Django Chat
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- Nov 4, 2026
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A biweekly podcast on the Django Web Framework by Will Vincent and Carlton Gibson.
Episodes 210
Databases, Django APIs, and AI - Haki Benita
🔗 LinksHaki Benita's WebsiteDjango NinjaReliable Django Signals (DjangoCon Europe 2026)Workshop: Advanced Indexing and Concurrency in Django and PostgreSQL (DjangoCon Europe 2026)Don't Blame the ORM: Advanced …
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- Haki Benita's Website
- Django Ninja
- Reliable Django Signals (DjangoCon Europe 2026)
- Workshop: Advanced Indexing and Concurrency in Django and PostgreSQL (DjangoCon Europe 2026)
- Don't Blame the ORM: Advanced Indexing in PostgreSQL (PyCon Italia 2026)
- How to Get Foreign Keys Horribly Wrong (DjangoCon Europe 2025)
- Unlocking the Full Potential of PostgreSQL Indexes in Django (DjangoCon Europe 2021)
- One Database Transaction Too Many
📚 Books
- In the Distance by Hernán Díaz
- Django for Beginners, 6th Edition by William S. Vincent
- Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
📦 Projects
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Django in Space - Loes Crama
🔗 LinksLoes on LinkedIncosineDjangocon EU: How Django is helping to build the biggest X-ray observatory to date - Loes Crama📦 ProjectsMarimodjango-sesdjango-anymail📚 BooksWeapons of Math Destruction by Cathy …
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- Loes on LinkedIn
- cosine
- Djangocon EU: How Django is helping to build the biggest X-ray observatory to date - Loes Crama
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
- Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong
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Hiring in 2026 - Jon Gould
🔗 LinksFoxley TalentFoxley Talent YouTubePeople or Code show on YouTube and Spotify📚 BooksThe Infinity Machine by Sebastian MallabyThe Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle [Carlton]The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and Jon …
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- Foxley Talent
- Foxley Talent YouTube
- People or Code show on YouTube and Spotify
📚 Books
- The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby
- The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle [Carlton]
- The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and Jon Mann
📦 Projects
- FarhanAliRaza/prongs — run just the tests you edited
- justinmayer/django-benchmark - Django performance benchmark profiler
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Django on the Med
🔗 LinksDjango on the MedNew technical governance approved (DEP 19)Executive director search extendedDjangoCon Europe 2027 (Innsbruck, Austria)django-bgtdjango-benchmarkOpen DEPs pull requests from Django on the …
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🔗 Links
- Django on the Med
- New technical governance approved (DEP 19)
- Executive director search extended
- DjangoCon Europe 2027 (Innsbruck, Austria)
- django-bgt
- django-benchmark
- Open DEPs pull requests from Django on the Med
📚 Books
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho
- The Wall by Marlen Hausofer
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Django Developers Survey 2026
🔗 Links 2026 Django Developers Survey Results Django 6.1 release notes Talk Python #446: Updates on Django's Async Story with Carlton Choose Boring Technology 🎥 YouTube YouTube Channel: @djangochat
How France Ditched Microsoft - Samuel Paccoud
🔗 Links La Suite numérique on GitHub La Suite website Samuel on LinkedIn TechEmpower Benchmarks being sunsetted 📦 Projects django-live-translations django-bolt TechEmpower Benchmarks 📚 Books The Mikado Method …
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🔗 Links
- La Suite numérique on GitHub
- La Suite website
- Samuel on LinkedIn
- TechEmpower Benchmarks being sunsetted
📦 Projects
📚 Books
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Deploy on Day One - Calvin Hendryx-Parker
🔗 Links SixFeetUp Careers getscaf, copier, tilt A CTOs Guide to AI Coding Assistants kind, nix, spec-kit Figma make 📦 Projects django-mail-auth disposable-email-domains turnstile django-modern-rest 📚 Books …
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🔗 Links
- SixFeetUp Careers
- getscaf, copier, tilt
- A CTOs Guide to AI Coding Assistants
- kind, nix, spec-kit
- Figma make
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- London Review of Books
- Big Panda & Tiny Dragon by James Norbury
- Universal Principles of Typography by Elliot Jay Stocks
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EuroPython 2026 - Mia Bajić
🔗 Links EuroPython 2026 website Mia’s personal website and podcast, Behind the Commit A Year on the EuroPython Society Board by Mia EuroPython 2025 in Prague Recap by Will Mia on LinkedIn, Instagram, BlueSky …
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🔗 Links
- EuroPython 2026 website
- Mia’s personal website and podcast, Behind the Commit
- A Year on the EuroPython Society Board by Mia
- EuroPython 2025 in Prague Recap by Will
- Mia on LinkedIn, Instagram, BlueSky
- Behind the Commit on YouTube
