Django Fellow

This video features Jacob Walls at DjangoChat 2026 .

Jacob is the newest Django Fellow and we talk about his background, transitioning from music to programming, what to expect in Django 6.0 this December, and more.

🔗 Links
Jacob’s website: https://jacobtylerwalls.com/about.html
Django 6.0 Release Notes: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/6.0/
What skills does SWE-bench Verified evaluate? https://epoch.ai/blog/what-skills-does-swe-bench-verified-evaluate
Django on the Me: https://www.djangomed.eu/

📦 Projects
django-watchfiles: https://github.com/adamchainz/django-watchfiles
django-admin-keyshortcuts: https://github.com/khanxmetu/django-admin-keyshortcuts
django-sql-migrate-deux: https://github.com/browniebroke/django-migrate-sql-deux

📚 Books
Software Design by Example - Greg Wilson: https://third-bit.com/sdxpy/
America Day by Day - Simone de Beauvoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/america-day-by-day-simone-de-beauvoir/fe7d0419caef457a
The Hunting Gun - Yashushi Inoue: https://pushkinpress.com/book/the-hunting-gun/

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This episode was sponsored by HackSoft https://www.hacksoft.io/solutions/django

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