Ken Whitesell

3 videos · 3 events · 2018–2026 · 1h 16m of video

Talks

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Building a Welcoming Django Community

DjangoCon US 2026 · July 14, 2026

Ken Whitesell has volunteered at DjangoCon for 11 years, mainly at the registration desk, because he enjoys meeting attendees and contributing to the welcoming atmosphere. He says the conference community made a strong impression on him when he first attended, and he now tries to…

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WebRTC with Django, Channels, HTMX, and coturn

DjangoCon US 2024 · December 6, 2024

WebRTC video conferencing with Django uses Channels for WebSocket signaling, HTMX to update the page, browser WebRTC APIs for peer-to-peer media, and coturn to handle connections that cannot be made directly. Each participant maintains a separate connection to every other participant, so joining a room…

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Autonomous Vehicles, Intelligent Transportation Systems...

DjangoCon US 2018 · November 8, 2018

Ken Whitesell explains that fully autonomous vehicles remain difficult because they must combine radar, lidar, cameras, short-range radar, and ultrasound to interpret complex, changing road environments; he cites several fatal failures caused by vehicles misreading obstacles. He argues that intelligent transportation systems can help close…

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