Christopher Bailey
@digiglean.bsky.social
Host of Real Python Podcast - Guitars, Dogs, Photography, Movies, Creativity - Python Software Foundation Fellow
It was so great to catch up with @adamj.eu and talk about his new book. Listen to learn some new techniques and stay for the advice on how to maintain civility and hone your GitHub writing skills.
🎧🐍 Episode #283 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
Episode #283: Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience – The Real Python Podcast
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, Adam Johnson is back to talk about his new book, "Boost...
realpython.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It was so great to catch up with @adamj.eu and talk about his new book. Listen to learn some new techniques and stay for the advice on how to maintain civility and hone your GitHub writing skills.
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LRADs harm protesters. Be safe!
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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It's that time again: we're kicking off the latest Python Developers Survey in partnership with @jetbrains.com! Contribute to the understanding of the Python community and join in the 2026 survey 🐍📝 #python #pythondevsurvey
Python Developers Survey 2026
The official Python Developers Survey 2026. Join and contribute to the community knowledge!
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January 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM
It's that time again: we're kicking off the latest Python Developers Survey in partnership with @jetbrains.com! Contribute to the understanding of the Python community and join in the 2026 survey 🐍📝 #python #pythondevsurvey
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On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk performance topics, spec-driven dev, and more.
With content from: @misrasaurabh1.bsky.social @mkennedy.codes @di.github.io @andrewnez.bsky.social @francoisz.bsky.social @robbowley.net @free.law and others not on the 🦋
With content from: @misrasaurabh1.bsky.social @mkennedy.codes @di.github.io @andrewnez.bsky.social @francoisz.bsky.social @robbowley.net @free.law and others not on the 🦋
Episode #280: Considering Fast and Slow in Python Programming – The Real Python Podcast
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 which matters more for productivity? Christopher…
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January 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk performance topics, spec-driven dev, and more.
With content from: @misrasaurabh1.bsky.social @mkennedy.codes @di.github.io @andrewnez.bsky.social @francoisz.bsky.social @robbowley.net @free.law and others not on the 🦋
With content from: @misrasaurabh1.bsky.social @mkennedy.codes @di.github.io @andrewnez.bsky.social @francoisz.bsky.social @robbowley.net @free.law and others not on the 🦋
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New year ... new website!
My personal blog hit its 10th anniversary last year, and it felt like a good time to give it a makeover.
Check it out if you'd like to learn more about data science, machine learning and LLMs, or just see what I've been up to lately!
t-redactyl.io
My personal blog hit its 10th anniversary last year, and it felt like a good time to give it a makeover.
Check it out if you'd like to learn more about data science, machine learning and LLMs, or just see what I've been up to lately!
t-redactyl.io
Standard error
I write, speak and build in machine learning, natural language processing, data science and AI.
t-redactyl.io
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
New year ... new website!
My personal blog hit its 10th anniversary last year, and it felt like a good time to give it a makeover.
Check it out if you'd like to learn more about data science, machine learning and LLMs, or just see what I've been up to lately!
t-redactyl.io
My personal blog hit its 10th anniversary last year, and it felt like a good time to give it a makeover.
Check it out if you'd like to learn more about data science, machine learning and LLMs, or just see what I've been up to lately!
t-redactyl.io
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🐍🎧 Moving Towards Spec-Driven Development
What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? This week on the show, Marc Brooker, VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to discuss specification-driven development and Kiro.
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What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? This week on the show, Marc Brooker, VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to discuss specification-driven development and Kiro.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
🐍🎧 Moving Towards Spec-Driven Development
What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? This week on the show, Marc Brooker, VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to discuss specification-driven development and Kiro.
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What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? This week on the show, Marc Brooker, VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to discuss specification-driven development and Kiro.
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@crow.house.gov @colorado.gov - Please watch this video. Flock cameras should be banned across all of Colorado.
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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December 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@crow.house.gov @colorado.gov - Please watch this video. Flock cameras should be banned across all of Colorado.
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
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How much is your company spending to support the Python Software Foundation?
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
Sponsor the PSF
The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
How much is your company spending to support the Python Software Foundation?
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
Yeah! We did it Colorado!
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Yeah! We did it Colorado!
It was fun to catch up with @mkennedy.codes and talk about his new book. Such a great conversation, thanks for coming back on the show!
🎧🐍 Episode #272 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
Episode #272: Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure – The Real Python Podcast
How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new book,...
realpython.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It was fun to catch up with @mkennedy.codes and talk about his new book. Such a great conversation, thanks for coming back on the show!
It is a great honor to be included with this group of PSF Fellows! Thanks, and congratulations to everyone in the group.
Please congratulate our newest PSF Fellow Members for Q3, 2025! Their continued contributions to the Python ecosystem are so very important to our community. #python
Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q3 2025! 🎉
The PSF is pleased to announce its third batch of PSF Fellows for 2025! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q3! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:
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October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It is a great honor to be included with this group of PSF Fellows! Thanks, and congratulations to everyone in the group.
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I've finished a presentable version of ButtonPad, but simple GUI framework for Python desktop apps. Built on tkinter so it has no major dependencies, it lets you make a grid of buttons/labels/images/text boxes (like a streamdeck or drum machine). pypi.org/project/Butt...
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I've finished a presentable version of ButtonPad, but simple GUI framework for Python desktop apps. Built on tkinter so it has no major dependencies, it lets you make a grid of buttons/labels/images/text boxes (like a streamdeck or drum machine). pypi.org/project/Butt...
