Django Chat

A biweekly podcast about the Django web framework by Will Vincent and Carlton Gibson.

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Episode 144:

· 50 MIN

Boost Your Django DX - Adam Johnson (Ep105 Replay)

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, …

Episode 143:

· 61 MIN

Django Deployments - Eric Matthes (Ep108 Replay)

Eric is the author of the new django-simple-deploy package which provides Django deployment in three steps. We discuss the deployment learning cliff, the ideal hosting platform, and maintaining his bestselling book Python …

Episode 142:

· 36 MIN

Django REST Framework (Replay)

A discussion of Django REST Framework, how it integrates with traditional Django, and its core features.

Episode 141:

· 46 MIN

How to Learn Django (Replay)

Carlton and Will discuss how to learn Django whether you are a total beginner or experienced web developer.

Episode 140:

· 64 MIN

Django Co-Creator - Simon Willison (Ep 21 Replay)

Simon Willison is a co-creator of Django and currently works at Eventbrite. We discuss the early days of Django, the founding of Lanyrd, and his ongoing work with Datasette to make it …

Episode 139:

· 65 MIN

Test and Code - Brian Okken

Brian is the host of the Test & Code podcast, co-host of the Python Bytes podcast, and author of the book Python Testing with pytest. We discuss testing in general, pytest in …

Episode 138:

· 75 MIN

20 Years of Python - Brett Cannon

Brett is a Python Core Contributor and leads the Python/VS Code team at Microsoft. We discuss his twenty years of open-source Python work, how to get involved today, the future of packaging, …

Episode 137:

· 74 MIN

Being a Productive Developer - Nick Janetakis

We welcome back Nick and discuss upgrading to Django 4.2, developer tooling, balancing multiple projects, and how to be productive as a modern web developer.

Episode 136:

· 64 MIN

How Django Really Works - Chaim Kirby

Chaim is the current President of the Django Software Foundation. We discuss what's new in Django, Carlton's pending departure as a Fellow, and how things really work behind-the-scenes.

Episode 135:

· 65 MIN

DjangoCon US 2023 - Drew Winstel

Drew is a software engineer at TheNounProject and co-chair of DjangoCon US 2022. We discuss organizing DjangoCon events, the tech stack at TheNounProject, homebrewing, testing, ChatGPT, and more.

Episode 134:

· 59 MIN

Dev Environments - Calvin Hendryx-Parker

Calvin is the co-founder of Six Feet Up, a Django consultancy that also runs the upcoming online Python Web Conference. We discuss ideal developer environments, Apache Airflow, Kubernetes, testing, and more.

Episode 133:

· 54 MIN

Django 4.2 - Mariusz Felisiak

Django Fellow Mariusz walks us through what to expect in Django 4.2 and 5.0, continuous integration, supporting multiple versions of Python/Django, and more.

Episode 132:

· 66 MIN

MongoDB - Mark Smith

Mark is a developer advocate at MongoDB, longtime Django developer, and co-chair of DjangoCon Europe 2023. We discuss how Mongo can work well alongside Django, type hinting, Rust, and more.

Episode 131:

· 65 MIN

Foxley Talent - Jon Gould

Jon is a longtime Django/Python recruiter who runs Foxley Talent. We discuss how to stand out to recruiters and companies, current trends in the market, and giving back to the Django community.

Episode 130:

· 60 MIN

Sentry - David Cramer

David is co-founder and CTO of Sentry, an open-source application monitoring and error tracking tool. We discuss building the early versions in Django, being self-taught, the advantages of middleware, next-generation hosting platforms, …

Episode 129:

· 59 MIN

Django LMS - Sheena O'Connell

Sheena is the CTO of Umuzi, a South Africa non-profit that trains young people in technical skills. We discuss the curriculum, teaching real-world programming skills, and building an online LMS due to …

Episode 128:

· 67 MIN

Postgres - Craig Kerstiens

Craig Kerstiens works at Crunchy Data, a provider of managed Postgres services. He previously worked at Heroku, Citus, and Azure Postgres among other companies. We talk about hosting providers today, the challenges …

Episode 127:

· 59 MIN

Butter CMS - Jake Lumetta

ButterCMS is a headless or API-first CMS built with Django. We discuss the initial inspiration, caching, performance, hosting, and running a SaaS business at scale.

Episode 126:

· 51 MIN

DjangoCon US 2022 Recap

DjangoCon US 2022 takeaways, new Django developments, getting unstuck as a junior developer, and more.

Episode 125:

· 77 MIN

HorseRecords - Andy Ide

Andy Ide is the creator of HorseRecords, a comprehensive Horse Husbandry App written in Django. We discuss his 20+ year career as a programmer, the local to production gap in Django, django-unicorn, …