#431 Nerd Gas
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Topics covered in this episode:

- **[ pirel: Python release cycle in your terminal](https://github.com/RafaelWO/pirel?featured_on=pythonbytes))**

• FastAPI Cloud)

• Python's new t-strings)

• Extras

• Joke

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Michael #1: pirel: Python release cycle in your terminal)

• pirel check shows release information about your active Python interpreter.

• If the active version is end-of-life, the program exits with code 1. If no active Python interpreter is found, the program exits with code 2.

• pirel list lists all Python releases in a table. Your active Python interpreter is highlighted.

• A picture is worth many words

Brian #2: FastAPI Cloud)

• Sebastián Ramírez, creator of FastAPI, announced today) the formation of a new Company, FastAPI Cloud.

• Here’s the announcement blog post: FastAPI Cloud - By The Same Team Behind FastAPI)

• There’s a wait list to try it out.

• Promises to turns deployment into fastapi login; fastapi deploy

• Side note: announcement includes quote from Daft Punk: Build Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

• I just included this in a talk I’m gave last week (and will again next week), where I modify this to “Build Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger”

• Sebastian and I are both fans of the rocket emoji.

• BTW, we first covered FastAPI on episode 123 in 2019)

Brian #3: Python's new t-strings)

• Dave Peck, one of the authors of PEP 750, which will go into Python 3.14

• We covered t-strings in ep 428)

• In article

• t-strings security benefits over f-strings

• How to work with t-strings

• A Pig Latin example

• Also, I think I have always done this wrong

• Is it the first consonant to the end? or the first consonant cluster?

• So… Brian → Rianbay? or Ianbray?

• BTW, this is an example of nerdgassing

• What’s next once t-strings ship?

• On thing that’s next (in Python 3.15, maybe, is using t-strings in shlex and subprocess)

• PEP 787 – Safer subprocess usage using t-strings) deferred to 3.15

Michael #4: zev)

• A simple CLI tool to help you remember terminal commands.

Examples:

`# Find running processes
zev 'show all running python processes'
# File operations
zev 'find all .py files modified in the last 24 hours'
# System information
zev 'show disk usage for current directory'
# Network commands
zev 'check if google.com is reachable'
# Git operations
zev 'show uncommitted changes in git'
`

- Again, picture worth many words:

Extras

Brian:

• Holy Grail turns 50)

• nerdgassing)

Michael:

• Transcripts are a bit better now.

• Zen is better now)

Joke: Can my friend come in?)