Tim Schilling

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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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Getting Started Contributing to Django

Dec. 25, 2024 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A collection of resources to help you get started contributing to Django.

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On the importance of DjangoCons

Oct. 4, 2024 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A deeper dive into why DjangoCons are important to the Django community and how it could be more accurately reflected.

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Revisiting Django Built to Last

Sept. 26, 2024 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A revisit on Community and Reliability within Django

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Creating rows for django-tables2 with HTMX

Aug. 17, 2024 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

An explanation of how to use django-tables2, HTMX, Alpine and Bootstrap to render a table with a form to create new rows.

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