{"podcast":{"title":"Vanishing Gradients","slug":"vanishing-gradients-4989163","podcast_index_feed_id":4989163,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2632531.rss","website_url":"https://hugobowne.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2632531/e8d57d9d781f20857949c2678ef8c9c2.jpg","author":"Hugo Bowne-Anderson","episode_count":77,"summary":"a data podcast with hugo bowne-anderson","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 69: Python is Dead. Long Live Python! With the Creators of pandas & Parquet","slug":"episode-69-python-is-dead-long-live-python-with-the-creators-of-pandas-parquet","published_at":"2026-02-03T03:44:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163/episode-69-python-is-dead-long-live-python-with-the-creators-of-pandas-parquet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163","url":"https://hugobowne.substack.com/p/python-is-dead-long-live-python-with","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186674186/d2c15426bda7c5f8852af093ef8ab211.mp3","summary":"> It’s the agent writing the code. And it’s the development loop of writing the code, building testing, write the code, build test and iterating. And so I do think we’ll see for many types of software, a shift away from Python towards other programming languages . I think Go is probably the best language for those like other types of software projects. And like I said, I haven’t written a line of Go code in my life. – Wes McKinney ( creator of pandas Principal Architect at Posit) , Wes McKinney , Marcel Kornacker , and Alison Hill join Hugo to talk about the architectural shift for multimodal AI, the rise of “agent ergonomics,” and the evolving role of developers in an AI-generated future. We Discuss: * Agent Ergonomics: Optimize for agent iteration speed , shifting from human coding to fast test environments, potentially favoring languages like Go ; * Adversarial Code Review: Deploy diverse AI models to peer-review agent-generated code , catching subtle bugs humans miss; * Multimodal Data Verbs: Make operations like resizing and rotating native to your database to eliminate data-plumbing bottlenecks ; * Taste as Differentiator: Value “taste” —the ability to curate and refine the best output from countless AI-generated options —over sheer execution speed; * 100x Software Volume: Embrace ephemeral, just-in-time software ; prioritize aggressive generation and adversarial testing over careful planning for quality. You can also find the full episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and YouTube . You can also interact directly with the transcript of the workshop & fireside chat here in NotebookLM : If you do so, let us know anything you find in the comments! 👉 Want to learn more about Building AI-Powered Software? Check out our Building AI Applications course . It’s a live coh…","meta_description":"> It’s the agent writing the code. And it’s the development loop of writing the code, building testing, write the code, build test and iterating. And so I…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3327,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vanishing-gradients-4989163/episodes/episode-69-python-is-dead-long-live-python-with-the-creators-of-pandas-parquet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163/episode-69-python-is-dead-long-live-python-with-the-creators-of-pandas-parquet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}