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#492 Codeberg Puts Head in Sand Aug 18, 2026 2357 Topics covered in this episode: Python 3.12.14, 3.11.16, 3.10.21 - security releases Codeberg’s AI-code ban tests its role as a GitHub alternative Brett Cannon: what's missing for reproducible builds on PyPI nothing records the source code a distribution came from. direct_url.json captures it when you install from a repo or archive, so the fix is putting the same info in sdist/wheel metadata.

#491 Feeling Judged Aug 12, 2026 2534 Topics covered in this episode: Claude Code /insights Post-quantum crypto lands in Python MCP goes stateless — and FastMCP gets renamed inshellisense - IDE style command line auto complete Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Xweather Xweather combines enterprise-grade weather intelligence with agent-ready APIs, natural language capabilities, and an MCP server so your age

#490 It’s a vibe coding party Jul 28, 2026 2234 Topics covered in this episode: Some more things about Django I've been enjoying Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party? Where Did All Your AI Tokens Go? AgentsView to the rescue! Careful with phishing all Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Consulting from Six Feet Up Connect with the hosts Michael: Masto

#489 Or JSON? Jul 21, 2026 1851 Topics covered in this episode: django-orjson Best Django Redis configuration for speed and size Linus Torvalds puts the foot down against Anti-AI Kernel Maintainers Django Steering Council backs the Triptych Project Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Consulting from Six Feet Up Connect with the hosts Michae

#488 tau - it's 2pi and it writes code Jul 14, 2026 1935 Topics covered in this episode: The trusted-publishing debate: how to do it right vs. why you shouldn't trust it JupyterLab 4.6 and Notebook 7.6 are out! Tau – new small, readable terminal coding agent Django Tasks and Django 6.1 Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Consulting from Six Feet Up Connect with the

#487 Minimum requirements Jul 7, 2026 1656 Topics covered in this episode: dust - a better du Hermes Agent: The AI agent that grows with you llm-coding-agent 0.1a0 Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Consulting from Six Feet Up Connect with the hosts Michael: Mastodon / BlueSky / X / LinkedIn Calvin: Mastodon / BlueSky / X / LinkedIn Show: Mastodon /

#486 underscore-underscore-ghost-emoji Jun 30, 2026 1771 Topics covered in this episode: Free-threaded Python: past, present, and future django-admin-site-search Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development A large batch of PEPs are finalized Extras Joke Watch on YouTube Show Intro Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Consulting from Six Feet Up Connect with the hosts Michael: Mastodon / BlueSky / X /

#485 Creating memories Jun 23, 2026 2300 Topics covered in this episode: Backup Docker volumes locally or to any S3 Pyodide 314.0 Release nb-cli: A Command-Line Interface for AI Agents and Notebook Automation Hindsight Agent Memory That Learns Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python AWS Community Day Midwest tomorrow Wednesday the 24th in downtown Indianapo

#484 All our tools Jun 16, 2026 2984 Topics covered in this episode: pi + superpowers Terminal: Warp.dev + OhMyZSH {Blink,kitty} + mosh + tmux Claude code MacWhisper or Handy Tailscale Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training Six Feet Up is hosting a LinkedIn Live Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) C

#483 Thanks Brian Jun 9, 2026 1720 Topics covered in this episode: Vulnerability and malware checks in uv HTTP GET requests with the Python standard library Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package alembic-git-revisions Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Goodbye and Thanks Brian Thanks Calvin for being part of this and future episodes! Also new time for the live show. Thanks B

#482 Mr. Beast's episode Jun 1, 2026 1441 Topics covered in this episode: CVE-2026-48710: A Maintainer's Perspective daily-stars-explorer Markdown to pdf with pandoc and typst postman2pytest Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Brian #1: CVE-2026-48710: A Maintainer's Perspective Marcelo Trylesinski suggested by Lee Luocks Short version: users of Starlette: upgrade to Starlette 1.0.1 security professionals: we can’t treat

