April 7, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
We are looking for the next group of organizers to own and lead the 2027 DjangoCon Europe conference. Could your town's football stadium, theatre, cinema, city hall, circus tent or a private island host this wonderful community event? DjangoCon Europe is a major pillar of the Django community, as people from across the world meet and share. Many qualities make it a unique event: Unconventional and conventional venues, creative happenings, a feast of talks and a dedication to inclusion and diverā¦
Read MoreApril 6, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
Not sure how to get involved in the Django community? This guide covers everything from triaging tickets to organizing conferences, and even how to choose where to start.
Read MoreApril 3, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Incident Report: LiteLLM/Telnyx supply-chain attacks, with guidance A recent supply chain attack on popular PyPI packages exposed how quickly malware can spread through unpinned dependenciesāand why practices like dependency locking and cooldowns are now essential for Python developers. The PyCon US 2026 schedule is live š“š plus security updates, community programs & more PyCon US 2026 heads to Long Beach with its schedule now live, alongside major Python ecosystem updates spanning securitā¦
Read MoreApril 2, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
A review of Karen Tracey's DjangoCon US talk on better preparing for your next product launch.
Read MoreMarch 27, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Calling for research participants from Django, Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Next.js and Spring Boot communities Former DSF President and researcher Anna Makarudze is seeking Django developers to share insights on dependency vulnerabilities and supply chain risks in open source. Djangonaut Space News Djangonaut Space Financial Report 2025 Djangonaut Spaceās 2025 report highlights a community-powered year of $2.2k in donations funding tools and conference access, while setting sights on sending cā¦
Read MoreMarch 25, 2026 » Matthias Kestenholz » [Archived Version]
LLMs for Open Source maintenance: a cautious case When ChatGPT appeared on the scene I was very annoyed at all the hype surrounding it. Since Iām working in the fast moving and low margin business of communication and campaigning agencies Iām surrounded by people eager to jump on the hype train when a tool promises to lessen the workload and take stuff from everyoneās plate. These discussions coupled with the fact that the training of these tools required unfathomable amounts of stealing were tā¦
Read MoreMarch 25, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
A review of Alex Henman's DjangoCon US talk on real-world techniques to make maintaining Django applications easier.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2026 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]
Way back in 2005, lots of people (ordinary people, not just people who work in tech) used to have personal blogs where they wrote about things, rather than using third-party short-form social media sites. I was one of those people (though I wasnāt yet blogging on this specific site, which launched the following year). And back in 2005, and even earlier, people liked to have comment sections on their blogs where readers could leave their thoughts on posts. And that was an absolute magnet forĀ spaā¦
Read MoreMarch 22, 2026 » Anžeās Blog » [Archived Version]
At Fancer we are building the security suite for startups. Startups use a lot of SaaS tools and services which means we are building a lot of integrations. Most of these go through API calls but we also try to leverage SDKs to make our lives a little bit easier. The problem we started noticing was that loading all these 3rd party integrations has made our Django app feel very sluggish. While this was noticeable around deployments and starting scans, it hurt the most during local development. Itā¦
Read MoreMarch 22, 2026 » Screaming At My Screen » [Archived Version]
I have seen more and more people talk about human.json lately and I think it is a pretty neat idea. From what I can tell it checks all the boxes I would expect from a protocol like this. The fact that it relies on browser extensions right now makes sense, but might become a limiting factor in future. Or the number of extensions needs to go up beyond the two easy ones and come to mobile as well. I am not sure this will be going anywhere beyond a few enthusiastic people, but you never know. Impleā¦
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