#405 Oh Really?
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Topics covered in this episode:

- **[Briefer: Dashboards and notebooks in a single place](https://github.com/briefercloud/briefer?featured_on=pythonbytes))**

• 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 3.12.1, looks like. Although that’s a bit hidden. Seems like it should be more visible.

Michael #3: setup-uv)

• Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of uv

• Install a version of uv and add it to PATH

• Cache the installed version of uv to speed up consecutive runs on self-hosted runners

• Register problem matchers for error output

• (Optional) Persist the uv's cache in the GitHub Actions Cache

• (Optional) Verify the checksum of the downloaded uv executable

Brian #4: HTML for people)

• Teaching HTML in a rather fun way.

• Includes basic CSS

Extras

Michael:

• A new article: We Must Replace uWSGI With Something Else)

• Django unique email) login

Joke: So much O’Really)