Hey, if you've participated in @djangonaut (in any role!) and are going to @djangocon, please check the Discord for a community light breakfast 🍩 / coffee ☕️ / tea 🍵 / meet up 🥳
Or let me know here so I can remember to ping you when we are putting things together!
🇺🇲 DjangoCon US is my favourite week in the Django calendar and it's back in Chicago again this year in less than 3 weeks time!
I've put together my tips for making the most of the week on my blog. The hallway track, the socials, the lightning talks, how to join a group when you don't know anyone...
I'll also have the Foxley Talent stand there again too, so please come and say hi! 🦊
https://foxleytalent.com/blog/maximizing-djangoconus/
See you in Chicago!
Today's more of a nifty trick than feature, but it counts! It's how you can use `Exists()` to replace `__in=` lookups for nested querysets [that are complicated]. #Django
https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/08/05/nifty-feature-use-exists-with-nested-queryset/
And do I explain what "complicated" means? Of course not! 😀
Another notification from my Tim Schilling Google alert and another Tim getting into trouble.
The German translation of the Python docs is being restarted. Want to help out? Get in touch with Swen!
Not sure if people are aware, but there's been an increase in #GitHub suspending accounts. When this happens, their created issues disappear because the account is effectively disappeared. Beyond that, when it happens to a person who is a sole maintainer of a project, the impact is extremely high. We've seen at least two #Django community members have this happen to them in the last six months. I hadn't heard of this happening in my N years before that.
My favorite change of the summer is being provided by @veldakiara
https://github.com/django-commons/django-debug-toolbar/pull/2429
*checks watch* oh it's that time, shameless plug o'clock! I have some openings on my coaching rolls.
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Don't miss [out] on your #DjangoCon US tshirt!
Some big deadlines for DjangoCon US expire this weekend: getting in on the hotel block, guaranteeing yourself a t-shirt, and getting sponsor logos on the shirt or backdrop. Lock yours in today.
https://2026.djangocon.us/
July's DSF member of the month is @kati ! 🌟
Kati is involved in the Django community for many years. She was a DEFNA Director for 8 years 💡
Learn more about Kati here!
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/29/dsf-member-of-the-month-katherine-michel/
It's an honor to be the Django Software Foundation Member of the Month. Thank you for inviting me to do this fun interview! https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/29/dsf-member-of-the-month-katherine-michel/
This week's nifty #Django feature is pretty short and courtesy of @adamchainz's wonderful book "Speed up your Django Tests". If you're unfamiliar with `setUpTestData()` and interested in speeding up your tests, give the post a read:
https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/07/29/nifty-feature-setuptestdata/
Side benefit of this, we added this method to Django's docs tips for improving test performance 🥳
We would be remiss if we didn't give a special shout out to our Videographer for #PyOhio 2026, @elthenerd. Elaine stepped up and came through for us in a pinch - without Elaine's help, we wouldn't have been able to record all of our great talks this year.
Sincerely, Elaine, Thank You! 🙏
Who runs the PyCoders newsletter? I need to thank them for featuring my blog. The two times I've made the cut, I've seen large spikes in traffic. It's pretty cool
#PyOhio recap post published! I had a lot of thoughts this morning. It was such a great time, highly recommend it to others for next year!
https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/07/28/pyohio-2026-recap/
🎉 We're excited to announce Sarah Boyce as a keynote speaker!
As a Django Fellow, Sarah helps maintain Django and support its global community. Her keynote will explore code review, feedback, and building stronger open source communities.
Nice side benefit to driving to #PyOhio cc: @webology @ryancheley @kojoidrissa
Strongly recommend folks attend #PyOhio if they can. Great talks, fun location, wonderful humans and amazing organizers. More thoughts to come when I finally get home, but dang. This was fun!