Will Vincent
@wsvincent.bsky.social
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π Python. π¦ Django. π LearnDjango.com. Dev π₯ @JetBrains
Another "Recently" update. Brief reviews of four books: Recursion, Apple in China, All the Knowledge in the World, and How the South Won the Civil War. Plus, Split Fiction coop game completed, and Mark Carney's talk at Davos.
wsvincent.com/recently-lat...
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Recently (late January 2026) - Will Vincent
What I've been reading, thinking, and learning in late January 2026.
https://wsvincent.com/recently-late-jan-2026/
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Ep191 Django 6.0 with Natalia Bidart is live! Natalia is a Django Fellow and the release manager for 6.0. Learn all about the new features: template partials, CSP, task queues, modern email, and more.
djangochat.com/episodes/dja...
Natalia's photo by Bartek Pawlik
bartpawlik.format.com
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If youβve ever wanted direct access to JetBrains expertsβ¦ congratulations! December is your month. Weβre hosting a multi-language AMA series on Reddit. Stay tuned to join the conversation! π β‘οΈr/jetbrains:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jetbrains/
β‘οΈr/kotlin:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kotlin/
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My
@djangocon.us
talk, "Django for AI", is live. I cover how to train a basic Machine Learning model, deploy it with Django, and run a local LLM model.
youtu.be/zIQZXr6XIU0?...
There's also a text-based write-up here with link to the three related GitHub repos.
wsvincent.com/django-for-a...
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Django for AI: Deploying Machine Learning Models with Django with Will Vincent
YouTube video by DjangoCon US
https://youtu.be/zIQZXr6XIU0?si=EGs1hvJMTaOJ9Ks6
3 months ago
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3 months ago
4,600+ developers. Global trends. The future of
#Django
. Dive into the State of Django 2025 with Will Vincent:
https://jb.gg/ptgdww
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Develop with
#Django
? Youβre in good company. We partnered with the Django Software Foundation to survey 4,600+ developers and find out: π₯ Who Django devs are π οΈ How they use Django βοΈ What tools they rely on Read the full breakdown by
@wsvincent.bsky.social
: π
jb.gg/ptgdww
π
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3 months ago
π #Django turns 20! In this special interview,
@wsvincent.bsky.social
and
@thibaudcolas.bsky.social
#Django
President of the DSF, discuss: π¬ How the Django survey shapes new Django features βοΈ Adapting to industry shifts π The first DSF Impact Survey Watch the full conversation:
https://jb.gg/8lmrqm
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I really enjoyed appearing on the AI Engineering Podcast to talk about AI agents/rules, constraining the blast radius, local models, and touched upon the recent
@djangoproject.com
Developers Survey 2025 results that just came out.
www.aiengineeringpodcast.com/episodepage/...
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Agents, IDEs, and the Blast Radius: Practical AI for Software Engineers
Summary In this episode of the AI Engineering Podcast Will Vincent, Python developer advocate at JetBrains (PyCharm), talks about how AI utilities areβ¦
https://www.aiengineeringpodcast.com/episodepage/agents-ides-and-the-blast-radius-practical-ai-for-software-engineers
3 months ago
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3 months ago
π The State of #Django 2025 is out! We partnered with the
@djangoproject.com
to survey 4,600+ developers and found out: β‘ HTMX and Alpine.js are rapidly gaining popularity π€ 38% use AI to learn Django π‘ 63% use type hints Read the full breakdown by
@wsvincent.bsky.social
#Django
π
https://jb.gg/ptgdww
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Sitting in the lounge at JFK airport so time to write up something fun: the secret prompts in Copilot CLI.
wsvincent.com/copilot-cli-...
Yes, you can see them for yourself!
4 months ago
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A fun Friday night hack superpowered by Claude Code. The original Django book by Adrian Holovaty and Jacob Kaplan-Moss is now available again at
DjangoBook.com
. I wrote up a short bit on how this came to be:
wsvincent.com/djangobook-b...
