#399: C will watch you in silence

Topics covered in this episode:

• Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker
• Python Developer Survey Results
• Anaconda Code add-in for Microsoft Excel
• Disabling Scheduled Dependency Updates
• Extras
• Joke

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Michael #1: Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker

• by Hynek Schlawack
• I was going to cover Production-ready Docker Containers with uv but decided to take this diversion instead.
• Spend a lot of time thinking about the secondary effects of what you do.
• venvs are well known and well documented. Let’s use them.

Brian #2: Python Developer Survey Results

• “… official Python Developers Survey, conducted as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains.”
• Python w/ Rust rising, but still only 7%
• ““The drop in HTML/CSS/JS might show that data science is increasing its share of Python.” - Paul Everitt
• 37% contribute to open source. Awesome.
• Favorite Resources: Podcasts
  • Lots of familiar faces there. Awesome.
    • Perhaps I shouldn’t have decided to move “Python Test” back to Test & Code
• Usage
  • “Data analysis” down, but I think that’s because “data engineering” is added.
  • Data, Web dev, ML, devops, academic,
  • Testing is down 23%
• Python Versions
  • Still some 2 out there
  • Most folks on 3.10-3.12
• Install from: mostly python.org
• Frameworks
  • web: Flask, Django, Requests, FastAPI …
  • testing: pytest, unittest, mock, doctes