📚 Books
- Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker
- The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
- Hands on Rust by Herbert Wolverson
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DjangoCon Europe Recap + Other News - Jeff Triplett
🔗 Links 30% off PyCharm, 100% to Django promo REVSYS website Django News Newsletter new website Adopt Annual Release Cycle (DEP 20) Django on the Med - September 23rd to 25th in Pescara, Italy DSF Board Member …
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- 30% off PyCharm, 100% to Django promo
- REVSYS website
- Django News Newsletter new website
- Adopt Annual Release Cycle (DEP 20)
- Django on the Med - September 23rd to 25th in Pescara, Italy
- DSF Board Member Minutes Website
- Air: Agentic Development Environment
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- The Worlds I See by Fei-Fei Li
- The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever by Jessie Sima and Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
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Django Tasks - Jake Howard
🔗 Links django-tasks and Jake's GitHub Jake's personal website DSF Member of the Month - Jake Howard DjangoCon Europe 2024: Empowering Django with Background Workers Django Forum - Steering Council Vote on …
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- django-tasks and Jake's GitHub
- Jake's personal website
- DSF Member of the Month - Jake Howard
- DjangoCon Europe 2024: Empowering Django with Background Workers
- Django Forum - Steering Council Vote on Background Tasks
- PyCon UK 2025 Talk: Halt and Catch Fire: Forcefully Stopping Python
- Wagtail new security announcements channel
- Django new features repo
- Carlton’s Talk at PyTV on Mantle
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- The Passage by Justin Cronin
- Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon by Jenny Chase
- Designing Data Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
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Boost Your GitHub DX - Adam Johnson
🔗 Links Adam's Books Introducing tprof Introducing icu4py Carlton's keynote at DjangoCon Europe Recent trends in the work of the Django Security Team 📦 Projects dj-urls-panel Hornbeam Tachyon 📚 Books The Coming …
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🔗 Links
- Adam's Books
- Introducing tprof
- Introducing icu4py
- Carlton's keynote at DjangoCon Europe
- Recent trends in the work of the Django Security Team
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman
- The BEAM Book: Understanding the Erlang Runtime — Erik Stenman
- The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel
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PyCon US 2026 - Elaine Wong & Jon Banafato
🔗 Links PyCon US website Volunteer mailing list Elaine on LinkedIn and Jon's personal site 🎥 YouTube YouTube Channel: @djangochat Sponsor This episode is brought to you by Six Feet Up, the Python, Django, and …
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From Kenya to London with Django - Velda Kiara
🔗 Links Velda at RevSys Velda’s Substack: The Storyteller's Byte Tales Velda on GitHub Optimal Performance Over Basic as a Perfectionist with Deadlines More about me Neapolitan 📦 Projects django-linkcheck …
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🔗 Links
- Velda at RevSys
- Velda’s Substack: The Storyteller's Byte Tales
- Velda on GitHub
- Optimal Performance Over Basic as a Perfectionist with Deadlines
- More about me
- Neapolitan
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- A History of the Bible by John Barton
- Python Mastery, a course from David Beazley
- Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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Freelancing & Community - Andrew Miller
🔗 Links Personal website GitHub, Mastodon, and LinkedIn In Progress podcast Hamilton Rock Comprehension Debt Builder Methods 📦 Projects django-prodserver django-health-check Online Community Working Group 📚 …
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🔗 Links
- Personal website
- GitHub, Mastodon, and LinkedIn
- In Progress podcast
- Hamilton Rock
- Comprehension Debt
- Builder Methods
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- How to Build a LLM From Scratch by Sebastian Raschka
- World of Astrom
- Rob Walling books
- Jonathan Stark books
- David Kadavy books
- Manifesto of winning without pitching
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Improving Django - Adam Hill
🔗 LinksAdam’s Personal WebsiteDjango Brew podcastAdam’s GitHub profileRedesigned Django HomepageAllDjango.comnew-featuresdjango-api-frameworks📦 Projectsdjango-taskssuitenumeriqueDjango Rapid Architecture📚 …
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🔗 Links
- Adam’s Personal Website
- Django Brew podcast
- Adam’s GitHub profile
- Redesigned Django Homepage
- AllDjango.com
- new-features
- django-api-frameworks
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
- Nightmare Alley film
- London Review of Books & Le Monde Diplomatique
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Inverting the Testing Pyramid - Brian Okken