#django
#python
4 months ago
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My
@djangochat.bsky.social
podcast host, Carlton Gibson, made an offhand remark the other day, as we yet-again debated AI, saying "I miss tabs vs spaces." And it got me thinking....
wsvincent.com/i-miss-tabs-...
4 months ago
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@jmduke.com
got a shout out in the most recent
@djangochat.bsky.social
episode with Jacob Walls. We have a new section at the end of episodes where we recommend a book...
youtu.be/P-D7DtGJqzY?...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Ep186 with Django Fellow Jacob Walls is live! We talk about his background, transitioning from music to programming, what to expect in Django 6.0 this December, and more.
djangochat.com/episodes/dja...
Also available on YouTube if you prefer:
youtu.be/P-D7DtGJqzY?...
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A review of Karen Hao's recent book, Empire of AI. Very well written and researched. She makes a convincing case that modern AI companies are closer to European countries in their attempts at empire-building and colonizing vast swaths of the public.
wsvincent.com/empire-of-ai/
4 months ago
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In the near future, Small Language Models (SLMs) will likely become the dominant way users consume AI. This post explores why.
wsvincent.com/future-ai-slm/
4 months ago
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5 months ago
Ep185 DjangoCon US Recap is live! We're back after the summer break, discussing
@djangocon.us
last week, Django 6.0 feature freeze, adding APIs to core Django, and Django on the Med next month.
djangochat.com/episodes/dja...
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My recap of
@djangocon.us
last week is live. Photos, talk descriptions, hallway track vibes, and some takeaways: * AI is widely used, but with some skepticism * AI Chat > AI Agents for most Django devs so far * LLMs are wreaking havoc on open source maintainers
wsvincent.com/djangoconus-...
5 months ago
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I posted a detailed writeup of my
@djangocon.us
talk I gave on Monday titled, "Django for AI." It has all the slides, my notes, links to the repos and demos, and more. Happy to chat with anyone who'd like to explore these ideas further!
wsvincent.com/django-for-a...
5 months ago
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A sneak peek of a demo I will show at
@djangocon.us
next week during my talk on "Django for AI." This is a local Django website connected to Ollama using async views, server side events, and HTMX to mimic the functionality of a LLM chatbot like ChatGPT or Anthropic.
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5 months ago
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Attending
@djangocon.us
next week in Chicago either online or in person? Here are my tips and tricks for maximizing your experience. From the hallway track to Pac-Man at meals, learn what makes Django events so special. Pic from 2023 Sprints with Paolo Melchiorre.
wsvincent.com/insiders-gui...
5 months ago
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I was quite struck by a recent video interview with Po-Shen Loh from Carnegie Mellon on what it means to be human in an AI world. This article has a link to the video and some thoughts on how we can all navigate AI going forward.
wsvincent.com/how-to-succe...
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How to Succeed as a Human in an AI World - William Vincent
Reviewing Po-Shen Loh's advice on how to integrate AI into our lives.
https://wsvincent.com/how-to-succeed-with-ai/
5 months ago
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New book review of Supremacy by Parmy Olson. tl;dr it's a really gripping look at the people behind AI/LLMs, most notably Demis Hassabis of DeepMind and Sam Altman of OpenAI, and sobering to see how even good intentions can morph into the polar opposite over time.
wsvincent.com/supremacy-ai...
6 months ago
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I had a blast joining the panel yesterday for a
@talkpython.fm
livestream on "Django's 20th Birthday." Guests included Adrian Holovaty,
@simonwillison.net
,
@thibaudcolas.bsky.social
,
@webology.bsky.social
, and
@mkennedy.codes
.
www.youtube.com/live/qlYCUI5...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
What's the state of Python in 2025? βͺ@pycharm.devβ¬ partnered with
@python.org
β¬ for the annual Python Developers Survey, shaped by 30k+ Python devs. π§βπ» Whoβs using Python and why π What tools are gaining ground π How the community is changing Check out the results:
jb.gg/uka16g
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6 months ago
π According to the State of Python 2025, 51% of Python developers use it for data exploration and processing. π And you? What are you building with Python right now? Tell us in the comments! π
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The 2025 State of Python survey is now out! This is the 8th annual collaboration between
@python.org
and
@pycharm.dev
on current trends in Python.
