#528: Python apps with LLM building blocks

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I’m talking with Vincent Warmerdam about treating LLMs as just another API in your Python app, with clear boundaries, small focused endpoints, and good monitoring. We’ll dig into patterns for wrapping these calls, caching and inspecting responses, and deciding where an LLM API actually earns its keep in your architecture.

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0:00.0	In this episode, I'm talking with Vincent Wormerdom about treating LLMs as just another API in your Python app
0:06.2	with clear boundaries, small focused endpoints, and good monitoring.
0:10.7	We'll dig into patterns for wrapping these calls, caching and inspecting responses,
0:15.3	and deciding where an LLM API actually earns its keep in your architecture.
0:20.7	This is Talk Python in May.
0:21.8	Episode 528 recorded October 23rd, 2025.
0:27.7	Talk Python to me.
0:29.4	Yeah, we ready to roll.
0:30.7	Upgrading the code.
0:32.1	No fear of getting old.
0:33.5	They sink in the air.
0:34.8	New frameworks in sight.
0:36.1	Geeky rap on deck.
0:56.0	Quark crew. It's time to unite. We started in pyramid. Cruising old school lanes. Had that stable base. Yes, sir. Welcome to Talk Python to Me, the number one podcast for Python developers and data scientists. This is your host, Michael Kennedy. I'm a PSF fellow who's been coding for over 25 years. Let's connect on social media. You'll find me and Talk Python on Mastodon, Blue Sky, and X.
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