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Topics covered in this episode:

• pip 25.1 has dependency groups, pylock.toml, plus more
• aiohttp goes free threaded
• uv 0.6.15 supports pylock.toml
• Whenever
• Extras
• Joke

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Brian #1: pip 25.1 has dependency groups, pylock.toml, plus more

• post What's new in pip 25.1 - Dependency groups!
• Richard Si
• Discovered this through Hugo van Kemenade

• Dependency groups, PEP 735, supported

  # pyproject.toml
  [dependency-groups]
  test = ["pytest", "pytest-xdist"]
  lint = ["mypy", "isort"]
  # Dependency Groups can include other groups! ✨
  dev = [ {include-group = "test"}, {include-group = "lint"} ]
  

• Package installation progress bar

• Resumable downloads
• Experimental lockfile generation, PEP 751, with pip lock
  • so cool
• pip index versions is stable, no longer experimental
  • use this to get a list of available versions
  • ex: python3 -m pip index versions pytest-check
  • combine with --json to get a nice script readable output

Michael #2: aiohttp goes free threaded

• Thanks to months of consistent contributions by Lysandros Nikolaou, all of the mandatory dependencies of #aiohttp now ship free-threaded variants of #wheels!
• This unlocks the same in aiohttp!

Brian #3: uv 0.6.15 supports pylock.toml

• Discovered through Brett Cannon
• So far, these projects support pylock.toml
  • pip
  • pip-audit
  • pdm
  • uv
• With uv
  • To export a uv.lock to the pylock.toml format,
    • run: uv export -o pylock.toml
  • To generate a pylock.toml file from a set of requirements,
    • run: uv pip compile -o pylock.toml -r requirements.in
  • To install from a pylock.toml file,
    • run: uv pip sync pylock.toml or uv pip install -r pylock.toml

Michael #4: Whenever

• via Pat Decker
• Typed and DST-safe datetimes for Python, available in Rust or pure Python.
• Whenever helps you write correct and type checked datetime code.
• It's also way faster than other third-party libraries—and usually the standard library as well.

Extras

Brian:

• Every UUID

Michael:

• New Vulnerability in GitHub Copilot and Cursor: How Hackers Can Weaponize Code Agents via Brian Skinn
• And typosquatting in the AI age
• Firefox Send alternatives
  • file.pizza via @rafaelwo
  • bitwarden send

Joke: Can you Vibe?

• Interview with Vibe Coder in 2025
• Senior Engineer tries Vibe Coding

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Anthropic researcher's assertion that there's a 15% chance Claude is conscious 2) What happens if people believe AI is sentient? 3) Why consciousness and intelligence are different 4) Hey, is this all just marketing? 5) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's push for AI model interpretability 6) China's robot half-marathon 7) Tesla's wild earnings week 8) Why Google is thriving despite the ChatGPT threat 9) Are we going to shop directly within ChatGPT? 10) Kevin Systrom's flawed testimony against Facebook 11) Washington DC thinks Big Tech is getting broken up.

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Episode overview: In this conversation, David Ogundeko shares the journey of Funema, an impact-focused alternative investment firm operating for nine years across Nigeria, South Africa, and the US. He discusses his approach to venture building for early-stage founders, why Africa needs a unique investment approach, and how his firm addresses the "chicken and egg" challenge that idea-stage founders face: needing traction to raise funds while needing the right talent to gain that traction. Andile Masuku engages Ogundeko on the evolution of venture building in Africa, from being "mocked" five to six years ago to now becoming an essential element in the ecosystem. Throughout the conversation, Ogundeko makes a compelling case for why Africa's tech ecosystem requires patient capital with 15-25 year horizons rather than traditional 10-year VC fund lifecycles. Key topics: - The evolution of Funema's venture building model over nine years - Why service-based businesses can evolve into stronger tech companies - Misalignment between traditional VC timelines and African market realities - The importance of founder emotional connection to problems they're solving - How AI is democratising education and knowledge across the continent - Funema's ambitious plans to scale venture building across Africa Notable points: 1. Ogundeko developed his venture building thesis after working at Seedstars in 2016, flipping their model to focus on founders with their own ideas 2. Funema has a portfolio of 20+ companies built over nine years of operation The firm prefers working with founders who start with service models to develop deeper market understanding before scaling with technology 3. Traditional 10-year VC timelines are insufficient for African tech development, with Ogundeko advocating for 15-25 year investment horizons 4. Funema is planning to reach 1,000 founders over the next two years and train 100,000 venture builders over five years What makes Funema's approach distinctive is his patience and belief in deep market understanding: "We didn't exactly start out with a very sexy business model. But the learnings that we've been able to get from the market, which we've automated into a platform, is becoming a product that you can call a pure tech business."

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Larry Katzman, Chief Executive Officer of Applied Information Sciences (AIS)joined the show for a candid and insightful conversation on the evolving landscape of technology in government. We discuss his journey from developer to CEO and the intentional leadership practices that have guided AIS through decades of digital transformation in both federal and commercial sectors. We also dive into the critical role of safe experimentation environments, the importance of internal champions, and why cloud computing continues to be a game-changer for innovation. 

Shai Horovitz grew up on a farm in Israel, 1.5 hours north of Tel Aviv. He was drafted into the army, in a unit that focused on technology - and in 2013, he moved to the states and joined a startup. And - he loved it, eventually leading the team in building the business in Japan. Outside of tech, he loves to travel with his family and 3 kids. He is also a self proclaimed foodie, and enjoys sports - spending 11 years in Boston rooting on the Celtics.

The team at Shai's current venture was attempting to shift left the solving of security issues in production. Now, they are entering into a new era - in building the agentic cybersecurity team of the future. Two years ago, he joined to lead the charge.

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• Challenges engineering teams face today, along with the cultural shifts in regulatory environments.

Episode notes:

• Connect with Hilary Lanham and Tom Kelk. Visit Lloyds Banking Group to discover available job opportunities.
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