Tim Schilling

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DjangoCon Africa 2025 recap

Aug. 25, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A recap of my fantastic DjangoCon Africa, UbuCon Africa 2025 experience. It was the first time I travelled to Africa, keynoted a conference and went on a safari.

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Third-party packages in Django’s documentation

July 9, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A quick post on why we should include references to third-party packages in Django's documentation. Mainly, we've already solved curation and developers are doing to develop!

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Django Commons a year later

May 21, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Revisiting the state of Django Commons a year after I published a call for help.

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Reflecting on Djangonaut Space Session 4

April 30, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

How Djangonaut Space has expanded my worldview and created meaningful global connections.

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Talks I want to see at DjangoCon US 2025

April 2, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

DjangoCon US 2025 is accepting talk proposals for a few more weeks. If folks are on the fence about submitting a talk, here are some ideas that I would personally be interested in.

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Removing Model bases from migration state

March 19, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

When removing multi-table inheritance in Django, you need to remove your Model's bases from the migration's model state. This post goes into detail on when this comes up and how to resolve it.

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On mentorship programs and internships

Feb. 24, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

I talk about the similarities between internships and contributor mentorship programs. Specifically through my own internship and my perspective of Djangonaut Space.

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Django 5.2 simple_block_tag with HTMX

Jan. 29, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Exploring some new hotness from Django 5.2 that makes HTMX integrations more robust.

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Testing your Python package releases

Jan. 15, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

I discovered that the release process for the Django Debug Toolbar wasn't as robust as I thought.

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Complex Django filters with Subquery

Jan. 1, 2025 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

An overview on how to do complex filtering in Django with Subquery.

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