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A practical guide to enforcing business logic at the database layer in Django using transactions, select_for_update locks, and CheckConstraint / UniqueConstraint to prevent race conditions and invalid data rather than relying on application-level validation.

James Bennett consolidates his thoughts on AI/LLMs in this wide-ranging piece, ending with a call to invest in software fundamentals instead of racing to adopt the latest AI craze.

A reusable pattern for combining django-tables2, django-filter, and HTMX into a single generic view and template. Very cool stuff.

Carlton Gibson's latest The Stack Report is a detailed dive into business logic and how to handle it in Django. This is a perennial topic, but he comes at it with decades of experience and wisdom.

djust 0.4.0 is about developer experience — making everyday tasks faster, safer, and more intuitive. 30+ new features, critical bug fixes, and a security hardening pass that eliminated every known vulnerability.

A decent chunk of new Python repos already use uv. Coding agents still overwhelmingly recommend pip and requirements.txt, while many users prefer uv.