Blog: Django Chat

Django Forum - Ken Whitesell

Feb. 17, 2021 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Ken is the 2020 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize winner for contributions to the Django community, a familiar presence at DjangoCons, and an active participant on the official Django Forum. We discuss his long programming career, making the move to Python, and why Django is his favorite community.

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Wagtail, React, & Gatsby - Dawn Wages

Feb. 3, 2021 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Dawn is a Wagtail Core Member and regular Django/Python conference speaker. We discuss being community-taught, working with React and Gatsby, and making the transition to full-time consulting work.

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Django Girls - Rachell Calhoun

Jan. 20, 2021 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Rachell is a trustee of DjangoGirls. She was previously an English teacher in Korea before learning to code with the help of DjangoGirls and has worked since 2016 as a full-stack Django developer.

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Telemedicine - Matt Layman

Jan. 6, 2021 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Matt is a Software Architect at Doctor on Demand and a prolific Django educator. We talk about Django at scale, leading a large engineering team, and teaching Django to newcomers.

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Search & GeoDjango - Paolo Melchiorre

Dec. 23, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Paolo is a Django contributor and prolific conference speaker based in Italy. We discuss using PostgreSQL-powered full text search within Django as using GeoDjango for mapping projects.

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Jazzband - Matthias Kestenholz

Dec. 9, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Matthias is a longtime Django contributor and member of Jazzband, which manages many 3rd party packages including django-debug-toolbar. He’s also the creator of feincms and founder of the company Feinheit.

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Django Software Foundation - 2021 Board Nominations

Nov. 20, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Nominations are due November 30th for next year’s Board of the Django Software Foundation, the non-profit that runs Django. We discuss the DSF’s mission, day-to-day work, and how to become more involved in the community.

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Django @Instagram - Carl Meyer

Nov. 11, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Carl is a Software Engineer at Instagram and a Django Core developer. We discuss his contributions to Django and how Django and Python are used at Instagram today.

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MongoDB - Aaron Bassett

Oct. 28, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Aaron is a developer advocate at MongoDB and Board Member of the Django Software Foundation. We discuss relational vs non-relational databases, the developer advocate role, and giving virtual conference talks.

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Teaching Python - Michael Kennedy

Sept. 30, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Michael Kennedy is the creator of the Talk Python podcast, courses, and a new series from Manning. He joins us to discuss how Python has become a "full spectrum" language, how Python 3.5 changed everything, and where Django fits into the larger Python community.

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