Calvin Hendryx-Parker

Batteries vs. Speed: The Django/FastAPI Debate

DjangoCon US 2026 · October 26, 2026

Few debates in the Python world generate more discussion than Django vs. FastAPI. After decades of building production systems with both, we've arrived at a simple conclusion: they don't actually do the same thing, and that changes everything about how you should evaluate them.

Deploy Django: GitOps & Kubernetes Made Easy

DjangoCon US 2025 · November 6, 2025

Also given at PyOhio 2025

Calvin Hendryx-Parker shows how a Django project can move from an empty repository to a cloud sandbox using a GitOps workflow built around Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Argo CD, and the Scaff project template. Developers work through pull requests and branch changes; CI builds and…

Supercharge Your Django Dev Team: Introducing the BEST Framework with Calvin

DjangoCon US 2023 · December 15, 2023

Calvin Hendryx-Parker argues that internal development teams can learn from the care, documentation, quality practices, and knowledge sharing common in open-source projects. Six Feet Up has built a framework that assesses the developer experience across four stages and 19 units, using nearly 100 data points…