#481 Ways to die May 25, 2026 1989 Topics covered in this episode: Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die How to create a pylock.toml lockfile https://github.com/facebook/Lifeguard Choosing a Python Logging Library in 2026 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/481

#480 Proud Parents May 18, 2026 1993 Topics covered in this episode: Using Django Tasks in production Co-authored with Claude? PyPI packages are increasing rapidly httpx2 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/480

#479 Talking About Types May 11, 2026 2143 Topics covered in this episode: httpxyz one month in Learn concurrency - a deep dive into multithreading with Python pip 26.1 - lockfiles and dependency cooldowns Python 3.15 sentinal values from PEP 661 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/479

#478 Iodine tablets and potable water May 4, 2026 2413 Topics covered in this episode: profiling-explorer Reverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15 VSCode AI Co-author defaults to on, then off django freeze Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/478

#477 Lazy, Frozen, and 31% Lighter Apr 20, 2026 2752 Topics covered in this episode: Django Modern Rest Already playing with Python 3.15 Cutting Python Web App Memory Over 31% tryke - A Rust-based Ptyhon test runner with a Jest-style API Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/477

#476 Common themes Apr 6, 2026 1942 Topics covered in this episode: Migrating from mypy to ty: Lessons from FastAPI Oxyde ORM Typeshedded CPython docs Raw+DC Database Pattern: A Retrospective Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/476

#475 Haunted warehouses Mar 30, 2026 2454 Topics covered in this episode: Lock the Ghost Fence for Sandboxing MALUS: Liberate Open Source Harden your GitHub Actions Workflows with zizmor, dependency pinning, and dependency cooldowns Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/475

#474 Astral to join OpenAI Mar 23, 2026 2733 Topics covered in this episode: Starlette 1.0.0 Astral to join OpenAI uv audit Fire and forget (or never) with Python’s asyncio Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/474

#473 A clean room rewrite? Mar 16, 2026 2770 Topics covered in this episode: chardet ,AI, and licensing refined-github pgdog: PostgreSQL connection pooler, load balancer and database sharder Agentic Engineering Patterns Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/473

#472 Monorepos Mar 9, 2026 1732 Topics covered in this episode: Setting up a Python monorepo with uv workspaces cattrs: Flexible Object Serialization and Validation Learning to program in the AI age VS Code extension for FastAPI and friends Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/472

#471 The ORM pattern of 2026? Mar 2, 2026 2363 Topics covered in this episode: Raw+DC: The ORM pattern of 2026? pytest-check releases Dataclass Wizard SQLiteo - “native macOS SQLite browser built for normal people” Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/471

#470 A Jolting Episode Feb 23, 2026 1529 Topics covered in this episode: Better Python tests with inline-snapshot jolt Battery intelligence for your laptop Markdown code formatting with ruff act - run your GitHub actions locally Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/470

#469 Commands, out of the terminal Feb 9, 2026 2036 Topics covered in this episode: Command Book App uvx.sh: Install Python tools without uv or Python Ending 15 years of subprocess polling monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/469

#468 A bolt of Django Feb 3, 2026 1860 Topics covered in this episode: django-bolt: Faster than FastAPI, but with Django ORM, Django Admin, and Django packages pyleak More Django (three articles) Datastar Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/468

#467 Toads in my AI Jan 26, 2026 1912 Topics covered in this episode: GreyNoise IP Check tprof: a targeting profiler TOAD is out Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/467

#466 PSF Lands $1.5 million Jan 19, 2026 2479 Topics covered in this episode: Better Django management commands with django-click and django-typer PSF Lands a $1.5 million sponsorship from Anthropic How uv got so fast PyView Web Framework Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/466

#465 Stack Overflow is Cooked Jan 12, 2026 2134 Topics covered in this episode: port-killer How we made Python's packaging library 3x faster CodSpeed Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/465

