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Django News - Django Security Fixes, Python Releases, and New Tools - Mar 6th 2026

March 6, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Django security releases issued: 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29 Django 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29 were released to fix two security issues: URLField DoS on Windows and file permission race conditions. djangoproject.com Releases Python 3.12.13, 3.11.15 and 3.10.20 are now available! Python 3.12.13, 3.11.15, and 3.10.20 fix security and denial-of-service vulnerabilities in email, HTTP cookies, WSGI headers, XML parsing, and SSL. …

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Django security releases issued: 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29

March 3, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 6.0.3, Django 5.2.12, and Django 4.2.29. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2026-25673: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in URLField via Unicode normalization on Windows The django.forms.URLField form field's to_python() method used urllib.parse.urlsplit() to determine whether to prepend a URL scheme…

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Finding mentorship without a mentor

March 3, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

One thing I struggled with during my career is a lack of mentorship. I learned how to take kernels of wisdom from a variety of sources, mash them all together to replace a formal mentor.

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Agentic Adventures

March 2, 2026 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

In my last post I mentioned that software engineering is going to be more and more AI driven and since then I’ve begrudgingly accepted this new reality. The era of handcrafted code is mostly coming to an end. I say mostly because I still believe there will always be places in our future codebases that require manual intervention. Little surgical removals and additions around the parts where the LLMs get confused and start spinning their wheels without results.

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Lunch Talk Series: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful… Django Unit Tests

March 2, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A review of Colleen Dunlap's DjangoCon US talk on introducing unit testing and how to write tests with Django.

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Book Report: Purple Cow: Transform your business by being remarkable

March 2, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A review of the book "Purple Cow: Transform your business by being remarkable" by Seth Godin

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Django News - Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django - Feb 27th 2026

Feb. 27, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django All the information you need to apply for Django's 21st consecutive year in the program. djangoproject.com Django Software Foundation DSF member of the month - Baptiste Mispelon Baptiste is a long-time Django and Python contributor who co-created the Django Under the Hood conference series and serves on the Ops team maintaining its infrastructure. He has been a DSF member since November 201…

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I Checked 5 Security Skills for Claude Code. Only One Is Worth Installing

Feb. 26, 2026 » timonweb.com » [Archived Version]

I'm writing this in late February 2026. The skills ecosystem for Claude Code is moving fast, and the specific numbers and repos here will probably be outdated within a month. But the thinking still applies, so consider this a snapshot. If you're using Claude Code, you've probably wondered: can … Read now

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Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django

Feb. 24, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

When we learned that the Django Software Foundation has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2026, it marked another steady milestone in a long-standing relationship. Django first participated in GSoC in 2006, and 2026 represents our 21st consecutive year in the program. Over two decades, GSoC has become a consistent pathway for contributors to engage more deeply with Django — not just through a summer project, but often through continued involvement that extends…

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Lunch Talk Series: Of Clouds and Crows

Feb. 22, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A review of Lynn Root's PyCon US keynote on the topic of playing more.

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