🔗 LinksPythonTest website pytest book and Lean TDDPython Bytes podcastTest and Code podcastPython People podcast Django Packages websitedjango-msgspec-fieldRuff rules How to Hide an Empire bookPython Polars — …
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🔗 Links
- PythonTest website
- pytest book and Lean TDD
- Python Bytes podcast
- Test and Code podcast
- Python People podcast
- Django Packages website
- django-msgspec-field
- Ruff rules
- How to Hide an Empire book
- Python Polars — The Definitive Guide
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow + There There by Tommy Orange
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Building a Django API Framework Faster than FastAPI - Farhan Ali Raza
🔗 LinksFarhan's personal site and GitHubdjango-boltdjango-replturbo-orm bombardierRobyn web frameworkReddit thread on Django Bolt vs Django Ninja vs FastAPIDeveloper Productivity AI Arena🎥 YouTubeYouTube …
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🔗 Links
- Farhan's personal site and GitHub
- django-bolt
- django-repl
- turbo-orm
- bombardier
- Robyn web framework
- Reddit thread on Django Bolt vs Django Ninja vs FastAPI
- Developer Productivity AI Arena
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From Bootcamp to Project Manager - Keanya Phelps
🔗 LinksBehind the Curtain as a Conference Chair blog postDjangoCon US Conference Chair Opening Remarks and Closing Remarks at DjangoCon USPG Data 2026 ConferenceDjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposals 2027-28📦 …
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🔗 Links
- Behind the Curtain as a Conference Chair blog post
- DjangoCon US Conference Chair
- Opening Remarks and Closing Remarks at DjangoCon US
- PG Data 2026 Conference
- DjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposals 2027-28
📦 Projects
📚 Books
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Django 6.0 - Natalia Bidart
Django 6.0 Released blog post and release notesDeprecations Don't Work for Python LibrariesDjango Forum - Should We Adjust Django's Versioning?django-repl and django-boltTemplate Fragments essay on …
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- Django 6.0 Released blog post and release notes
- Deprecations Don't Work for Python Libraries
- Django Forum - Should We Adjust Django's Versioning?
- django-repl and django-bolt
- Template Fragments essay on HTMX.org
- django-tasks
- What's New in Django 6.0 by Adam Johnson
- DjangoCon Europe 2024 | Empowering Django with Background Workers
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AI in the Real World - Marlene Mhangami & Tim Allen
Marlene’s personal website and Tim’sKeynote: Django Reimagined For The Age of AI by Marlene at DjangoCon US and GitHub repoWhat a Decade! by Tim at DjangoCon USDjango Girls OfflineSponsorThis episode was …
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- Marlene’s personal website and Tim’s
- Keynote: Django Reimagined For The Age of AI by Marlene at DjangoCon US and GitHub repo
- What a Decade! by Tim at DjangoCon US
- Django Girls Offline
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Django 20 Years Later - Adrian Holovaty
🔗 LinksAdrian’s personal websiteSoundsliceDjango BookMusicXMLMNX specification🎥 YouTubeYouTube Channel: @djangochatSponsorThis episode is brought to you by Six Feet Up, the Python, Django, and AI experts who …
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Django Survey 2025 - Jeff Triplett
🔗 LinksThe State of Django blog post with highlightsDjango Survey ResultsDjango Fundraising pageDjango Ecosystem PageDEFNA Call for 2027 Venue ProposalsLaravel MCP and Laravel BoostRevSys, Jeff's personal …
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🔗 Links
- The State of Django blog post with highlights
- Django Survey Results
- Django Fundraising page
- Django Ecosystem Page
- DEFNA Call for 2027 Venue Proposals
- Laravel MCP and Laravel Boost
- RevSys, Jeff's personal website, and micro blog
- Django News newsletter
- Django TV
- Django Packages
📦 Projects
📚 Books
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Django on the Med - Paolo Melchiorre
🔗 LinksDjango on the Med and #DjangoOnTheMed hashtagPaolo Melchiorre’s Website and LinkedInMy Django on the Med postDjango GitHub Issues for Django on the Meddjango-rapid and django-boltDjango: One ORM to Rule …
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🔗 Links
- Django on the Med and #DjangoOnTheMed hashtag
- Paolo Melchiorre’s Website and LinkedIn
- My Django on the Med post
- Django GitHub Issues for Django on the Med
- django-rapid and django-bolt
- Django: One ORM to Rule Them All
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra
- Django for Professionals by William Vincent
- More Everything Forever by Adam Becker
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Django Fellow - Jacob Walls
🔗 LinksJacob’s websiteDjango 6.0 Release NotesWhat skills does SWE-bench Verified evaluate?Django on the Me📦 Projectsdjango-watchfilesdjango-admin-keyshortcutsdjango-sql-migrate-deux📚 BooksSoftware Design by …
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🔗 Links
- Jacob’s website
- Django 6.0 Release Notes
- What skills does SWE-bench Verified evaluate?
