The Real Python Podcast

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  Django Developers Survey Results & Reproducible Python Builds 11.09.2026 46min

  What are the latest trends uncovered in the 2026 Django Developers Survey? How are Django users employing LLMs in their development process? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Performance Engineering: Profiling and Making Apps Fast by Default 04.09.2026 1t 16min

  How do you plan for the performance of your Python applications? What does a performance budget entail, and where should you spend your resources? This week on the show, we speak with Den Odell about his new book "Fast by Default: Practical Performance Engineering."
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  Exploring Complex Systems & Maintainable Data Science Pipelines 28.08.2026 41min

  What are the key characteristics of complex systems, and what are practical patterns for tackling complex coding problems? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Navigating Silent Failures in AI: Strategies for Effective Oversight 21.08.2026 1t 9min

  Why do AI systems silently fail? How can you set up a system that produces results while also reviewing and validating the work? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Parker returns to discuss his recent talk "Orchestrate Agentic AI: Context, Checklists, and No-Miss Reviews."
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  Improving NumPy Performance on Free-Threaded Python 14.08.2026 46min

  What bottlenecks were preventing NumPy from scaling on free-threaded Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Programmatically Developing LLM Prompts With DSPy 07.08.2026 1t 5min

  How can you move from manually writing prompts for an LLM application toward defining them programmatically? This week on the show, Brett Kennedy returns to discuss his new book "Building LLM Applications with DSPy."
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  Should You Understand Your Entire Python Codebase? 31.07.2026 57min

  Should you understand the entirety of your codebase? How familiar are you with Python's built-in functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Configuring a Versatile LLM Harness & Scraping the Web With Scrapy 24.07.2026 58min

  Which is more important, the model or the "harness" around an LLM? What are ways to assemble an efficient agentic developer workflow? This week on the show, Ayan Pahwa joins us to discuss harnessing, web scraping, and self-hosting Python applications.
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  Free-Threaded Python's History & uv in Production 17.07.2026 50min

  How many attempts have been made to remove Python's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)? How do they compare to the current approach? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Constructing and Judging Modern Agentic Workflows 10.07.2026 58min

  How can you improve your LLM agent systems through specification enrichment? What are the advantages of having an LLM act as a judge within an agent system? This week on the show, Senior IEEE Member and Quality Engineer Suneet Malhotra joins us to discuss building and evaluating agentic architecture.
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  Running Python Locally in a Sandbox 03.07.2026 45min

  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 a sandboxed local environment using WASM and MicroPython? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Maintaining Your Python Developer Instincts While Using LLM Tools 26.06.2026 46min

  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 to keep your developer instincts sharp? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  EuroPython 2026: Celebrating 25 Years 12.06.2026 40min

  What's happening at EuroPython 2026? The conference celebrates its 25th anniversary this year in Kraków, Poland. This week on the show, organizers Mia Bajić and Daria Linhart Grudzien join me to discuss this year's conference.
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  Reducing the Size of Python Docker Containers 05.06.2026 38min

  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 on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Improving Python Through PEPs and Protocols 29.05.2026 1t 20min

  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 virtual environments? This week on the show, Brett Cannon returns to discuss the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) he's been working on recently.
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  Managing Polars Schema Issues & Profiling GitHub Users 22.05.2026 42min

  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 decide how much to invest in their contributions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Agentic Architecture: Why Files Aren't Always Enough 15.05.2026 1t 24min

  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 from MongoDB joins us to discuss agentic architecture and context engineering.
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  Declarative Charts in Python & Discerning Iterators vs Iterables 08.05.2026 56min

  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 the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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  Agentic Data Science Pair Programming With marimo pair 01.05.2026 1t 4min

  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, Trevor Manz from marimo joins us to discuss marimo pair.
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  Becoming a Better Python Developer Through Learning Rust 24.04.2026 45min

  How can learning Rust help make you a better Python Developer? How do techniques required by a compiled language translate to improving your Python code? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.