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I Miss Tabs vs Spaces... And Other AI Musings
A written guide to my DjangoCon US talk on deploying machine learning models with Django.
uv Livestream with Michael Kennedy
An in-depth look at the uv package manager, why it is so popular, and how to use it today.
DjangoCon US 2025 Recap
Thoughts on a fun week in Chicago, favorite talks, sprints, and more.
Django for AI: My DjangoCon US 2025 Conference Talk
A written guide to my DjangoCon US talk on deploying machine learning models with Django.
An Insider's Guide to DjangoCon US 2025
Tips on having the best conference experience.
Talk Python: Celebrating Django's 20th Birthday With Its Creators
Recording a recent podcast appearance with Simon Willison, Adrian Holovaty, Will Vincent, Jeff Triplet, and Thibaud Colas.
Vibe Recap of DjangoCon Europe 2025
Reflections on attending the conference in Dublin, Ireland.
DjangoCon US 2024 Recap
Thoughts and links from this year's DjangoCon US conference in Durham, NC.
Django User Model talk at Django Boston Meetup
A link to the slides and thoughts on improvements for next team on this topic.
Django for Beginners 4.2 Update
What's new in the book
Personal Thoughts on the Django Software Foundation Board's Future
Thoughts from 3 years on the Board as Treasurer
Django for Professionals 4.0 Update
Changelog for the Django 4.0 update
Django for APIs 4.0 Update
Changelog for the Django 4.0 and Django REST Framework 3.13 update
How to Work Through Django Books
Practical tips for reading and coding examples in Django books.
Django for Beginners 3.2 Update
What's new in the book
A Year in the Life of a DSF Board Member
What Django Software Foundation Board Member's actually do.
How to Contribute to Django Docs
Makes updates to Django's official docs.
A Month in the Life of a DSF Board Member
What Django Software Foundation Board Member's actually do.
Best React Books (2020)
The best books for learning React and JavaScript.
Flask vs Django (2020)
A comparison of the two dominant Python-based web frameworks.
How Django Works Behind the Scenes
On the Django community, organizations, and people behind the Django web framework.
Announcing the Django News Newsletter
Why I'm launching a weekly newsletter on Django.
DjangoChat Podcast
Launching a new podcast with Carlton Gibson focused on Django.
Best Online Django Video Tutorials (2019)
An up-to-date list of online Django video tutorials.
Talk Python Podcast Interview - Teaching Django
An interview with Michael Kennedy on learning and teaching Django.
Python Web Frameworks
Web frameworks make life much easier when building robust, scalable web applications. Why reinvent the wheel and build everything from scratch yourself? They are used by everyone from small startups...
Python *args and **kwargs
Python has a special syntax, * (single asterisk) and ** (double asterisks), that lets you pass a variable number of arguments to a function. By convention, these are written as...
Podcast.__init__ Interview - The Business of Technical Authoring
An interview with Tobias Macey on learning and teaching Django.
Thoughts on Publishing a Technical Book (Part 2)
An update 6 months and one more book later on what I've learned.
Introducing DjangoX - A new starter framework for Django
Djangox helps developers launch new Django projects quickly with a complete user authentication flow, custom user model, social authentication options, and more.
Django Rest Framework - Changing Field Names with Source
Learn how to change a model field name in your serializer using source.
Thoughts on Publishing a Technical Book (Part 1)
What I've learned writing and self-publishing a book on web development with Django.
Simple Django Project
Django is commonly referred to as a “batteries included” framework that provides far more functionality than you will use in any given Web project. As a result, if you are...
Install Django, Python3, pip, virtualenv, and virtualenvwrapper
Setting up your computer for web development is tricky, even for a professional programmer. As a beginner, it’s likely you’ve had trouble along the way.
Cactus Static Site Generator
Static site generators combine the best of both worlds: a local server lets you use templates to easily manage the design and content on your site but ultimately all you...
Format Phone Numbers in Django
tl;dr Use a custom Django template filter.