@mkennedy.codes
wrote up a great summary of the results and key trends.
blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2025...
6 months ago
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I'll be giving a talk, "Django for AI: Deploying Machine Learning Models with Django," at DjangoCon US in Chicago this September π . Come see that it's not too scary to build an ML model in a Jupyter notebook and then deploy it with Django.
2025.djangocon.us/news/announc...
6 months ago
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I wrote up a
#europython
recap from last week in Prague. Lots of discussions around AI, modern Python usage, and
#PyCharm
. Also, did you know there are 20 former ice vaults along the main river in town now converted into bars and cafes? Read on to learn more π .
wsvincent.com/europython20...
7 months ago
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I read this book on the flights over to
@europython.eu
and wrote up my thoughts. In short, a quick read that was informative, likely the perfect balance for non-technical readers, but I would have liked a deeper dive π€·ββοΈ.
wsvincent.com/cointelligen...
7 months ago
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I published a new piece, "6 Months as a Developer Advocate," for anyone curious what the job entails! The position varies A LOT company by company, so this is just my experience at JetBrains working on PyCharm.
wsvincent.com/six-months-d...
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Six Months as a Developer Advocate - Will Vincent
An update on my new position as a Python developer advocate at JetBrains.
https://wsvincent.com/six-months-developer-advocate/
7 months ago
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My DjangoCon Europe keynote, "Django for Data Science: Deploying ML Models with Django" is now live!
youtu.be/XJLvovUVlhw?...
It also includes a live website (
djangofordatascience.com
) and GitHub repos for the code (
github.com/wsvincent/dj...
) and (
github.com/wsvincent/ir...
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DjangoCon Europe 25 | KEYNOTE: Django for Data Science: Deploying Machine Learning Models with Djang
YouTube video by DjangoCon Europe
https://youtu.be/XJLvovUVlhw?si=tGnOKxZTCrKXJnR-
8 months ago
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Django Chat #184: PHP Frameworks with Roman Pronskiy is live! Roman is the Executive Director of The PHP Foundation and a Developer Advocate at JetBrains. We discuss PHPβs evolution, Laravel vs Symfony, and what Python can learn from the PHP ecosystem.
django-chat.simplecast.com/episodes/php...
8 months ago
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I recently finished reading this memoir by a former Facebook global public policy director and wrote up some thoughts. In short, a very well-written and revealing look at the inside of the company. You can see how general indifference led to the Meta of today.
wsvincent.com/careless-peo...
8 months ago
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There's so much going on in AI/ML these days that it is hard to keep track of it all. It's a massive shift, more like the Industrial Revolution than the World Wide Web, in terms of how it will transform society.
wsvincent.com/ai-thoughts-...
8 months ago
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9 months ago
Check out
@wsvincent.bsky.social
's recap of
#PyConUS
2025! π From connecting at the PyCharm booth to exploring Pittsburgh, he reflects on his first in-person
#PyCon
since 2019. Full story here:
wsvincent.com/pyconus-recap/
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PyCon US 2025 Recap - Will Vincent
Reflections on attending the conference in Pittsburgh.
https://wsvincent.com/pyconus-recap/
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[Updated time/date!] Come swing by the
@pycharm.dev
booth on Saturday 3:35 pm to say hi.
@pycon.us
@djangoproject.com
9 months ago
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I started a
@djangoproject.com
forum thread on rules for AI Agents. I'd love to hear more about what people are using.
forum.djangoproject.com/t/ai-agent-r...
