Adrian Holovaty

2 videos · 2 events · 2015–2025 · 1h 37m of video

Talks

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Django 20 Years Later

DjangoChat 2025 · November 12, 2025

Adrian Holovaty describes how programming, music, and an interest in practical tools led him and his colleagues to create Django, after working with Perl and PHP. He now runs SoundSlice, a Django- and Python-based music practice platform, and values Django because it is stable, gets…

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Django Regrets

Django Birthday 2015 · July 14, 2015

Adrian Holovaty reflects on the personal and technical decisions he regrets from Django’s first decade. He urges people to document important periods with photos, avoid rushing weak contributions or decisions into an open-source project, and provide stable releases sooner. He also critiques Django’s settings architecture,…

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