Christopher Trudeau

Christopher Trudeau

@trudeau.dev

Co-Host The Real Python Podcast. Author of Django In Action. Fractional CTO. Komodo dragon wrestler. Profile perjurer.

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Python 3.15 may be delayed, but that doesn't mean you can't learn what's coming. Join Bartosz, @digiglean.bsky.social and I on The Real Python Podcast to learn about what's in the upcoming release, including lazy imports, sentinels, frozendict, the new profiler, and loads more. buff.ly/NiG9iH2

buff.lyEpisode #313: Python 3.15: Exploring the New Features – The Real Python PodcastPython 3.15 is (almost*) here! Christopher Trudeau and Bartosz Zaczyński return to discuss the new version. Bartosz coordinated the series of preview articles with members of the Real Python team and…

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🐍🎧 Django Developers Survey Results & Reproducible Python Builds What are the latest trends uncovered in the 2026 Django Developers Survey? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects. buff.ly/Sl499af

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It was great to talk with @denodell.bsky.social about performance engineering and his book. Thanks for coming on the show!

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🐍🎧 Performance Engineering: Profiling and Making Apps Fast by Default This week on the show, we speak with Den Odell about his new book "Fast by Default: Practical Performance Engineering." realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

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🐍🎧 Exploring Complex Systems & Maintainable Data Science Pipelines What are the key characteristics of complex systems? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects. realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

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Ruff. uv. Polars. Pydantic. Granian — all written in Rust, the language that used to be C when Python needed speed. Our new course teaches Rust to Python devs, ending with your own PyO3 extension called from the REPL. training.talkpython.fm/courses/up-...

training.talkpython.fmUp and Running with Rust Course## The Python developer's fast track to Rust Learn the language behind Ruff, uv, Polars, and Pydantic, then build your own compiled Rust extension and call it directly from Python.

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Some teams force-reload their web app every few hours, to stop it running out of memory. Backend teams have soak tested for years. You can do it to a frontend too: one flow, 200 loops, node and listener counts before and after. denodell.com/blog/your-sp...

denodell.comYour SPA Is Leaking Memory. Soak Test ItSome teams force-reload their single-page web apps (SPAs) every few hours just to clear the memory the app leaked. A Playwright soak test finds the leak instead.

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✍️ time-machine 3.3.0 is out, with Python 3.15 support, performance improvements, subinterpreter support, and various bug fixes. Check it out, and if you’re using freezegun, try the updated Migration CLI to convert and speed up your tests. adamj.eu/tech/2026/07... #Python

adamj.euPython: time-machine 3.3.0 lets your tests time-travel even faster - Adam Johnsontime-machine is my library for mocking the current date and time in Python tests. I’ve just released version 3.3.0 with a decent number of changes, so here’s a lovely summary for you.

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Taking over a chaotic database is stressful, but it doesn't have to be a nightmare 😵‍💫. Let's map out how to assess it & target improvements! 🛟 🗓️ Fri, Jul 17 | 10am ET/3pm BST Grab your spot: www.linkedin.com/events/whatt... #PostgreSQL #Postgres #Database #OpenSource #Book

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🐍🎧 Constructing and Judging Modern Agentic Workflows How can you improve your LLM agent systems through specification enrichment? This week on the show, Senior IEEE Member and Quality Engineer Suneet Malhotra joins us to discuss the design and evaluation of agentic architectures. buff.ly/EqSMbQj

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🐍🎧 Running Python Locally in a Sandbox How can you create a sandboxed local environment using WASM and MicroPython? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects buff.ly/2T5wpiL

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🐍🎧 Running Python Locally in a Sandbox How do you avoid the risk of running a Python application locally that could be malicious, break your code, or leak private data? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects. buff.ly/2T5wpiL