#405: Oh Really?

Topics covered in this episode:

• Briefer: Dashboards and notebooks in a single place
• Introduction to programming with Python
• setup-uv
• HTML for people
• Extras
• Joke

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Michael #1: Briefer: Dashboards and notebooks in a single place

• Notebooks and dashboards with Python, SQL, scheduling, native visualizations, code generation, and more.
• In Briefer, you can:
  • Create notebooks and dashboards using Markdown, Python, SQL, and native visualizations.
  • Build interactive data apps using inputs, dropdowns, and date pickers.
  • Generate code and queries using an AI that understands your database schema and your notebook's context.
  • Schedule notebooks and dashboards to run and update periodically.
  • Create and test ad-hoc pipelines using writebacks.
• Briefer vs. Traditional BI Tools: Briefer is better than traditional BI tools because it's faster and more flexible, thanks to Python.
• Briefer vs. Traditional Notebooks: In Briefer, you can run SQL queries against connected data sources directly in your notebook. Then, Briefer will automatically turn your query into a data frame and store it in a variable that you can use in your Python blocks.

Brian #2: Introduction to programming with Python

• Jose Blanca
  • “Python intro aimed at students with no prior programming experience.”
  • “Relies mainly on examples and exercises.”
  • “Does not try to cover every detail of the Python language, but just what a beginner might need to start the journey.”
  • Tech: “… built with the quarto publishing system complemented by the quarto live extension that allows Python to run in the web browser by using pyodide.”
• Runs on anything, since it doesn’t require a local install of Python
• Running 3.12.