| in blog | Django News |
|---|---|
| published date | 2026-01-23 |
| original entry | Djangonaut Space Session 6 Applications Open! |
Astral, makers of uv, have a new "install Python tools with a single command" website.
The PSF announces new PSF Fellows for Q4 2025, recognizing community leaders who contribute projects, education, events, and mentorship worldwide.
Ee Durbin is stepping down as PSF Director of Infrastructure, transitioning PyPI and infrastructure responsibilities to staff while providing 20% support for six months.
Djangonaut Space Session 6 opens applications for an eight-week mentorship program to contribute to Django core, accessibility, third-party projects, and new BeeWare documentation.
Djangonaut Space appoints Lilian Tran and Raffaella Suardini as admins and Priya Pahwa as advisor, strengthening Django community leadership and contributor support.
Wagtail publishes developer and user documentation in llms.txt to provide authoritative, AI-friendly source files for LLMs, improving accessibility and evaluation for smaller models.
Today, "Updates to Django" is presented by Pradhvan from Djangonaut Space! 🚀
Last week we had 16 pull requests merged into Django by 11 different contributors - including 3 first-time contributors! Congratulations to Kundan Yadav, Parth Paradkar, and Rudraksha Dwivedi for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board! 🥳
This week's Django highlights: 🦄
ModelIterable now checks if foreign key fields are deferred before attempting optimization, avoiding N+1 queries when using .only() on related managers. (#35442).values() calls in chained queries. (#36352)construct_change_message() by avoiding unnecessary translation_override() calculation when logging additions. (#36801)Use PostgreSQL check constraints, function-based or virtual generated columns, and hash-based exclusion constraints to reduce scans, shrink indexes, and enforce uniqueness efficiently.
Django 6.0 adds a native tasks abstraction but only supports one-off tasks without scheduling, retries, persistence, or a worker backend, limiting real-world utility.
Multiplayer Snake implemented in Django using Django LiveView, 270 lines of Python, server side game state, WebSocket driven HTML updates, no custom JavaScript.
Reusable SVG icon pack using Django template partialdefs and dynamic includes to render configurable icons with classes, avoiding custom template tags.
HTMX combined with Django, Celery, and procedural server-side views enabled rapid, maintainable network automation tools for Paris 2024, improving developer productivity and AI-assisted code generation.
Convert old data migrations that have already run into noop RunPython migrations to preserve the migration graph while preventing test slowdowns and legacy breakage.
Your “simple” __date filter might be turning a millisecond query into a 30-second table scan—here’s the subtle Django ORM trap and the one-line fix that restores index-level performance.
DjangoCon US 2025 recap covering conference highlights, community discussions on a REST story, SQLite in production, background tasks, and frontend tools like HTMX.
Two new senior roles just hit the Django Job Board, one focused on building Django apps at SKYCATCHFIRE and another centered on Python work with data heavy systems at Dun & Bradstreet.
Senior Django Developer at SKYCATCHFIRE 🆕
Senior Python Developer at Cial Dun & Bradstreet
Django JSONField with msgspec structs as a Schema.
Generate Django pages from Markdown, HTML, and Django template files.