Christopher Bailey
@digiglean.bsky.social
Host of Real Python Podcast - Guitars, Dogs, Photography, Movies, Creativity - Python Software Foundation Fellow
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvR...
How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult
YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard
www.youtube.com
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.
buff.ly
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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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 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.
buff.ly
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...
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The early days of scientific Python were messy, collaborative, and beautiful 🐍
Travis Oliphant shares the story behind NumPy & SciPy: buff.ly/3DBVpx7
The Python documentary drops Aug 28th! 🎬
#ScientificPython #OpenSource #Community
Travis Oliphant shares the story behind NumPy & SciPy: buff.ly/3DBVpx7
The Python documentary drops Aug 28th! 🎬
#ScientificPython #OpenSource #Community
NumPy, SciPy & The Wild Early Days of Scientific Python | with NumPy creator Travis Oliphant
Most people know NumPy and SciPy as cornerstones of modern data science and machine learning, but fewer know the open-source story behind how they came to be.
In this mini-doc, creator Travis…
buff.ly
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The early days of scientific Python were messy, collaborative, and beautiful 🐍
Travis Oliphant shares the story behind NumPy & SciPy: buff.ly/3DBVpx7
The Python documentary drops Aug 28th! 🎬
#ScientificPython #OpenSource #Community
Travis Oliphant shares the story behind NumPy & SciPy: buff.ly/3DBVpx7
The Python documentary drops Aug 28th! 🎬
#ScientificPython #OpenSource #Community
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We are pleased to announce the 2025 Table Contest and Plotnine Contests! These events celebrate great visual displays of information by way of tables and plots, all made possible by open-source software.
We can't wait to see what you create! #RStats #Python
Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...
We can't wait to see what you create! #RStats #Python
Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...
August 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Table Contest and Plotnine Contests! These events celebrate great visual displays of information by way of tables and plots, all made possible by open-source software.
We can't wait to see what you create! #RStats #Python
Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...
We can't wait to see what you create! #RStats #Python
Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...
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I'm so excited to be opening NDC Copenhagen this year, and I hope you'll join me! 🇩🇰
We'll take a fun look at where AI started, and see what previous attempts at AI booms can tell us about where we're going with generative AI right now.
We'll take a fun look at where AI started, and see what previous attempts at AI booms can tell us about where we're going with generative AI right now.
Less than 4 weeks until Jodie Burchell @t-redactyl.bsky.social kicks off NDC Copenhagen 2025 🇩🇰 with her #keynote "AI is having its moment... again". See the full agenda and secure your tickets at ndccopenhagen.com #ndccph #ai #cph
August 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm so excited to be opening NDC Copenhagen this year, and I hope you'll join me! 🇩🇰
We'll take a fun look at where AI started, and see what previous attempts at AI booms can tell us about where we're going with generative AI right now.
We'll take a fun look at where AI started, and see what previous attempts at AI booms can tell us about where we're going with generative AI right now.
If you were wondering if Zach Cregger’s Weapons movie is worth watching in the theater? Yes! Run with your arms to your side to your nearest movie theater!
August 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you were wondering if Zach Cregger’s Weapons movie is worth watching in the theater? Yes! Run with your arms to your side to your nearest movie theater!
Interested in learning about making web application with Django - my friend and frequent co-host Mr. Trudeau has written a great book all about it- and it's on sale - along with coming in a new liveAudio format.
www.manning.com/books/django...
www.manning.com/books/django...
Django in Action - Christopher Trudeau
Build professional quality web applications using Python and the Django 5.0 web framework.
The Django web application framework powers huge sites like Netflix, Dropbox, YouTube, and Spotify. Learn ho...
www.manning.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Interested in learning about making web application with Django - my friend and frequent co-host Mr. Trudeau has written a great book all about it- and it's on sale - along with coming in a new liveAudio format.
www.manning.com/books/django...
www.manning.com/books/django...
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Take a quick tour of Positron, Posit's next-generation data science IDE, built by the creators of RStudio.
Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...
Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Take a quick tour of Positron, Posit's next-generation data science IDE, built by the creators of RStudio.
Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...
Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...
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We’re excited to officially announce the premiere of the FULL Python documentary! 🐍
🗓️ August 28th
🕖 7PM CET | 12PM CST
Subscribe on YouTube, set your reminder, & tell anyone who will listen! 📢 🙏
youtu.be/pqBqdNIPrbo?...
🗓️ August 28th
🕖 7PM CET | 12PM CST
Subscribe on YouTube, set your reminder, & tell anyone who will listen! 📢 🙏
youtu.be/pqBqdNIPrbo?...
Python: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER]
YouTube video by CultRepo (formerly Honeypot)
youtu.be
July 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We’re excited to officially announce the premiere of the FULL Python documentary! 🐍
🗓️ August 28th
🕖 7PM CET | 12PM CST
Subscribe on YouTube, set your reminder, & tell anyone who will listen! 📢 🙏
youtu.be/pqBqdNIPrbo?...
🗓️ August 28th
🕖 7PM CET | 12PM CST
Subscribe on YouTube, set your reminder, & tell anyone who will listen! 📢 🙏
youtu.be/pqBqdNIPrbo?...
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Announcing molab: a cloud-hosted marimo notebook workspace with link-based sharing.
Experiment on AI, ML and data using the world’s best Python (and SQL!) notebook.
Launching with examples from @huggingface, @weights_biases, and using @PyTorch
marimo.io/blog/announ...
Experiment on AI, ML and data using the world’s best Python (and SQL!) notebook.
Launching with examples from @huggingface, @weights_biases, and using @PyTorch
marimo.io/blog/announ...
Announcing molab
Cloud-based notebooks for our community
marimo.io
July 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Announcing molab: a cloud-hosted marimo notebook workspace with link-based sharing.
Experiment on AI, ML and data using the world’s best Python (and SQL!) notebook.
Launching with examples from @huggingface, @weights_biases, and using @PyTorch
marimo.io/blog/announ...
Experiment on AI, ML and data using the world’s best Python (and SQL!) notebook.
Launching with examples from @huggingface, @weights_biases, and using @PyTorch
marimo.io/blog/announ...