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• Post #2564161

  Being a week out from #PyConUS is simultaneously too much time and too little. Also, if you didn't catch it, @elthenerd did a Q&A with the keynote speakers. I was feeling pretty energetic when I wrote my responses 😅 https://pycon.blogspot.com/2026/04/asking-key-questions-q-with-pycon-us.html

• Post #2531215

  Are you curious about using the new Django Tasks feature in production? Djangonaut Space has been running it for a few months now. It's been a great experience to use! https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/05/06/using-django-tasks-in-production/ #Django

• Post #2531214

  I missed last week, but no worries. This week's #LunchTalk makes up for it. It's from @josh from #DjangoCon US 2024. It's his talk "An Opinionated Guide to Modern Django Forms". Give it a watch to learn about Django's form improvements! https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/05/05/opinionated-guide-to-modern-django-forms/ #Django

• Post #1733266

  Here's an overly excited Roland to start your Monday.

• Post #1733264

  I've been diving into #FastAPI recently and wanted to use Railway. I didn't follow the defined guide explicitly and wrote up the differences here. https://www.better-simple.com/fastapi/2026/04/27/deploying-the-example-fastapi-app-on-railway/

• Post #1668582

  #PyConUS prep is coming along nicely. Folding is complete. Now need to stamp, press cut, glue and compress.

• Post #1668578

  It's that time of the @djangonaut session where folks start sharing their recaps and I'm super excited about it. Daniel here has a excellent one! https://dnlzrgz.com/blog/amaze-amaze-amaze-djangonauts #Django

• Post #1668576

  #Django Commons has added some new admins. Please say hello! https://django-commons.org/blog/2026/04/21/please-welcome-our-new-admins/

• Post #1668575

  Have you been looking for ways to level up as a Django developer? https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/04/21/who-is-helping-you-level-up-as-a-django-dev/ I started a new business back in February, but did so with a "quiet" roll out. Here's where I start being a bit louder. Whether you want mentorship, coaching or tutoring, I'd like to help you. Side note, it's a big win for me to be able to work with four people already. #Django #Python

• Post #1264711

  Last year at #DjangoCon US, Lisa Dusseault showed off the data pipeline framework, Phaser. I enjoyed this talk because it made me realize I should revisit how data processing in my project should work. https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/04/10/phaser-the-django-of-data-pipelines/ This talk is worth watching if you're interested in: - Contributing to Phaser - Data pipeline frameworks - Learning how to approach building your own framework #Python #Data #ETL

• Post #1264710

  Finally got around to updating my getting started contributing to #Django post, with recent talks from @sarahboyce, @cliffordgama and Jacob. I ended up removing the older GSoC pages because there's already a lot of links and people can probably guess the pattern after 3 😁 https://www.better-simple.com/django/2024/12/25/getting-started-contributing-django/

• Post #1264708

  Hot sauce day! Fermented some jalapeños and garlic for a few months. Finally got around to bottling it. Used 75% apple cider vinegar with 25% rice wine vinegar.

• Post #1264707

  I'm pretty excited about this summer. I went for a hike today and was outside for a good 2.5 hours. Zero allergy issues. Pollen counts were high enough that this probably would have had me blowing my nose frequently. I'm starting my third year of wyndly treatment and it seems to be having much more of an effect. The final test will be how may and June go.

• Post #1264706

  I really enjoyed this #Django blog post from @rodbv https://dev.to/rodbv/djangonaut-diaries-week-6-charting-the-unknown-unknowns-of-a-pr-3ba3 He perfectly captures the difficulties of a new contributor looking to add a new feature and the existing contributors evaluating a feature request. There's also a great section on comparing the difference in environment of contributing to Django compared to a job. It's worth a read.

• Post #1264703

  This looks pretty interesting! The integration of pydantic and svcs is neat. I like the ulid ids too. https://github.com/dvf/opinionated-django #Django

• Post #1264702

  The Django Steering Council is looking for community feedback on the new technical governance. Read more here: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/apr/16/new-technical-governance-request-for-community-fee/ There were a lot of changes, but the one I'm most excited about is the new steering council eligibility requirements. Give it a look and let us know what you think on the forum. #Django

• Post #1082838

  Today's #LunchTalk is Peter Baumgartner's @djangocon talk, “High Performance Django at Ten: Old Tricks & New Picks”. https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/10/high-performance-django-at-ten/ You should watch this if you are interested in: - Scaling your Django application - DevOps for Django applications #Django #DevOps

• Post #993726

  I was lucky enough to present my keynote, "Contributing to the Django community" at @djangoconafrica last year. I finally wrote up the talk as a blog post! If you're curious about contributing to open-source and want to learn where to get involved in the Django community, check it out. https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/04/06/contributing-to-the-django-community/ #Django #OpenSource

• Post #850638

  @treyhunner I've really been enjoying the book recommendation "Factfulness". Good call!

• Post #850636

  The COOSS law: The further you dive into community organizing in open source, the more communication platforms you end up joining. Or as @webology may put it, "Do you want to buy nitro? ⛽🔋"

• Post #850635

  I joined @kjaymiller on his live stream series, "Elephant in the room" where we discussed a package we built for #Django on top of the #PostgreSQL Anonymizer extension. If you are interested in faking/anonymizing data in your staging/dev environments, give it a look and let us know what you think! https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/03/18/django-security-label/

• Post #850634

  Protip: Don't join the zoom for your afternoon meeting before your morning google meet meeting, then try to figure out why Meet can't get permission to use your camera.

• Post #850631

  Tomorrow's #LunchTalk is "Building maintainable #Django projects: the difficult teenage years" by Alex Henman I think it's worth watching if you're: - Interested in real-world solutions to web app challenges - Working with a web app experiencing growing pains https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/25/building-maintainable-django-projects/

• Post #850629

  First piece of swag is complete for #PyCon US!

• Post #780419

  If you're new to contributing to Django and you're using an LLM, please consider reading this. We want to bring you into the community, but we can't do that only interacting with an LLM's output. https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/03/16/give-django-your-time-and-money/ #Django #Python #OpenSource

• Post #776580

  Hey #Django folks, past DSF President @amakarudze could use our help. She's looking for people in the OSS community, industry, and the academic community understand how developers perceive vulnerabilities in dependencies and their potential to expose systems to supply-chain attacks. For more info, including how to reach Anna, see: https://pychronicles.com/post_detail/calling-for-research-participants-from-django-laravel-ruby-on-rails-nextjs-and-spring-boot-communities/

• Post #652615

  TIL about Django's conditional view processing https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/conditional-view-processing/ #Django