB & Comparing Python Expressions vs Statements

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are you looking for a fast database that can handle large datasets in Python? What's the difference between a Python expression and a statement? Chris...

Learning Intermediate Python With a Deep Dive Course

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you want to learn deeper concepts in Python? Would the accountability of scheduled group classes help you get past the basics? This week, five Real...

GUIs & TUIs: Choosing a User Interface for Your Python Project

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are the current Python graphical user interface libraries? Should you build everything in the terminal and create a text-based user interface ins...

A Decade of Automating the Boring Stuff With Python

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What goes into updating one of the most popular books about working with Python? After a decade of changes in the Python landscape, what projects, lib...

Manage Projects With pyproject.toml & Explore Polars LazyFrames

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can you simplify the management of your Python projects with one file? What are the advantages of using LazyFrames in Polars? Christopher Trudeau ...

Eric Matthes: Maybe Don't Start With Unit Tests

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Should you always start testing your code with unit tests? When does it make sense to look at integration or end-to-end testing as a first step instea...

Deciphering Python Jargon & Compiling Python 1.0

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you learn the terms commonly used when speaking about Python? How is the jargon similar to other programming languages? Christopher Trudeau is ...

Telling Effective Stories With Your Python Visualizations

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you make compelling visualizations that best convey the story of your data? What methods can you employ within popular Python tools to improve ...

Behavior-Driven vs Test-Driven Development & Using Regex in Python

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is behavior-driven development, and how does it work alongside test-driven development? How do you communicate requirements between teams in an o...

Charlie Marsh: Accelerating Python Tooling With Ruff and uv

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are you looking for fast tools to lint your code and manage your projects? How is the Rust programming language being used to speed up Python tools? T...

Testing Your Python Code Base: Unit vs. Integration

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What goes into creating automated tests for your Python code? Should you focus on testing the individual code sections or on how the entire system run...

Simon Willison: Using LLMs for Python Development

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are the current large language model (LLM) tools you can use to develop Python? What prompting techniques and strategies produce better results? ...

Principles for Considering Your Python Tooling

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are the principles you should consider when making decisions about which Python tools to use? What anti-patterns get in the way of making the rig...

Building New Structures for Learning Python

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are the new ways we can teach and share our knowledge about Python? How can we improve the structure of our current offerings and build new educa...

PyCoder's Weekly 2024 Top Articles & Missing Gems

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

PyCoder's Weekly included over 1,500 links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and projects in 2024. Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week...

Exploring Modern Sentiment Analysis Approaches in Python

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the current approaches for analyzing emotions within a piece of text? Which tools and Python packages should you use for sentiment analysis? ...

Good Python Programming Practices When New to the Language

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What advice would you give to someone moving from another language to Python? What good programming practices are inherent to the language? Christophe...

marimo: Reactive Notebooks and Deployable Web Apps in Python

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are common issues with using notebooks for Python development? How do you know the current state, share reproducible results, or create interacti...

The Joy of Tinkering & Python Free-Threading Performance

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What keeps your spark alive for developing software and learning Python? Do you like to try new frameworks, build toy projects, or collaborate with ot...

Maintaining the Foundations of Python & Cautionary Tales

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you build a sustainable open-source project and community? What lessons can be learned from Python's history and the current mess that the Word...

New PEPs: Template Strings & External Wheel Hosting

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you wanted the flexibility of f-strings but need safety checks in place? What if you could have deferred evaluation for logging or avoiding injec...

PySheets: Spreadsheets in the Browser Using PyScript

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What goes into building a spreadsheet application in Python that runs in the browser? How do you make it launch quickly, and where do you store the ce...

Python Getting Faster and Leaner & Ideas for Django Projects

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What changes are happening under the hood in the latest versions of Python? How are these updates laying the groundwork for a faster Python in the com...

Narwhals: Expanding DataFrame Compatibility Between Libraries

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How does a Python tool support all types of DataFrames and their various features? Could a lightweight library be used to add compatibility for newer ...

Exploring the New Features of Python 3.13

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Python 3.13 is here! Our regular guests, Geir Arne Hjelle and Christopher Trudeau, return to discuss the new version. This year, Geir Arne coordinated...

Using Virtual Environments in Docker & Comparing Python Dev Tools

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Should you use a Python virtual environment in a Docker container? What are the advantages of using the same development practices locally and inside ...

Thriving as a Developer With ADHD

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are strategies for being a productive developer with ADHD? How can you help your team members with ADHD to succeed and complete projects? This we...

Configuring Git Pre-Commit Hooks & Estimating Software Projects

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you take advantage of Git pre-commit hooks? How do you build custom software checks and rules that run every time you commit your code? Christo...

Astrophysics and Astronomy With Python & PyCon Africa 2024

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in practicing your Python skills while learning how to solve astrophysics and astronomy problems? Christopher Trudeau is back on th...

