Tim is the Secretary of DEFNA, the organization that runs DjangoCon US each year. He is also a founder of Djangonaut.space, maintainer of django-debug-toolbar, Google Summer of Code mentor, and more. We discuss last week’s conference, current changes afoot in the Django community, his day job working at an education analytics company, and more.

Our two Django Fellows join us to discuss new features in the Django 5.1 release, major improvements to accessibility, future updates in Django 5.2 and 6.0, and more.

We’re back! This mini-episode starts off the fall season and focuses on what’s new in Django, upcoming DjangoCon US talks, our thoughts on the User model, Carlton’s new Stack Report newsletter, mentoring mentors, and more.

Justin is the founder of Buttondown, a newsletter service built with Django. We discuss scaling the code and the team behind the project, the email space in general, new developments in web development, and Django features he’d like to see.

Jeff is a partner at RevSys, a former Director and Vice Chair of the Python Software Foundation, and co-founder/former President of DEFNA. We discuss recent Django third-party packages, djangopackages.org, function-based and class-based views, the current state of Tailwind, and more.

Michael hosts the Talk Python podcast, co-hosts Python Bytes, and runs courses at Talk Python Training. We discuss his recent shift to mainly self-hosted open-source options for everything from marketing emails to analytics and more.

Çağıl is a Lead Backend Engineer at Kraken Tech, Django Software Foundation Vice President, and Django London Meetup co-organizer. We discuss her background studying computer science in Turkey, organizing DjangoGirls and Python events in Istanbul, and her current work today.

Simon is a longstanding contributor to Django and a member of the Steering Council and the Security Team. We discuss his current work at Zapier, type hints, django-ninja vs Django REST Framework, and thoughts on the future of Django.

Jacob is a co-creator of Django. We discuss Django’s early design decisions, community consensus vs the BDFL approach, HTMX, deployment, and more.

Deb is the Executive Director of the Python Software Foundation and a longtime member of open-source communities. We discuss the work of an executive director, the PSF’s new Developers-in-Residence, recent legislative efforts, and how software nonprofits function day to day.

Harout and Andrew are the engineers behind pinplanet, a free Django-based mobile app to pin where you’ve been. We discuss moving from a PWA to native iOS, Kotlin for Android, testing and performance challenges along the way, type hints, and more.

Kátia is a Board Member of the Django Software Foundation and a Framework Engineer at Fly.io. We discuss her academic background in Brazil, moving to Europe to study and work, and rotating between individual contributor and manager roles.

Simon Willison is a co-creator of Django who is currently working on Datasette and writes actively on AI/LLMs. We discuss the current state of web technology, his role as a director of the Python Software Foundation, and the NYTimes lawsuit against OpenAI, amongst many other topics.

Sarah is a Backend Developer at Octopus Energy and a member of the Django Accessibility team. We discuss her work improving the Django docs and admin, starting the Djangonaut Space program, organizing Django Paris meetups, and more.

Matt Layman is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Included Health and the author of a recent book, Understand Django. We discuss running a Django monolith at scale in the healthcare space, his weekly live coding series, and more.

Lily is a developer at Klopp Industries where she’s working on Kolo, a dynamic code analysis tool for Django. We discuss her recent PRs on the Django ORM, serialization, type hints, and being a navigator on the inaugural Djangonaut program.

Mackenzie is a developer advocate at GitGuardian. We discuss handling security reports in Django, the pros and cons of environment variables, why ChatGPT is a security concern, and more.

Sarah is a British developer based in Germany who is a member of Django’s Review and Triage Team. She is also a co-organizer of Djangonaut Space, a new mentorship program to onboard and develop Django contributors.

Natalia Bidart is a developer from Argentina who is the newest Django Fellow. We discuss her background in computing, her career at Canonical, consulting, and getting up to speed on the Django Fellow role.

Paul Everitt is a Python advocate at JetBrains, the maker of PyCharm. We discuss what makes PyCharm a powerful Python IDE, its current “year of Django” focus, and why testing isn’t about eating your vegetables but joy.

Filip is a Django and iOS developer. We discuss his switch over to Django for backend APIs, the current status of iOS development, VR headsets, and more.

Adam is a prolific figure in the Django community and the author of a new book, Boost Your Git DX. We discuss the latest Django 5.0 alpha release, how to use aliases, managing third-party packages, and a plethora of tips and tricks with Git to improve your developer workflow.

David is an accountant who has contributed massively to Django in recent years, taking over django-crispy-forms, improving djangobench, and becoming a member of Django’s Triage and Review team.

Adam is a prolific contributor to the Django community and the author of the book, Boost Your Django DX. We discuss his work on the Django Security Team, the Django Technical Board, multiple recent Django third-party packages, and the new book.