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AI Agent Rules
Iβm curious if people have found success/frustration using Agent rules. If youβre unaware, this is something separate from your prompts, itβs more like a style guide that is sent to the LLM model in t...
https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/ai-agent-rules/40929
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Ep182: Event Sourcing with Chris May is now live! Chris is a Senior Staff Engineer at WellSky, a software company in the health industry. We discuss his background as a graphic designer, learning
#Python
and
#Django
as an adult,
#HTMX
, event sourcing, and more.
djangochat.com/episodes/eve...
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I wrote up some thoughts on OpenAI's recent acquisition of Windsurf and what it means for the future of AI-infused developer tools.
wsvincent.com/whats-happen...
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What's Happening in Developer Tools? (OpenAI Just Bought Windsurf for $3B) - Will Vincent
An analysis of the current AI-powered text editor space and predictions for the future.
https://wsvincent.com/whats-happening-in-developer-tools/
9 months ago
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This was a really good read about why Google has declined and doesn't seem to want to even do search anymore. I found myself nodding to basically all of it, and there are a number of insights I hadn't fully considered before, either. 10/10.
www.honest-broker.com/p/the-worlds...
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The World's Largest Search Engine Doesn't Want You to Search
Why is Google abandoning its core mission?
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-worlds-largest-search-doesnt
9 months ago
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I wrote up my recap (with photos!) of attending DjangoCon Europe in Dublin, Ireland the other week.
wsvincent.com/djangocon-eu...
9 months ago
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The slides from my recent @djangoconeurope keynote, "Django for Data Science," are now available. Learn how to build a machine learning model from scratch in a Jupyter notebook and deploy it live with Django. There are links to the code repos and the live demo site.
speakerdeck.com/wsvincent/dj...
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Django for Data Science - DjangoCon Europe 2025 Keynote
These are the slides from my recent talk on training and deploying a machine learning model with Django. It includes links to all code repos and demos.
https://speakerdeck.com/wsvincent/django-for-data-science-djangocon-europe-2025-keynote
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Introducing a whole new way to write code in PyCharm! π Say hello to Junie β the AI coding agent from JetBrains! π« Outsource boring tasks βοΈ Focus on the code you like to write π€ Generate, explain, and refactor code Watch Junie in action! π₯
jb.gg/aq53ie
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9 months ago
Ep181: DjangoCon Europe 2025 recap is now live! We discussed highlights from attending DjangoCon Europe last week in Dublin, Ireland. We both gave talks and shared favorites from the official schedule, social events, and hallway track.
djangochat.com/episodes/dja...
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DjangoCon Europe 2025 Recap | Django Chat
A quick recap episode sharing thoughts and highlights from attending DjangoCon Europe last week in Dublin, Ireland. We both gave talks and shared favorites from the official schedule, social events, a...
https://djangochat.com/episodes/djangocon-europe-2025-recap
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A new video I recorded for
@pycharm.dev
on AI Assistant is live. It gives a quick run through of new features in the most recent PyCharm release.
youtu.be/9SVX6fyO10w?...
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Get Started With AI Assistant in PyCharm
YouTube video by PyCharm, a JetBrains IDE
https://youtu.be/9SVX6fyO10w?si=6dFofbCbqnLeQHMp
9 months ago
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Django news
10 months ago
Django News - Python 3.14.0a7 and every Python now available - Apr 11th 2025
https://django-news.com/issues/280
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10 months ago
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Django news
10 months ago
Django News - Django 5.2 is here! - Apr 4th 2025
https://django-news.com/issues/279
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Django News Newsletter #279 is out! Django 5.2 released. Also Django REST Framework 3.16, two new security releases, PyCon US preview, DjangoCon US talk suggestions, and more.
django-news.com/issues/279#s...
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Django 5.2 is here!
DRF 3.16, Django security releases, PyCon US preview, DjangoCon talk suggestions, and more.
https://django-news.com/issues/279#start
10 months ago
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