Mjumbe Poe

2 videos · 2 events · 2016–2018 · 1h 11m of video

Talks

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Auto-generating an API using PostgreSQL...

DjangoCon US 2018 · November 8, 2018

An API can be generated by introspecting an existing PostgreSQL database, dynamically creating Django models, Django REST Framework serializers and viewsets, and django-filter filter sets instead of maintaining each layer by hand. Mjumbe Poe describes using this approach at Stepwise Analytics for large, changing collections…

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The City as Cyborg: A History of Civic Technology...

DjangoCon US 2016 · August 26, 2016

Cities became “cyborgs” through the growth of civic technology and the increasing dependence of human identity and social life on networked information systems. Mjumbe Poe traces this history from the 1990s web through Facebook, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi, smartphones, open-government initiatives, Snowden’s disclosures, Black Lives Matter,…

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