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  • Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP

    Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP
    Sep 19 2025
    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’s context clean? This week on the show, Kyle Stratis returns to discuss his upcoming book, "AI Agents with MCP".
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    1 h et 24 min
  • Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History

    Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History
    Sep 12 2025
    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 setting up a virtual machine? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    44 min
  • Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws

    Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws
    Sep 5 2025
    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 benchmarks provide reliable performance assessments? This week on the show, Jodie Burchell returns to discuss the current state of LLM releases.
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    1 h et 29 min
  • Exploring Mixin Classes in Python

    Exploring Mixin Classes in Python
    Aug 29 2025
    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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    50 min
  • Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python

    Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python
    Aug 22 2025
    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 to the Python scientific community.
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    1 h et 11 min
  • Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python

    Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python
    Aug 15 2025
    When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn't it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    46 min
  • Harnessing the Power of Python Polars

    Harnessing the Power of Python Polars
    Aug 8 2025
    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? This week on the show, we speak with Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp about their new book, _Python Polars: The Definitive Guide_.
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    1 h et 15 min
  • Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python

    Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python
    Aug 1 2025
    Do the design patterns learned in other programming languages translate to coding in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    49 min