- Django on the Me
📦 Projects
📚 Books
- Software Design by Example - Greg Wilson
- America Day by Day - Simone de Beauvoir
- The Hunting Gun - Yashushi Inoue
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DjangoCon US 2025 Recap
🔗 LinksDjango on the MeDjango for AI talk notesDjangoCon US 2025 Recap:Talk Python: Django’s 20th Birthday Paneluv Livestream with Michael KennedyDjango Roadmap Session January 2024📦 …
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🔗 Links
- Django on the Me
- Django for AI talk notes
- DjangoCon US 2025 Recap:
- Talk Python: Django’s 20th Birthday Panel
- uv Livestream with Michael Kennedy
- Django Roadmap Session January 2024
📦 Projects
📚 Books
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PHP Web Frameworks - Roman Pronskiy
Roman’s personal site, GitHub, and YouTube channel The PHP FoundationThe New Life of PHP – The PHP Foundation PHP Annotated Newsletter PHP 3 to 8: The Evolution of a Codebase PHPStorm 2025.1 SponsorThis episode …
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- Roman’s personal site, GitHub, and YouTube channel
- The PHP Foundation
- The New Life of PHP – The PHP Foundation
- PHP Annotated Newsletter
- PHP 3 to 8: The Evolution of a Codebase
- PHPStorm 2025.1
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Django Deployments in 2025 - Eric Matthes
Python Crash Course, 3rd Editiondjango-simple-deployMostly Python NewsletterDjango From First Principles SeriesDJP: A Plugin System for Djangodsd-vpsdjango-productionSponsorThis episode was brought to you by …
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- Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition
- django-simple-deploy
- Mostly Python Newsletter
- Django From First Principles Series
- DJP: A Plugin System for Django
- dsd-vps
- django-production
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Event Sourcing - Chris May
Everyday Superpowers*Chris on Fosstodon and BlueSkyWhy I Finally Embraced Event Sourcing and You Should TooDjangoCon US 2023: HTML-ivating your Django web app's experience with HTMX, AlpineJS, and streaming …
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- Everyday Superpowers*
- Chris on Fosstodon and BlueSky
- Why I Finally Embraced Event Sourcing and You Should Too
- DjangoCon US 2023: HTML-ivating your Django web app's experience with HTMX, AlpineJS, and streaming HTML
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DjangoCon Europe 2025 Recap
DjangoCon Europe 2025DjangoCon Europe on YouTube - subscribe to be notified when talks are postedGet Started With AI Assistant in PyCharm neapolitan - Quick CRUD views for DjangoDjango Social Django Events …
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- DjangoCon Europe 2025
- DjangoCon Europe on YouTube - subscribe to be notified when talks are posted
- Get Started With AI Assistant in PyCharm
- neapolitan - Quick CRUD views for Django
- Django Social
- Django Events Foundation of North America
Coding with LLMs - Frank Wiles
Frank Wiles personal site RevSys - Django Consultancykube-anypod kube-secrets DjangoCon US 2024: Brief History of Django with Frank Wiles Django 6.x Steering Council Aider AIClaude Django for APIs, 5th Edition …
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- Frank Wiles personal site
- RevSys - Django Consultancy
- kube-anypod
- kube-secrets
- DjangoCon US 2024: Brief History of Django with Frank Wiles
- Django 6.x Steering Council
- Aider AI
- Claude
- Django for APIs, 5th Edition
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