April 25, 2026 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]
There’s a feature you’re keen on in Django’s main development branch — as we write, the Database-level delete options for ForeignKey.on_delete from the upcoming Django 6.1, for example. The release is months away — Database-level deletes were merged in October 2025, after Django on the Med 🏖️, with Django 6.1 not final until Aug 2026. What’s a girl to do? Deploy main, of course. Hear me out. Django main is stable Django main is, in practice, remarkably stable. Contributions are well vetted, …
Read MoreApril 24, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News uv is now supported natively - Read the Docs Read the Docs now natively supports uv, bringing faster and simpler Python dependency installs to your docs builds. Support the Django Software Foundation by buying PyCharm at a 30% Discount JetBrains and the Django Software Foundation team up again to offer 30% off PyCharm while matching donations to fund Django’s core development and community programs. Django Software Foundation DSF member of the month - Rob Hudson Rob Hudson, creator of Dja…
Read MoreApril 23, 2026 » Software Crafts » [Archived Version]
Athens this time around...
Read MoreApril 22, 2026 » The PyCharm Blog » [Archived Version]
Spend a few minutes around developer content, and it’s easy to come away with the impression that web apps now appear to almost write themselves. Everything that follows – review, verification, refactoring, debugging, and the open-source frameworks that make those apps dependable – gets less attention. AI can speed up code generation, but it does […]
Read MoreApril 21, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
I officially started accepting clients for a Django mentoring business. If you, your colleagues, or company are wanting help in being a better Django developer or software engineer, please reach out.
Read MoreApril 19, 2026 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]
Back in February, I encountered an out-of-memory error while migrating a client project to Python 3.14. The issue occurred when running Django’s database migration command (migrate) on a limited-resource server, and seemed to be caused by the new incremental garbage collection algorithm in Python 3.14. At the …
Read MoreApril 19, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
For April 2026, we welcome Rob Hudson as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Rob is the creator of django-debug-toolbar (DDT), tool used by more than 100 000 folks in the world. He introduces Content-Security-Policy (CSP) support in Django and contribute to many open source packages. He has been a DSF member since February 2024. You can learn more about Rob by visiting Rob's website and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Rob better! Can you tell us a little about yourself I'm…
Read MoreApril 17, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
Django News Newsletter is moving! Just a quick heads up. We’re planning to move our newsletter to a new platform next week. If things look a little different when it shows up, it’s still us. News PyCharm & Django annual fundraiser JetBrains and the Django Software Foundation team up again to offer 30% off PyCharm while matching donations to fund Django’s core development and community programs. djangoproject.com New Technical Governance - request for community …
Read MoreApril 17, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
Introduction Django News Newsletter is moving! Just a quick heads up. We’re planning to move our newsletter to a new platform next week. If things look a little different when it shows up, it’s still us. Django Newsletter News PyCharm & Django annual fundraiser JetBrains and the Django Software Foundation team up again to offer 30% off PyCharm while matching donations to fund Django’s core development and community programs. …
Read MoreApril 16, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Hello Django community, The Steering Council is excited to share our proposed new technical governance and ask for your feedback. Last year we suspended the formal voting process of the Steering Council. The updates we’re proposing would bring how we’ve been operating into alignment with the written governance. From the motivation section: This is a revisitation of Django's technical governance in which a simplification and reduction was made to make it more approachable to more people. The go…
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