July 16, 2026 » Latest Django Videos » [Archived Version]
In this conversation from DjangoCon US 2025, Kenya Phelps, Conference Chair for DjangoCon US 2025, shares her journey from changing careers during the pandemic to becoming a software developer and leading one of the Django community's flagship conferences. Kenya reflects on the welcoming culture of Django, the importance of creating inclusive spaces, and how mentorship and community support helped shape her career. She also discusses what she hopes attendees take away from DjangoCon US and off…
Read MoreJuly 15, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The Django Steering Council — in its role as the DSF's arm for technical governance — has provided a Letter of Collaboration in support of a funding application by Carson Gross and Alex Petros to advance the Triptych Project: three proposals to make HTML itself more expressive, in every browser, by default. Here's why, and how you can help. HTML over the wire, and Django The last few years have seen a move back towards serving multipage applications, with server-rendered templates. The HTMX lib…
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In this conversation from DjangoCon US 2025, Abigail Afi Gbadago shares her experience serving as Program Chair for DjangoCon US and discusses the collaborative effort behind organizing one of the largest Django conferences. Afi also talks about her leadership within the Python community, including her work supporting Python communities across Africa through Black Python Devs. She reflects on building sustainable communities, supporting local organizers, expanding opportunities through funding…
Read MoreJuly 15, 2026 » Latest Django Videos » [Archived Version]
In this conversation from DjangoCon US 2025, Lilian Tran shares her journey through Djangonaut Space, from mentee to captain, session organizer, and navigator. Lillian discusses how Djangonaut Space helps new contributors get involved in Django, the different mentorship roles within the program, reviewing pull requests, building confidence in open source, and what it takes to grow a sustainable contributor community. She also shares how the community can support Djangonaut Space through mento…
Read MoreJuly 15, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
Part of the Nifty Django features series: Model._meta.get_fields() lets you walk your related models and build custom cascading deletes.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2026 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]
Just as cars painted red are known to be faster, libraries implemented in Rust are also known to be faster. Today’s example is orjson, a Rusty replacement for Python’s built-in json module, boasting 10x faster serialization and 2x faster deserialization. Such a library is great, but adopting it …
Read MoreJuly 13, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
DjangoCon US 2026 is just around the corner, and now is the perfect time to start planning your conference experience. Our speaker lineup is now available, featuring talks from Django contributors, maintainers, educators, and community members covering everything from web development and APIs to deployment, security, testing, AI, and the future of the Django ecosystem. Whether you're attending your first DjangoCon US or returning to reconnect with friends and colleagues, you'll find opportuniti…
Read MoreJuly 11, 2026 » Latest Django Videos » [Archived Version]
In this conversation from DjangoCon US 2025, Kenya Phelps, Conference Chair for DjangoCon US 2025, shares her journey from changing careers during the pandemic to becoming a software developer and leading one of the Django community's flagship conferences. Kenya reflects on the welcoming culture of Django, the importance of creating inclusive spaces, and how mentorship and community support helped shape her career. She also discusses what she hopes attendees take away from DjangoCon US and off…
Read MoreJuly 11, 2026 » Latest Django Videos » [Archived Version]
In this conversation from DjangoCon US 2025, Yumiko Siewenie, a Senior Software Engineer at Rhythm Energy, shares her experience attending DjangoCon US for the first time after working with Django for more than seven years. Yumiko reflects on the value of learning from peers across industries, the welcoming and diverse Django community, and how conferences create opportunities to connect with other developers. She also shares how an unexpected hobby working on puzzles throughout the conference…
Read MoreJuly 11, 2026 » Latest Django Videos » [Archived Version]
In this conversation from DjangoCon US 2025, Jake Atwell shares his experience attending DjangoCon US for the first time and how it compares to larger conferences like PyCon. Jake discusses what drew him to DjangoCon, the value of a smaller, more community-focused conference, and some of the technical sessions that stood out to him, including Django Simple Deploy. He also shares practical advice for first-time attendees, including why volunteering is a great way to meet people and get involved…
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