5 videos · 5 events · 2023–2026 · 3h 47m of video
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DjangoChat 2026 · March 11, 2026
Velda Kiara describes building a career around Django through open-source contributions, community volunteering, conference participation, and relationships formed at Django events. She explains how moving from Kenya to London brought practical and social challenges, while support from people in the Python and Django communities helped…
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DjangoCon US 2025 · November 6, 2025
Django’s two-decade strength comes from a welcoming community, accessible entry points such as Django Girls, and volunteers who sustain code, documentation, mentoring, and events. The panelists argued that the community should reduce barriers to contributing and deploying Django, make third-party packages more visible, and provide…
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PyCascades 2025 · February 26, 2025
Fast Django applications improve user retention, reduce infrastructure costs, and scale more easily, but optimization should be guided by profiling and the needs of the application rather than applied indiscriminately. Database techniques include indexing, `select_related()` and `prefetch_related()` to avoid unnecessary queries, and sharding data across…
DjangoChat 2026 · March 11, 2026
PyCascades 2025 · February 26, 2025
DjangoCon US 2023 · December 15, 2023