Join our Pybites Community for free hereWe coach people with their Python, developer and mindset skills, more info here.---This week we have an exciting interview with Pydantic's creator Samuel Colvin. ---NOTE that it's best to watch this episode on YouTube, because Samuel demos Pydantic's new Logfire product as well as a bit of FastUI. ? ? ?---Delving into the origins, Samuel shares with us how Pydantic was conceived to streamline data validation, drawing inspiration from similar tools but quickly exceeding expectations in popularity and adoption. ?Samuel touches on the monumental speed improvements in version 2, achieved by incorporating Rust, shares insights into the transition of Pydantic into a company and its future vision. We also touch upon front-end development for which he developed another library called FastUI. ?And last but not least Samuel demos Pydantic's new exciting Logfire product that was just released. ? ?Chapters:00:00 Intro Samuel01:57 Win of the week02:23 Pydantic framework and company backstory05:10 FastAPI's part in Pydantic's grow06:20 Adapting to framework dependencies07:50 Making Pydantic faster with Rust12:15 Learning Rust or not as a Python dev14:16 Pydantic as a company15:46 Open source ideas vs business requirements17:20 Introducing Pydantic Logfire19:15 Live demo (YouTube)25:12 Resource / energy measuring with Logfire26:41 Pydantic's vision for the next years 29:46 Doing front-end with FastUI (short demo)31:13 Using FastUI at Pydantic and the team33:56 Pybites ad34:12 FastUI vs Streamlit for fast prototyping36:46 Key skills for Python devs / open source in 202438:10 Work life balance / build things as a customer41:00: Advice for entrepreneurial minded developers42:48 Hobbies / interests outside of work43:26 Podcast recommendation43:50 Wrap up and outroLinks:- Check out Pydantic Logfire here- Reach out to Samuel on X- Pybites Ad segment: The PDM Program---Connect with us on LinkedIn:- Julian- BobAnd to get our weekly developer / mindset emails, sign up here.