#464 Malicious Package? No Build For You! Jan 5, 2026 1818 Topics covered in this episode: ty: An extremely fast Python type checker and LSP Python Supply Chain Security Made Easy typing_extensions MI6 chief: We'll be as fluent in Python as we are in Russian Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/464

#463 2025 is @wrapped Dec 22, 2025 2599 Topics covered in this episode: Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? More on Deprecation Warnings How FOSS Won and Why It Matters Should I be looking for a GitHub alternative? Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/463

#462 LinkedIn Cringe Dec 15, 2025 2140 Topics covered in this episode: Deprecations via warnings docs PyAtlas: interactive map of the top 10,000 Python packages on PyPI. Buckaroo Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/462

#461 This episdoe has a typo Dec 9, 2025 1730 Topics covered in this episode: PEP 798: Unpacking in Comprehensions Pandas 3.0.0rc0 typos A couple testing topics Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/461

#460 Overlooked Python Typing Dec 1, 2025 1468 Topics covered in this episode: Advent of Code starts today Django 6 is coming Advanced, Overlooked Python Typing codespell Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/460

#459 Inverted dependency trees Nov 24, 2025 1974 Topics covered in this episode: PEP 814 – Add frozendict built-in type From Material for MkDocs to Zensical Tach Some Python Speedups in 3.15 and 3.16 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/459

#458 I will install Linux on your computer Nov 17, 2025 1367 Topics covered in this episode: Possibility of a new website for Django aiosqlitepool deptry browsr Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/458

#457 Tapping into HTTP Nov 11, 2025 1681 Topics covered in this episode: httptap 10 Smart Performance Hacks For Faster Python Code FastRTC Explore Python dependencies with pipdeptree and uv pip tree Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/457

#456 You're so wrong Nov 3, 2025 1546 Topics covered in this episode: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program A Binary Serializer for Pydantic Models T-strings: Python's Fifth String Formatting Technique? Cronboard Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/456

#455 Gilded Python and Beyond Oct 27, 2025 2333 Topics covered in this episode: Cyclopts: A CLI library The future of Python web services looks GIL-free Free-threaded GC Polite lazy imports for Python package maintainers Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/455

#454 It's some form of Elvish Oct 20, 2025 1747 Topics covered in this episode: djrest2 - A small and simple REST library for Django based on class-based views. Github CLI caniscrape - Know before you scrape. Analyze any website's anti-bot protections in seconds. 🐴 GittyUp Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/454

#453 Python++ Oct 16, 2025 2177 Topics covered in this episode: PyPI+ uv-ship - a CLI-tool for shipping with uv How fast is 3.14? air - a new web framework built with FastAPI, Starlette, and Pydantic. Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/453

#452 pi py-day (or is it py pi-day?) Oct 9, 2025 2436 Topics covered in this episode: Python 3.14 Free-threaded Python Library Compatibility Checker Claude Sonnet 4.5 Python 3.15 will get Explicit lazy imports Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/452

#451 Databases are a Fad Sep 29, 2025 1434 Topics covered in this episode: PostgreSQL 18 Released Testing is better than DSA (Data Structures and Algorithms) Pyrefly in Cursor/PyCharm/VSCode/etc Playwright & pytest techniques that bring me joy Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/451

#450 At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling Sep 22, 2025 1975 Topics covered in this episode: pandas is getting pd.col expressions Cline, At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling uv cheatsheet Ducky Network UI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/450

#449 Suggestive Trove Classifiers Sep 15, 2025 1889 Topics covered in this episode: Mozilla’s Lifeline is Safe After Judge’s Google Antitrust Ruling troml - suggests or fills in trove classifiers for your projects pqrs: Command line tool for inspecting Parquet files Testing for Python 3.14 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/449

#448 I'm Getting the BIOS Flavor Sep 8, 2025 2354 Topics covered in this episode: prek tinyio The power of Python’s print function Vibe Coding Fiasco: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/448