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Come and join me on Thursday!
Learn how to build an OCR AI agent that reads handwritten text using LangGraph, OpenCV, and PyCharm’s AI toolkit.
🎥 Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/OeR2OiU...
#PyCharm #Python #AI #LangGraph #OpenCV #OCR
🎥 Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/OeR2OiU...
#PyCharm #Python #AI #LangGraph #OpenCV #OCR
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Come and join me on Thursday!
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Let me post a *non*-subskeet for once... We made a thing!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports
👋 Hi everyone, We are very exited to share with you PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports: We’re proposing an opt-in lazy import syntax that defers module loading until first use, aiming for faster startup,...
discuss.python.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Let me post a *non*-subskeet for once... We made a thing!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
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We believe healthcare is a right for every American.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
October 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We believe healthcare is a right for every American.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
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A personal message: My son is fundraising for The British Red Cross Society–he's planning to run a 10k in less than 40 mins.
Check out his @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...
Check out his @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...
Jonathan's fundraiser for The British Red Cross Society
Help Jonathan Gruppetta raise money to support The British Red Cross Society
www.justgiving.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A personal message: My son is fundraising for The British Red Cross Society–he's planning to run a 10k in less than 40 mins.
Check out his @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...
Check out his @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...
It was great to talking with you again! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and excitement on the show @kylestratis.com
Had a blast talking about my favorite MCP (and agentic in general) antipattern on the Real Python Podcast: converting REST APIs directly into MCP servers.
🎧🐍 Episode #266 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
September 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It was great to talking with you again! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and excitement on the show @kylestratis.com
This is a well thought out trip through what is happening over that past year and a half.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvR...
How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult
YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard
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September 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a well thought out trip through what is happening over that past year and a half.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvR...
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I was inspired to write about it. There are some really cool but I think understated possibilities that the team built to support with the registry.
September 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I was inspired to write about it. There are some really cool but I think understated possibilities that the team built to support with the registry.
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We started building this course before we knew about the documentary, so an odd little coincidence. Want to know the history of #Python and its people? Watch the doc. Want to learn about when which features got added? Watch this code conversation with @digiglean.bsky.social
A History of Python Versions and Features – Real Python
Explore Python’s evolution from the 1990s to today with a brief history and demos of key features added throughout its lifetime.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We started building this course before we knew about the documentary, so an odd little coincidence. Want to know the history of #Python and its people? Watch the doc. Want to learn about when which features got added? Watch this code conversation with @digiglean.bsky.social
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On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about loads of releases, the dev survey, #Python classes, asyncio, the JIT, and more.
With content from: @mathspp.com @pycharm.dev @mkennedy.codes @brianokken.bsky.social
@sailor.li @savannah.dev and others not on the 🦋
With content from: @mathspp.com @pycharm.dev @mkennedy.codes @brianokken.bsky.social
@sailor.li @savannah.dev and others not on the 🦋
Episode #263: Exploring Mixin Classes in Python – The Real Python Podcast
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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August 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about loads of releases, the dev survey, #Python classes, asyncio, the JIT, and more.
With content from: @mathspp.com @pycharm.dev @mkennedy.codes @brianokken.bsky.social
@sailor.li @savannah.dev and others not on the 🦋
With content from: @mathspp.com @pycharm.dev @mkennedy.codes @brianokken.bsky.social
@sailor.li @savannah.dev and others not on the 🦋
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> to date (despite many attempts) nobody has demonstrated a convincing and effective way of distinguishing between the two
This nudged me to finally write a post I've been noodling for years on the intractability of the problem, based on lessons from my favorite book.
matthodges.com/posts/2025-0...
This nudged me to finally write a post I've been noodling for years on the intractability of the problem, based on lessons from my favorite book.
matthodges.com/posts/2025-0...
Music to Break Models By
Gödelian limits of prompt-safe AI
matthodges.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
> to date (despite many attempts) nobody has demonstrated a convincing and effective way of distinguishing between the two
This nudged me to finally write a post I've been noodling for years on the intractability of the problem, based on lessons from my favorite book.
matthodges.com/posts/2025-0...
This nudged me to finally write a post I've been noodling for years on the intractability of the problem, based on lessons from my favorite book.
matthodges.com/posts/2025-0...
It was great to talk with Travis Oliphant about his contributions and work in Python scientific computing. Just in time to go with the Python Documentary from @cultrepo.bsky.social ! Thanks for connecting us.
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Episode #262: Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python – The Real Python Podcast
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 contribu...
realpython.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It was great to talk with Travis Oliphant about his contributions and work in Python scientific computing. Just in time to go with the Python Documentary from @cultrepo.bsky.social ! Thanks for connecting us.
realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
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Are you writing #Textual apps? Do you want the ability to make one of your widgets look like it is on fire? Well, do I have a very-alpha library for you. Textual Effects provides transition effects similar to those in some presentation software. Check it out. Bugs/PRs welcome.
GitHub - cltrudeau/textual-effects: A transitions effects library for Textual
A transitions effects library for Textual. Contribute to cltrudeau/textual-effects development by creating an account on GitHub.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Are you writing #Textual apps? Do you want the ability to make one of your widgets look like it is on fire? Well, do I have a very-alpha library for you. Textual Effects provides transition effects similar to those in some presentation software. Check it out. Bugs/PRs welcome.
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🎧🐍 Episode #262 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
Episode #262: Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python – The Real Python Podcast
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...
realpython.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎧🐍 Episode #262 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...