Django News - 21 PRs in One Week to Django Core! - Mar 13th 2026

More context on a recent proposal suggesting a pair of opt-in contrib.postgres operations — AddConstraintConcurrently and RemoveConstraintConcurrently — to allow unique indexes created via UniqueConstraint to be created and dropped concurrently.

Django silently converts None values in non-nullable string fields into empty strings, but a simple CheckConstraint can enforce truly required values and prevent empty data from slipping into your database.

The machinery behind Buttondown's link checker is more involved than you might expect.

The written transcript of an interview all about Python security/cryptography, current features in cryptography, as well as some of what’s coming in the future.

Mariatta's review of the year showcases how prolific she was, with conferences, documentaries, ice cream selfies, and much more.

Eric Matthes tackles the age-old questions that is asked many times by newcomers, but is always worth revisiting.

A practical deep dive into replacing Elasticsearch with Meilisearch, showing how a simpler Rust-based search engine cut costs from $120 to $14 a month while delivering faster, typo-tolerant search for typical application workloads.