Python is used to solve a large and varied set of problems. One of its core pillars is web APIs.

Another one is ML and data science. Those two important pieces were brought together in an unexpected

and yet magically futuristic way by Rod Senra's team working with the Gatorade Sports Science Institute.

They created a patch that you wear while working out once or twice.

It analyzes your perspiration, combines it with other factors like running distance, sleep quality,

and more. Then it provides recommendations using Python about how to get more effective fitness.

This is Talk Python to Me. Episode 324 recorded July 8th, 2021.

Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.

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segments. It really helps support the show. Rod, welcome to Talk Python to me. Thank you. Super to have

you here. There's a lot of things you've been building for different companies through your work.

That's going to be really fun to explore.

I think one of the really neat things here is you're not just working for one company,

working on one team the way it works, but you're kind of interacting with a bunch of different

projects and types of technologies.

So you'll have a good broad perspective on what went well,

what didn't, what you would change and so on. That's true. Python is the one thing that stuck

with me since 1997 across different companies, let's say like five different companies,

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