Topics covered in this episode:

Open Source Myths
uv 0.3.0 and all the excitement
Top pytest Plugins
A comparison of hosts / providers for Python serverless functions (aka Faas)
Extras
Joke

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Brian #1: Open Source Myths

Josh Bressers
Mastodon post kicking off a list of open source myths
Feedback and additional myths compiled to a doc
Some favorites
- All open source developers live in Nebraska
- It’s all run by hippies
- Everything is being rewritten in rust
- Features are planned
- If the source code is available, it’s open source
- A project with no commits for 12 months is abandoned
- Many eyes make all bugs shallow
- Open source has worse UX
- Open source has better UX
- Open source makes you rich

Michael #2: uv 0.3.0 and all the excitement

Thanks to Skyler Kasko and John Hagen for the emails.
Additional write up by Simon Willison
Additional write up by Armin Ronacher
End-to-end project management: uv run, uv lock, and uv sync
Tool management: uv tool install and uv tool run (aliased to uvx)
Python installation: uv python install
Script execution: uv can now manage hermetic, single-file Python scripts with inline dependency metadata based on PEP 723.

Brian #3: Top pytest Plugins

Inspired by (and assisted by) Hugo’s Top PyPI Packages
Write up for Finding the top pytest plugins
BTW, pytest-check has made it to 25.
Same day, Jeff Triplett throws my code into Claude 3.5 Sonnet and refactors it
Thanks Jeff Triplett & Hugo for answering how to add Summary and other info

Michael #4: A comparison of hosts / providers for Python serverless functions (aka Faas)

Nice feature matrix of all the options, frameworks, costs, and more
The WASM ones look particularly interesting to me.

Extras

Brian:

When is the next live episode of Python Bytes? - via arewemeetingyet.com
- Thanks to Hugo van Kemenade
Some more cool projects by Hugo
- Python Logos
- PyPI Downloads by Python version for various Python tools, in pretty colors
- Python Core Developers over time

Michael:

Code in a Castle Course event - just a couple of weeks left
Ladybird: A truly independent browser
“I'm also interested in your video recording setup, would be nice to have that in the extras too :D”
- OBS Studio
- Elgato Streamdeck
- Elgato Key light
- DaVinci Resolve

Joke: DevOps Support Group

via Blaise

Hi, my name is Bob
Group: Hi Bob
I's been 42 days since I last ssh'd into production.
Group: Applause
But only 4 days since I accidentally took down the website
Someone in back: Oh Bob…

#398 Open source makes you rich? (and other myths)

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