#447 Going down a rat hole Sep 2, 2025 2146 Topics covered in this episode: rathole pre-commit: install with uv A good example of what functools.Placeholder from Python 3.14 allows Converted 160 old blog posts with AI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/447

#446 State of Python 2025 Aug 25, 2025 1884 Topics covered in this episode: pypistats.org was down, is now back, and there’s a CLI State of Python 2025 wrapt: A Python module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching. pysentry Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/446

#445 Auto-activate Python virtual environments for any project Aug 18, 2025 1786 Topics covered in this episode: pyx - optimized backend for uv Litestar is worth a look Django remake migrations django-chronos Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/445

#444 Begone Python of Yore! Aug 11, 2025 1544 Topics covered in this episode: Coverage.py regex pragmas Python of Yore nox-uv A couple Django items Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/444

#443 Patching Multiprocessing Aug 4, 2025 1573 Topics covered in this episode: rumdl - A Markdown Linter written in Rust Coverage 7.10.0: patch aioboto3 You might not need a Python class Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/443

#442 Cloud bills in scientific notation Jul 28, 2025 1354 Topics covered in this episode: Open Source Security work isn't “Special” uv v0.8 Extra, Extra, Extra Announcing Toad - a universal UI for agentic coding in the terminal Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/442

#441 It's Michaels All the Way Down Jul 21, 2025 1668 Topics covered in this episode: Distributed sqlite follow up: Turso and Litestream PEP 792 – Project status markers in the simple index Run coverage on tests docker2exe: Convert a Docker image to an executable Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/441

#440 Can't Register for VibeCon Jul 15, 2025 1520 Topics covered in this episode: Switching to direnv, Starship, and uv rqlite - Distributed SQLite DB Some Markdown Stuff Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/440

#439 That Astral Episode Jul 7, 2025 1596 Topics covered in this episode: ty documentation site and uv migration guide uv build backend is now stable + other Astral news Refactoring long boolean expressions fastapi-ml-skeleton Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/439

#438 Motivation time Jun 30, 2025 2008 Topics covered in this episode: Python Cheat Sheets from Trey Hunner Automatisch mureq-typed My CLI World Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/438

#437 Python Language Summit 2025 Highlights Jun 23, 2025 2068 Topics covered in this episode: The Python Language Summit 2025 Fixing Python Properties complexipy juvio Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/437

#436 Slow tests go last Jun 16, 2025 2203 Topics covered in this episode: Free-threaded Python no longer “experimental” as of Python 3.14 typed-ffmpeg pyleak Optimizing Test Execution: Running live_server Tests Last with pytest Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/436

#435 Stop with .folders in my ~/ Jun 9, 2025 1534 Topics covered in this episode: platformdirs poethepoet - “ Poe the Poet is a batteries included task runner that works well with poetry or with uv.” Python Pandas Ditches NumPy for Speedier PyArrow pointblank: Data validation made beautiful and powerful Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/435

#434 Most of OpenAI’s tech stack runs on Python Jun 2, 2025 1741 Topics covered in this episode: Making PyPI’s test suite 81% faster People aren’t talking enough about how most of OpenAI’s tech stack runs on Python PyCon Talks on YouTube Optimizing Python Import Performance Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/434

#433 Dev in the Arena May 26, 2025 1720 Topics covered in this episode: git-flight-rules Uravelling t-strings neohtop Introducing Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/433

#432 How To Fix Your Computer May 19, 2025 1548 Topics covered in this episode: pre-commit: install with uv PEP 773: A Python Installation Manager for Windows (Accepted) Changes for Textual The Best Programmers I Know Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/432

#431 Nerd Gas May 5, 2025 1767 Topics covered in this episode: pirel: Python release cycle in your terminal FastAPI Cloud Python's new t-strings Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/431

#430 Or you go to jail Apr 28, 2025 1751 Topics covered in this episode: pip 25.1 has dependency groups, pylock.toml, plus more aiohttp goes free threaded uv 0.6.15 supports pylock.toml Whenever Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/430

