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What I’m looking forward to at DjangoCon US 2026

Aug. 7, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

DjangoCon US is coming up, and I'm pretty dang excited for several reasons. I hope to see you there!

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Nifty Django Feature: Use Exists with Nested QuerySets

Aug. 5, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: There will come a time when your nested QuerySet performs poorly, when that happens, reach for Exists!

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Nifty Django Feature: setUpTestData

July 29, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: Speed up your tests by using the setUpTestData method.

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Nifty Django Feature: Form Templates

July 22, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: Form templates allow you to contain your form's customization to just the form, keeping your views nice and clean!

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Nifty Django Feature: Model._meta.get_fields()

July 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.

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Nifty Django Feature: resolve function

July 8, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: See how Django's resolve function can turn your existing logs into an analytics tool.

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Nifty Django Feature: F Expressions

July 2, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: learn how F expressions reference model fields in queries, useful for filters, ordering, and race conditions.

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Lunch Talk Series: Swiss Army Django: Small Footprint ETL

June 26, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A review of Noah Kantrowitz's DjangoCon US talk on doing more things within Django, avoiding external services.

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DEFNA’s quiet impact on me and the community

June 17, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

An 'Emeritus' honor made me feel very fancy, and got me thinking about DEFNA's lasting impact on DjangoCon US and the Django community.

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Are you curious about how to contribute to Django?

June 9, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Want to contribute to Django but don't know where to start? I'm hosting weekly events on the Django Discord to help.

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