Exploring Robotics and Python Through Electronic Projects

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in learning robotics with Python? Can physical electronics-based projects grow a child's interest in coding? This week on the show,...

Packaging Data Analyses & Using pandas GroupBy

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the best practices for organizing data analysis projects in Python? What are the advantages of a more package-centric approach to data scienc...

Learning Through Building the Black Python Devs Community

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What hurdles must be cleared when starting an international organization? How do you empower others in a community by sharing responsibilities? This w...

Using GraphQL in Django With Strawberry & Prototype Purgatory

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you integrate GraphQL into your Python web development? How about quickly building graph-based APIs inside Django's battery-included framework?...

Build Captivating Display Tables in Python With Great Tables

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you need help making data tables in Python look interesting and attractive? How can you create beautiful display-ready tables as easily as charts a...

Constraint Programming & Exploring Python's Built-in Functions

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are discrete optimization problems? How do you solve them with constraint programming in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this wee...

Digging Into Graph Theory in Python With David Amos

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you wondered about graph theory and how to start exploring it in Python? What resources and Python libraries can you use to experiment and learn ...

Python Doesn't Round Numbers the Way You Might Think

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does Python round numbers the same way you learned back in math class? You might be surprised by the default method Python uses and the variety of way...

Creating a Guitar Synthesizer & Generating WAV Files With Python

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What techniques go into synthesizing a guitar sound in Python? What higher-level programming and Python concepts can you practice while building advan...

Python's Command-Line Utilities & Music Information Retrieval Tools

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the built-in Python modules that can work as useful command-line tools? How can these tools add more functionality to Windows machines? Chris...

Detecting Outliers in Your Data With Python

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you find the most interesting or suspicious points within your data? What libraries and techniques can you use to detect these anomalies with P...

Decomposing Software Problems & Avoiding the Trap of Clever Code

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you effectively break a software problem into individual steps? What are signs you're writing overly clever code? Christopher Trudeau is back o...

Building Python Unit Tests & Exploring a Data Visualization Gallery

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you start adding unit tests to your Python code? Can the built-in unittest framework cover most or all of your needs? Christopher Trudeau is ba...

Considering Accessibility & Assistive Tech as a Python Developer

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What's it like to learn Python as a visually impaired or blind developer? How can you improve the accessibility of your Python web applications and le...

Querying OpenStreetMaps via API & Lazy Evaluation in Python

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Would you like to get more practice working with APIs in Python? How about exploring the globe using the data from OpenStreetMap? Christopher Trudeau ...

Embarking on a Relaxed and Friendly Python Coding Journey

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you get stressed while trying to learn Python? Do you prefer to build small programs or projects as you continue your coding journey? This week on ...

Pydantic Data Validation & Python Web Security Practices

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you verify and validate the data coming into your Python web application? What tools and security best practices should you consider as a devel...

Decoupling Systems to Get Closer to the Data

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the benefits of using a decoupled data processing system? How do you write reusable queries for a variety of backend data platforms? This wee...

Avoiding Error Culture and Getting Help Inside Python

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is error culture, and how do you avoid it within your organization? How do you navigate alert and notification fatigue? Hey, it's episode #200! R...

Leveraging Documents and Data to Create a Custom LLM Chatbot

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you customize a LLM chatbot to address a collection of documents and data? What tools and techniques can you use to build embeddings into a vec...

Build a Video Game With Python Turtle & Visualize Data in Seaborn

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can you build a Space Invaders clone using Python's built-in turtle module? What advantages does the Seaborn data visualization library provide compar...

Using Python in Bioinformatics and the Laboratory

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How is Python being used to automate processes in the laboratory? How can it speed up scientific work with DNA sequencing? This week on the show, Chem...

Exploring Duck Typing in Python & Dynamics of Monkey Patching

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the advantages of determining the type of an object by how it behaves? What coding circumstances are not a good fit for duck typing? Christop...

Building a Healthy Developer Mindset While Learning Python

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you get yourself unstuck when facing a programming problem? How do you develop a positive developer mindset while learning Python? This week on...

Automate Tasks With Python & Building a Small Search Engine

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the typical computer tasks you do manually every week? Could you automate those tasks with a Python script? Christopher Trudeau is back on th...

Wes McKinney on Improving the Data Stack & Composable Systems

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you avoid the bottlenecks of data processing systems? Is it possible to build tools that decouple storage and computation? This week on the sho...

Practical Python Decorator Uses & Avoiding datetime Pitfalls

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are real-life examples of using Python decorators? How can you harness their power in your code? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this wee...

Focusing on Data Science & Less on Engineering and Dependencies

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you manage the dependencies of a large-scale data science project? How do you migrate that project from a laptop to cloud infrastructure or uti...

Great Starting Points for Contributing to Open Source

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What's it like to sit down for your first developer sprint at a conference? How do you find an appropriate issue to work on as a new open-source contr...