#429 Nitpicking Python Apr 21, 2025 1644 Topics covered in this episode: Huly CVE Foundation formed to take over CVE program from MITRE drawdb 14 Advanced Python Features Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/429

#428 How old is your Python? Apr 14, 2025 1860 Topics covered in this episode: How to Write a Git Commit Message Caddy Web Server Some new PEPs approved juv Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/428

#427 Rise of the Python Lord Apr 7, 2025 2191 Topics covered in this episode: Git Town solves the problem that using the Git CLI correctly PEP 751 – A file format to record Python dependencies for installation reproducibility git-who and watchgha Share Python Scripts Like a Pro: uv and PEP 723 for Easy Deployment Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/427

#426 Committing to Formatted Markdown Mar 31, 2025 1758 Topics covered in this episode: mdformat pre-commit-uv PEP 758 and 781 Serie: rich git commit graph in your terminal, like magic Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/426

#425 If You Were a Klingon Programmer Mar 24, 2025 2275 Topics covered in this episode: Why aren't you using uv? Python Developer Tooling Handbook Calling all doc writers: blacken-docs Reinventing notebooks as reusable Python programs Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/425

#424 We Will Test in Production Mar 17, 2025 1643 Topics covered in this episode: The weird quirk with rounding in Python Python interpreter adds tail calls Remove punctuation from a string with translate and maketrans Extra, extra, extra Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/424

#423 Traveling the Python Universe Mar 10, 2025 1609 Topics covered in this episode: pysqlscribe A map of Python Rust, C++, and Python trends in jobs on Hacker News (February 2025) The features of Python's help() function Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/423

#422 You need 4 spaces Mar 3, 2025 1972 Topics covered in this episode: My 2025 uv-based Python Project Layout for Production Apps aiolimiter A peek into a possible future of Python in the browser Reloadium Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/422

#421 22 years old Feb 24, 2025 1369 Topics covered in this episode: httpdbg PyPI Now Supports iOS and Android Wheels for Mobile Python Development Arcade Game Platform goes 3.0 PEP 765 – Disallow return/break/continue that exit a finally block Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/421

#420 90% Done in 50% of the Available Time Feb 17, 2025 1667 Topics covered in this episode: PEP 772 – Packaging governance process Official Django MongoDB Backend Now Available in Public Preview Developer Philosophy Python 3.13.2 released Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/420

#419 Is your back end popular? Feb 4, 2025 1806 Topics covered in this episode: content-types package for better MIME types/Content-Type Wagtail 6.4 Build It Yourself Build backend popularity over time Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/419

#418 I'm a tea pot Jan 27, 2025 1222 Topics covered in this episode: In memoriam: Michael Foord 1974-2025 Valkey (Redis Replacement) 30 best practices for software development and testing mimetype.io Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/418

#417 Bugs hide from the light Jan 21, 2025 1415 Topics covered in this episode: LLM Catcher On PyPI Quarantine process RESPX Unpacking kwargs with custom objects Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/417

#416 A Ghostly Episode Jan 13, 2025 2621 Topics covered in this episode: Terminals & Shells Winloop: An Alternative library for uvloop compatibility with windows Ruff & uv uv-secure Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/416

#415 Just put the fries in the bag bro Dec 23, 2024 1979 Topics covered in this episode: dbos-transact-py Typed Python in 2024: Well adopted, yet usability challenges persist RightTyper Lazy self-installing Python scripts with uv Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/415

#414 Because we are not monsters Dec 16, 2024 1785 Topics covered in this episode: New project to shorten django-admin to django because we are not monsters django-unicorn: The magical reactive component framework for Django Testing some tidbits The State of Python 2024 article Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/414

#413 python-build-standalone finds a home Dec 9, 2024 1839 Topics covered in this episode: jiter A new home for python-build-standalone moka-py uv: An In-Depth Guide Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/413

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