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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 Brian for all the hard work over the years. Calvin #1: Vulnerability and malware checks in uv release just yesterday by Astral https://astral.sh/blog/uv-audit uv audit scans dependencies for known vulnerabilities and abandoned packages via the OSV database — runs 4–10x faster than pip-audit Malware check runs on every install/sync, catching actively malicious packages (credential stealers, etc.) before they execute — including ones PyPI quarantined but lockfiles can still reference Enable malware scanning with UV_MALWARE_CHECK=1 — it's opt-in and in preview Future roadmap includes a resolver that steers toward vuln