Migrating From Celery to Django Tasks https://paultraylor.net/blog/2026/migrating-from-celery-to-django-tasks/ #celery #django

We just released Mastodon 4.5.4, 4.4.11, 4.3.17 and 4.2.29. These versions contain various bug fixes, including a high and a moderate severity security fixes. Mastodon v4.2.29 will be the last update for the Mastodon v4.2 branch, please update to newer versions as soon as you can. Full […]

The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy! If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]

A great tool for scanning CSS to find old hacks that you almost certainly don’t need anymore. https://www.alwaystwisted.com/relicss/

We unit test code's correctness—so why not unit test performance as well? Having thought about the problem a little, here's my suggestion for a first step: testing big-O scalability. https://pythonspeed.com/articles/big-o-tests/ #python

Made some good progress today, prepping a migration from #celery to #django 's new task framework. Also added some test cases and fixed some bugs in https://codeberg.org/kfdm/django-inspect-tasks as well. Might be able to draft a small blog post about migrating as well. Lots of thanks to […]

Good news! `sphinx-fediverse` is now out of beta and has a stable release! It'a ready to go for enabling comments sections in your Sphinx-generated web pages #python #sphinxdoc #foss #floss #oss #fedibridge #mastodon #misskey #sharkey #fediverse #fedi

localfirst: you keep using that word https://www.deobald.ca/essays/2026-01-01-localfirst-you-keep-using-that-word/

How my students taught me that Github’s monopoly is hurting the Open Source ecosystem even more than I thought. https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html #github #floss

Wow, #gentoo moving from GitHub to Codeberg is cool. Haven't run Gentoo for years now but still have a soft spot for it (I learned so much running it as main driver). I also use Codeberg für my code (and joined the association) but we can't just "move everything to Codeberg". That's neither […]

Do you know someone who quietly makes the Django community better every day? Or maybe that someone is you? 👀✨ The Django Software Foundation appoints Individual Members to recognize contributions of all kinds: code, docs, reviews, teaching, events, community […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

I’ve just created a Python Conferences starter pack on FediDevs 👋 I added the official Mastodon accounts of Python conferences that are discoverable on the Fediverse :fedi: Only Python conferences, no personal accounts 👇 https://fedidevs.com/s/Nzk5/ If you know other general Python […]

I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚 “Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️ See what’s free to read […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Pillow 12.1.0 has been released! Welcome in the new year with new ImageGrab functionality, improved morphology support and a deprecation. Read more at https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/12.1.0.html

I’ve just created a new Django starter pack on FediDevs 👀 It collects non-human accounts only: Django projects, conferences, podcasts, news, and community initiatives. No personal accounts, just things you may want to follow once and forget. 👉 https://fedidevs.com/s/Nzk4/ If you know other […]

Conferences included in the starter pack 👇 @django @djangonews @djangocon @wagtail @djangochat @djangonaut @djangoconeurope @djangopackages @djangolondon #Django #fedidevs

Conferences included in the starter pack 👇 @pycon @europython @pyconau @[email protected] @AFPy @PyConUK @pycascades @kiwipycon @pyconde @pyconcz @pyconafrica @pybay @PyConNA @pyconil @pyconfi @pycon_austria @pycon_nl #python #PyCon #conferences

I forked the wonderful gistpreview.github.io to create gisthost.github.io - here's what I changed in my fork: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/1/gisthost/

I’ve just created a Python Conferences starter pack on FediDevs 👋 I added the official Mastodon accounts of Python conferences that are discoverable on the Fediverse :fedi: Only Python conferences, no personal accounts 👇 https://fedidevs.com/s/Nzk5/ If you know other general Python […]

I’ve published a retrospective on Django On The Med 🏖️ It’s a follow-up written a few months later, reflecting on what worked, what didn’t, and the value that emerged beyond GitHub activity, when the focus was on people and being together […]

I’ve just published a personal retrospective on Python Pescara and our 2025. It’s a look back at meetups, Django Girls, conferences, and how a local community grew and connected to the wider Python ecosystem. Full article 👇 https://www.paulox.net/2025/12/31/looking-back-at-python-pescara-2025/ […]

What if in 2025 I decided not to write a classic “Year in Review”? 😅 Instead of one big recap, I spent time writing and sharing small, focused reviews of the things that actually shaped my year: DjangoCon Europe, DjangoCon US, EuroPython, PyCon Italia, Django Groups workshops, and my work as […]

#firstsunoftheyear #newyear #year2026 #Pescara #Montesilvano

Today is Public Domain Day 2026 🎉 Some creative works finally become free, but copyright is not global and rules change by country: in New Zealand Tolkien’s books have been public domain since 2024. In Europe/US we still have to wait decades 💍 It would be […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

