Django Chat

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

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Episode 124:

· 64 MIN

Django Unicorn - Adam Hill

Adam is a software engineer at The Motley Fool and the author of multiple open source packages including Django Unicorn, Coltrane, and minestrone. We discuss his approach to writing software, the perfect …

Episode 123:

· 72 MIN

DjangoCon Europe 2022 - Kojo Idrissa

Kojo gave the Keynote at DjangoCon Europe 2022 and is a prolific public speaker. He is a software engineer at RevSys and Lightning Talks Chair at DjangoCon US 2022 as well. We …

Episode 120:

· 40 MIN

Django @Instagram - Carl Meyer (Ep78 Replay)

Carl is a Software Engineer at Instagram and a Django Core developer. We discuss his contributions to Django and how Django and Python are used at Instagram today.

Episode 121:

· 63 MIN

Django's Async Future - Tom Christie (Ep46 Replay)

Tom is the creator of Django REST Framework, HTTPX, and a whole suite of new async Python web stack packages.

Episode 122:

· 68 MIN

Django 4.1 Preview - Jeff Triplett (Ep 115 Replay)

Django 4.1 was released today! This discussion from May covers what's new in 4.1 and the work of Jeff Triplett who is the maintainer of djangopackages.org, a partner at RevSys, Python Software …

Episode 119:

· 36 MIN

Django REST Framework (Ep5 Replay)

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

Episode 118:

· 70 MIN

htmx - Carson Gross (Ep95 Replay)

Carson is the creator of htmx (formerly intercooler.js), which allows for AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets, and Server Sent Events directly in HTML: no JavaScript required.

Episode 117:

· 46 MIN

How to Learn Django (Ep2 Replay)

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

Episode 116:

· 62 MIN

Read The Docs - Eric Holscher

Eric is the co-founder of Read the Docs and the Write the Docs Conferences. He is also a former Python Software Foundation Board Member and Chair of the Funding Working Group. We …

Episode 115:

· 68 MIN

Django 4.1 Preview - Jeff Triplett

Jeff is a partner at RevSys, Python Software Foundation Director, and DjangoCon organizer. We discuss what’s coming in Django 4.1, DjangoCon US 2022, and his work as maintainer of djangopackages.org.

Episode 114:

· 55 MIN

Star Wars and Django

André Prado and James Spadafora are engineers at Industrial Light and Magic, a visual effects studio whose work includes Star Wars and Marvel movies. We discuss the immense technical demands of modern …

Episode 113:

· 60 MIN

Appliku - Kostja Palović

Kostja Palović is the founder of Appliku, a deployment platform for Django. We chat about his past running an agency, creating Appliku, and the current state of Django deployments.

Episode 112:

· 64 MIN

Django’s Rough Edges - Keryn Knight

Keryn (Kez) Knight is a longtime contributor and current member of the Django Triage and Review Team. We discuss the rough edges of Django, async, error pages, optimization, and the lifecycle of …

Episode 111:

· 66 MIN

Django the Good Parts - James Bennett

James is an original core contributor and longtime pillar of the Django community. We discuss Django’s early years, what it got right (and wrong), how the community developed, and the current state …

Episode 110:

· 53 MIN

Production APIs - Calvin Hendryx-Parker

Calvin is the co-founder of Six Feet Up, a Python/Django consultancy. We discuss the upcoming Python Web Conference 2022, a recent lightning-prediction project, and current best practices around Django APIs in production.

Episode 109:

· 67 MIN

Django Community - Anna Makarudze

Anna is a software engineer from Zimbabwe who is the President of the Django Software Foundation and a Trustee of Django Girls. We talk about her formal computer science education, organizing events …

Episode 108:

· 61 MIN

Django Deployments - Eric Matthes

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 107:

· 53 MIN

Django Testing and Debugging - Karen Tracey

Karen is a developer and co-owner at Caktus Group, a former DSF Board member, and author of the book Django Testing and Debugging. We discuss her PhD computing background, auto-scaling large sites, …

Episode 106:

· 53 MIN

Django at UC Berkeley - Mohammed Shamma and Matthew Newton

Mohammed and Matthew are software developers at UC Berkeley who use Django and Wagtail extensively. We discuss their programming careers, porting existing projects over to Django, and their excitement around htmx.

Episode 105:

· 50 MIN

Boost Your Django DX - Adam Johnson

Adam is a prolific contributor to the Django community and the author of the forthcoming book, Boost Your Django DX. We discuss his work on the Django Security Team, the Django Technical …