#394: Python is easy now?

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Brian #1: Python is easy now

• or Postmodern Python
• or Beyond Hypermodern
• Chris Ardene
• Mostly a cool review of using rye for
  • setup
  • linting
  • typing
  • testing
  • documentation
  • CI/CD
• Also a nice discussion of how to deal with a Monorepo for Python projects

Michael #2: Trying out free-threaded Python on macOS

• via pycoders
• How to install free threaded Python the easy way
• Testing the CPU bound work speed ups for FT Python

Brian #3: Module itertools overview

• Rodrigo
• 20 tools that every Python developer should be aware of.
• In 5 categories
  • Reshaping
  • Filtering
  • Combinatorial
  • Infinite
  • Iterators that complement other tools
• Things I forgot about
  • chain
  • pairwise
  • zip_longest
  • tee

Michael #4: uptime-kuma

• A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool
• Features
  • Monitoring uptime for HTTP(s) / TCP / HTTP(s) Keyword / HTTP(s) Json Query / Ping / DNS Record / Push / Steam Game Server / Docker Containers
  • Fancy, Reactive, Fast UI/UX
  • Notifications via Telegram, Discord, Gotify, Slack, Pushover, Email (SMTP), and 90+ notification services, click here for the full list
  • 20-second intervals
  • Multi Languages
  • Multiple status pages
  • Map status pages to specific domains
  • Ping chart
  • Certificate info
  • Proxy support
  • 2FA support

Extras

Brian:

• Still working on a new pytest course. Hoping to get it released soon-ish.

Michael:

• Open source Switzerland
• spyoungtech/FreeSimpleGUI — actively maintained fork of the last release of PySimpleGUI

Joke: Java vs. JavaScript