I’ve just created a new Django starter pack on FediDevs 👀 It collects non-human accounts only: Django projects, conferences, podcasts, news, and community initiatives. No personal accounts, just things you may want to follow once and forget. 👉 https://fedidevs.com/s/Nzk4/ If you know other […]

I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚 “Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️ See what’s free to read […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Buon anno 2026 😊

What if in 2025 I decided not to write a classic “Year in Review”? 😅 Instead of one big recap, I spent time writing and sharing small, focused reviews of the things that actually shaped my year: DjangoCon Europe, DjangoCon US, EuroPython, PyCon Italia, Django Groups workshops, and my work as […]

I’ve just published a personal retrospective on Python Pescara and our 2025. It’s a look back at meetups, Django Girls, conferences, and how a local community grew and connected to the wider Python ecosystem. Full article 👇 https://www.paulox.net/2025/12/31/looking-back-at-python-pescara-2025/ […]

I’ve realized that many posts and photos from conferences I shared before joining Mastodon (2019) are now basically trapped on Twitter/X. They still exist, but accessing them has become difficult. I’m considering moving to a self-hosted Mastodon instance and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

I’ve realized that many posts and photos from conferences I shared before joining Mastodon (2019) are now basically trapped on Twitter/X. They still exist, but accessing them has become difficult. I’m considering moving to a self-hosted Mastodon instance and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

I’ve published a retrospective on Django On The Med 🏖️ It’s a follow-up written a few months later, reflecting on what worked, what didn’t, and the value that emerged beyond GitHub activity, when the focus was on people and being together […]

If like me you have a mental model that SQLite doesn't accept outside contributions you should update it, I just got called out by D. Richard Hipp for spreading that misinformation in a comment on Hacker News They DO accept contributions, but are very selective (only ~37 contributors total so […]

Cerrano's Tower marine reserve. December 2025. Italy #silentsunday

Cerrano's Tower marine reserve. December 2025. Italy #silentsunday

Democracy shouldn’t end at the login screen. Mastodon is the only major social network that answers to you. As a nonprofit, we’re building a digital commons where transparency, trust, and your participation shape the future. Help us keep the Fediverse […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Looking back at EuroPython 2025 in Prague, a few months later, what really stays with me are the moments in between ✨ Speaking on stage mattered, but so did asking questions, time at the DSF booth, hallway conversations, and celebrating 20 years of Django […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Post-work meeting with the PyCon Italia 2026 org team, even during the holidays 🎄 We did the planning, talked schedules and tasks… and then, being in Italy, we naturally ended up on Panettone vs Pandoro 😄 Still working for you, our way. https://2026.pycon.it […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Missed the PyCon US 2026 CFP deadline because you were “just about to submit”? ⌛ If you too are a “professional procrastinator”, don’t worry, this is your lucky exception 😉 The CFP for PyCon is still open… just not the one in Long Beach 🏖️ Jokes apart, you […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Missed the PyCon US 2026 CFP deadline because you were “just about to submit”? ⌛ If you too are a “professional procrastinator”, don’t worry, this is your lucky exception 😉 The CFP for PyCon is still open… just not the one in Long Beach 🏖️ Jokes apart, you […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Reading the Django 6.0 release notes, I really like the new Template Partials in the Django Template Language, originally started by @carlton. They strongly resonate with the Locality of Behavior design principle. Since Django also supports Jinja2, I’m curious […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Imagine a social network that can’t be bought, sold, or controlled by a billionaire. A place where communities govern themselves, and your data stays yours. That's Mastodon. Join us in turning that vision into reality. Donate to power people-first social […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk/115739987490118848 since nobody listened to me, now you heard it from The Man: stop using MkDocs 😇 ⁃ Sphinx: still maintained ⁃ API docs and cross links: work out of the box ⁃ MyST (Markdown in Sphinx): still maintained ⁃ Furo, sphinx-book-theme, …: still […]

I see a lot of complaints about untested AI slop in pull requests. Submitting those is a dereliction of duty as a software engineer: Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/code-proven-to-work/

i started trying to write a small site in Django recently and I think I'm really enjoying it? I've failed to learn Rails a few times but my Django site is set up so that there's a `models.py` with all my models, `views.py` with all my views and it feels easier for me to find things than it was […]

DjangoCon US 2025 · Chicago Looking back at DjangoCon US, these photos bring back many great moments. I was there as a speaker and as a member of the Django Software Foundation board. I gave my talk and spent some time on stage sharing updates about the work […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Today on my walk, I was listening to the DjangoChat episode on Django 6.0 with Natalia Bidart, hosted by Carlton Gibson and Will Vincent, and in just the first 15 minutes I got so many cool ideas to share! For example, how we might help the community test new […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

DjangoCon Europe 2025 in Dublin 🇮🇪 Looking back at DjangoCon Europe 2025, a few months later, this was a really good way to start the in-person conference season ✨ I was there as a speaker and a DSF board member: a talk on mentoring in Djangonaut Space, a […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]