May 18, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I started a brand new SaaS project from scratch. This new SaaS, a journal service, will allow users to journal via email and be provided with past posts as a engaging prompt.
Read MoreMay 18, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I started a brand new SaaS project from scratch. This new SaaS, a journal service that will be at journeyinbox.com, will allow users to journal via email and be provided with past posts as a engaging prompt.
Read MoreMay 16, 2023 » Instawork Engineering » [Archived Version]
The Journey from Hack-a-thon to Production: Lessons LearnedAt Instawork, hackathons are a time-honored tradition. Every few quarters, our teams eagerly anticipate the chance to collaborate on experimental ideas, explore new technologies, and have a blast doing it. Over the years, many hackathon projects have become integral parts of our product, such as NFC-based clock in/out features, crowdsourcing staffing information, and our innovative Falcon tool.This was my first hackathon at Instawork an…
Read MoreMay 16, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The Steering Council for the Django 5.x release cycle will be: Simon Charette Andrew Godwin Adam Johnson James Bennett Congratulations to the new council, and a special thank you for the departing members Thomas Forbes and Florian Apolloner. Thank you to everyone who participated in the nominations and voting. Voting breakdown: 268 eligible voters 74 votes received There were not enough candidates to fill the positions available, so all candidates were successful. Full voting breakdown avai…
Read MoreMay 16, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
I wanted to share today some of the great things that DSF donations go towards. This month was a particularly big month in grant approval, so I wanted to highlight some of those, and with it, some of the exciting things happening in the Django community. $6,000 to DjangoCon Africa The first DjangoCon Africa was scheduled to take place in 2020. However, with the global health situation as it was, 2023 is now the inaugural DjangoCon Africa, and the DSF is excited to be part of that. This gra…
Read MoreMay 12, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Announcing DjangoCon Africa 2023 The African Django community is excited to announce the first DjangoCon Africa event, taking place this year in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 6th - 11th November 2023. djangoproject.com DjangoCon US Call for Proposals - Ends May 15th! The CFP is open until May 15th. There are several posts listed in this issue with suggested talk topics. djangocon.us Python Software Foundation Board…
Read MoreMay 11, 2023 » Software Development Blog & IT Tech Insights | Django Stars » [Archived Version]
Competition for new fintech customers is fierce. Particularly for the 1.4 billion people globally, who comprise the unbanked population, as estimated by the World Bank. Enter alternative data scoring — validating borrower credibility using data sources other than credit scores or rental payment data. Alternative credit scoring allows lenders to validate the financial discipline of […] The post Introduction to Alternative Credit Scoring in Fintech appeared first on Software Development Bl…
Read MoreMay 11, 2023 » Django Beats » [Archived Version]
Mariusz Felisiak, a Django and Python contributor and a Django Fellow, explores how to simplify template rendering with context processors. Django on Fly.io is pretty sweet! Check it out: you can be up and running on Fly.io in just minutes. Django has many hidden gems that are neither widely used nor well known. In this article, I will discuss context processors which are one of my favorites. They allow following the DRY (don’t repeat yourself) principle in template rendering and keep yo…
Read MoreMay 10, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The African Django community is excited to announce the first DjangoCon Africa event, taking place this year in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 6th - 11th November 2023. The first event since the global pandemic postponed our planning in 2020. We are thrilled to convene, support one another and give back to the African Python web community now that travel and health safety guidelines have normalized. DjangoCon Africa 2023 will be held at the State University of Zanzibar where we have three meeting r…
Read MoreMay 7, 2023 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]
The week that was 2023 WK18 A quiet week on the surface, but lots going on underneath. We had medical appointments with my son Wednesday and Thursday. Posted a TIL on CSRF and Trusted Origins in Django 4.x+, after deploying a new project and hitting this issue again. Joined in a few discussions on the Forum, and one on Trac even. (I’m still trying to avoid the latter for now.) Bumped Neapolitan to 23.10, with minor tweaks to the object_confirm_delete.html template. That’s it for now. Mor…
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