Like so many others, my life has been so much richer for having found #Django early on. I started using it because I wanted to build tools for teachers and students, without having to spend all my time focusing on technical aspects of 2000s-era web app infrastructure. Django let me focus on the tools I was building, not the infrastructure itself. Ten years later I finally went to a DjangoCon, and started meeting lifelong friends. Thank you to everyone that's helped it reach 20 years!

I wrote about the value of conference open spaces in validating new project ideas. A bit about sprints as well:

Mostly Python

Validating a new project

MP 142: Conference "open spaces" are a great place to get valuable feedback about new projects. Note: The debugging series will continue shortl...

#PyConUS

I keep staring at these cables when I'm out in the common areas of the convention center. I really like how a bunch of individual pieces come together at such a clearly defined point to combine their strength. It's a nice visual reminder of how strong and resilient a group of aligned individuals can be. #PyConUS

Wouldn't Django be a little nicer to work with if it had a `deploy` command? django-simple-deploy does exactly that; it's a plugin-based library that automates initial deployments to a variety of platforms. If you want to join the discussion, please come to the "Simplifyiing initial Django deployments" open space at 11:00, in room 315.

Introduction - django-simple-deploy

#PyConUS

I'll be at #PyConUS later this month, and I'll be sprinting on django-simple-deploy. I'm planning to focus on refining existing plugins, especially dsd-vps which deploys to any VPS provider. I've met some fantastic people over the years sprinting on this project. If you're interested, please say hi at the conference! Even if you're working on something else, I'd love to meet you. :)

PyCon US 2025

Development Sprints

PyCon US 2025

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I've often thought we could help people learn debugging better if we had a tool that lets you intentionally introduce specific kinds of bugs into a known working project. py-bugger aims to do exactly that: #Python

I'm a few days late in sharing this, but my PyCon US talk proposal was not accepted this year. If you're a first-time submitter, I hope you've heard that the vast majority of submissions are not accepted, just because of the volume of submissions. Maybe we can make a dinner or open space for people who had their proposals rejected, and share what we would have talked about?

Non-US Python people, have any of you canceled plans to come to PyCon US because of the political climate here? I'm expecting to see significantly fewer international attendees this year, and wondering how many of those decisions have already been made. #python

Django people who deploy to a VPS: What is your current setup? I've always used Ubuntu, Postgres, gunicorn, and nginx. But I'm curious how people have deviated from that approach. Mostly thinking about small to medium projects, which run from a single server. #python #django