How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new book, “Talk Python in Production.” Michael runs multiple Python applications online, including a training site, blog, and two podcasts. While searching for the best solution for hosting his business, he documented his findings in a book. We talk about containerizing Python applications, generating static sites, preparing for traffic spikes, and avoiding cloud service lock-in. Course Spotlight: Speed Up Python With Concurrency Learn what concurrency means in Python and why you might want to use it. You’ll see a simple, non-concurrent approach and then look into why you’d want threading, asyncio, or multiprocessing. Topics: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:28 – Welcome back! 00:03:05 – Is this your first book? 00:04:13 – A book that reads like a blog 00:06:15 – Incentives to keep you locked in 00:09:20 – Following the journey of the Talk Python sites 00:11:47 – Audio reader briefs 00:15:19 – Discussing Dev Ops as a topic 00:18:31 – Background of developing for the web 00:20:14 – Stack-Native vs Cloud-Native 00:24:40 – Using Quart web framework 00:25:50 – Embracing Docker 00:32:39 – Sharing a single powerful machine allows for individual peaks 00:37:04 – Video Course Spotlight 00:38:30 – Minimal cloud lock-in 00:40:04 – Using OrbStack for local builds and testing 00:42:07 – Coolify as a Docker host 00:47:14 – Moving away from Google analytics and a GDPR rant 00:50:43 – Diving deep into web tech of ngnix, SSL, and CDNs 00:54:33 – Talking about the prices for hosting 00:59:09 – Creating static sites 01:06:22 – Invitation to come back to discuss AI and agents 01:10:06 – What are you excited about in the world of Python? 01:16:19 – What do you want to learn next? 01:17:34 – What’s the best way to follow your work online? 01:19:40 – Thanks and goodbye Links: Talk Python in Production Book Quart documentation: Documentation Docker: Accelerated Container Application Development South Korea Loses Its Government “Cloud” After a Fire: No Backups or Recovery Plan OrbStack: Fast, light, simple Docker & Linux Coolify Finances & the Future of Cara: Artist Social & Portfolio Platform awesome-selfhosted: A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers Umami: Modern analytics platform umami-python: Umami Analytics Client for Python by Michael Kennedy Hugo: The world’s fastest framework for building websites mike