Feb. 19, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Last month we announced our plan to adopt Contributor Covenant 3 as Django's new Code of Conduct through a multi-step process. Today we're excited to share that we've completed the first step of that journey! What We've Done We've merged new documentation that outlines how any member of the Django community can propose changes to our Code of Conduct and related policies. This creates a transparent, community-driven process for keeping our policies current and relevant. The new process includes:…
Read MoreFeb. 19, 2026 » Simon Willison's Weblog: django » [Archived Version]
SWE-bench February 2026 leaderboard update SWE-bench is one of the benchmarks that the labs love to list in their model releases. The official leaderboard is infrequently updated but they just did a full run of it against the current generation of models, which is notable because it's always good to see benchmark results like this that weren't self-reported by the labs. The fresh results are for their "Bash Only" benchmark, which runs their mini-swe-bench agent (~9,000 lines of Python, here are…
Read MoreFeb. 16, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
A few thoughts on my experience learning the violin. Be warned, there's some cursing!
Read MoreFeb. 13, 2026 » Matthias Kestenholz » [Archived Version]
Podcasts I like listening to (2026 edition) I have published another post like this almost two years ago. I like listening to podcasts even more than I did back then, when I only just started diving into this world. Sometimes I really like the silence. Other times, podcasts accompany my training regime, my chores and my (short) commute when I’m going to the office and not working from home. Let me say that I’m not going to differentiate between technology, society, politics and other topics. Ev…
Read MoreFeb. 13, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Django Steering Council 2025 Year in Review They've been busy! A new-features repo, Community Ecosystem page, administrative bits, and more. djangoproject.com Read the Docs: Making search faster for all projects Read the Docs massively improved search latency by reindexing into multiple shards, tuning Elasticsearch queries and client, and fixing Django ORM N+1s and caching. readthedocs.com Releases Pytho…
Read MoreFeb. 11, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The members of the Steering Council wanted to provide you all with a quick TL;DR of our work in 2025. First off, we were elected at the end of 2024 and got started in earnest in early 2025 with the mission to revive and dramatically increase the role of the Steering Council. We're meeting for a video conference at least monthly, you can deep dive into the meeting notes to see what we've been up to. We also have set up Slack channels we use to communicate in between meetings to keep acti…
Read MoreFeb. 11, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
A review of Kojo Idrissa's PyDX talk on the topic of diversity and inclusion within technical communities.
Read MoreFeb. 9, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
A review of the book "Accelerate: the science behind DevOps: building and scaling high performing technology organizations" by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble and Gene Kim
Read MoreFeb. 6, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Django security releases issued: 6.0.2, 5.2.11, and 4.2.28 Django releases 6.0.2, 5.2.11, and 4.2.28 patch multiple security bugs, including PostGIS SQL injection, ASGI and Truncator denial of service, and timing and user enumeration. djangoproject.com Django Commons: We're recruiting new admins! Django Commons is recruiting new admins to manage projects, membership, governance, and infrastructure; apply via the Admin Interest Form by…
Read MoreFeb. 6, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
Ever wonder why you need to use safe=False to return arrays of JSON object in JsonResponse? Welp, it's because of ECMAScript 4 and you don't have to worry these days.
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