Options for migrating the staticfiles app into core
Hey there! I performed a recent informal survey on Mastodon about migrating the staticfiles app out of contrib into core. It was generally a positive...
Custom Signals in Django
Hey there! It's fairly well known in the community that signals are a bit of anti-pattern. They make code harder to reason about and generally there are...
Steering Council Wishlist for 6.X
Hey there! I know DSF board nominations are open right now and there have been a few posts about initiatives others would like to see. I generally agree with...
Stuggling to write today
Hey there! These posts tend to either come easily or are a stretch. Right now it's 10pm and I want to go to bed, but this post has yet to be written, so here...
Drag and Drop UI builder idea for the Django Admin.
Hey there! Recently I have been building out an admin using UI Bakery on top of supabase to enable some onboarding without non technical users getting...
Adding a new contrib package to Django
Hey there! Django is well known for it's for stabiltiy and it's slow pace which can be annoying is a strength, especially given the stength of the third-...
What is the future of `django.contrib`...?
Hey there! In my last post, I had some questions about the contrib namespace with in Django core. I also answered a few of them, today I'm going to continue...
What to do with `django.contrib`...
Hey there! Today I was reading Emma's post from today about her wishlist for Django, which expands on some of items I listed since she did contribute to the...
Creating canonical Django packages - Part 5
Hey there! Yesterday I explored some packages that could be advertised as solutions to the missing batteries. Today it's a quick cover of the rest of the...
Creating canonical Django packages - Part 4
Hey there! Yesterday I summarized a forum post about missing batteries that the community feel is missing from Django. Today I'm going to pick out some...
Creating canonical Django packages - Part 3
Hey there! After my last post of the subject on Day 184 , I opened up this forum post asking the question: If Django were created today, which batteries...
Refactoring a Django project
Hey there! Most of my Django career has been brownfield projects, I have walked into code written by others and they are often no longer around, so I am left...
Scaling myself as a freelancer or solo developer
Hey there! Today I had my monthly meeting with myself (drinking a biscoff hot chocolate) and reflecting that I am hitting the limits of my time and how much...
A new project: In progress
Hey there! Earlier this week Justin Jackson shared a link to this short podcast episode from Caleb Porzio about how he records his episode and it immediately...
Picking the right tools for the job
Hey there! I have previously mentioned that I am joining a new startup and today I have finally got access to my new email (Thanks for nothing GoDaddy! ),...
Moderating a Discord Server - 2
Hey there! As I mentioned yesterday (earlier today for me being late) being a moderator is to be a culture creator & enforcer. Luckily for us in the...
Moderating a Discord Server
Hey there! A bit late with this one as I wrote it late yesterday! Discord is a community platform, a digital third place where people meet with a common...
A Django roadmap for begineers
Hey there! There is a variety of questions that is asked often enough by newcomers to Django which is along the lines that they have completed the tutorial,...
Django Admin global filters
Hey there! This week I have been adding exports to a client Django admin for GDPR reasons. While doing this task it triggered a question or an idea, which...
Part 2 of Django community platforms
Hey there! After yesterday's post Tim Shilling correctly pointed out that I had missed two major online platforms that the community uses, Mastodon & blog...