Hacker News with Generative AI: Django

My takeaways from DjangoCon EU 2025 (zachbellay.com)
Here are some of the most interesting things I learned at DjangoCon EU 2025 in Dublin, Ireland, partially written with the help of AI: link to talks

Python, Django, Conferences, Software Development, AI

115 points by SCUSKU 26 days ago | 112 comments

Maps with Django⁽³⁾: GeoDjango, Pillow and GPS (paulox.net)

Django, Python, Mapping, Web Development, Geospatial

30 points by pauloxnet 42 days ago | 0 comments

Django 5.2 Released (djangoproject.com)
The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 5.2.

New Releases, Software, Python, Web Development, Django

57 points by j4mie 51 days ago | 22 comments

Django's REST (Framework) Problem (danlamanna.com)

Django, REST Framework, Web Development, Programming

11 points by miiiiiike 56 days ago | 3 comments

Microsoft Fails to Support MS SQL Server for Django (github.com/microsoft)
Is your feature request related to a problem? If so, please give a short summary of the problem and how the feature would resolve it Yes, the problem seems that Microsoft does not seem to care about this project anymore. Django 5.1 is out for 6 months, yet the project still does not support it.

Software, Django

16 points by spapas82 64 days ago | 19 comments

Russian hackers nearly killed my Django based business (reddit.com)
My wife and I were hiking through the scenic hills of Belgium when I received a concerning email from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The email, titled "Amazon SES Complaint Review Period for AWS Account []", contained the following warning:

Cybersecurity, Django, Web Development, Business

7 points by Timothee 124 days ago | 0 comments

Modern JavaScript for Django developers (saaspegasus.com)
JavaScript is the lifeblood of the modern web application. You need it to do anything remotely complex on the web.

JavaScript, Django, Web Development

240 points by rob 128 days ago | 158 comments

Russian hackers nearly killed my Django based business (reddit.com)
My wife and I were hiking through the scenic hills of Belgium when I received a concerning email from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The email, titled "Amazon SES Complaint Review Period for AWS Account []", contained the following warning:

Security, Django, Business, Hacking

3 points by makaimc 128 days ago | 0 comments

Django and Postgres for the Busy Rails Developer (andyatkinson.com)
About 10 years ago I wrote a post PostgreSQL for the Busy MySQL Developer, as part of switching from MySQL to Postgres for my personal and professional projects, wherever I could.

Django, Postgres, Rails, Web Development, Databases

180 points by plaur782 163 days ago | 120 comments

Django: Fix a view using a debugger with breakpoint() (adamj.eu)
Python’s breakpoint() function opens its debugger, pdb, which pauses the program and allows you to inspect and modify things.

Python, Debugging, Django

16 points by tanelpoder 178 days ago | 14 comments

Async Django in Production (jonathanadly.com)
We believe async Django is ready for production. In theory, there should be no performance loss when using async Django instead of FastAPI for the same tasks. Django's built-in features greatly simplify and enhance the developer experience. Using async involves some complexity, as the entire code path must be async. In AI workloads, this complexity is often a worthwhile tradeoff.

Django, Python, Web Development, Performance, Asynchronous Programming

50 points by jonathan-adly 181 days ago | 45 comments

The Practical Guide to Scaling Django (slimsaas.com)
Most Django scaling guides focus on theoretical maximums. But real scaling isn’t about handling hypothetical millions of users - it’s about systematically eliminating bottlenecks as you grow. Here’s how to do it right, based on patterns that work in production.

Django, Web Development, Scaling, Performance Optimization, Software Architecture

149 points by rbanffy 189 days ago | 34 comments

Following up "Mother of all Htmx demos" (guillot.me)
Initially I wanted to publish such a blog post a year ago. It had been a crazy year since DjangoCon Europe 2022, and I thought that writing some follow-up a year after that talk would be relevant. Well you know what, the year after that has been even crazier. I am so exhausted that I had to quit the awesome company called Contexte after more than 7 years.

Web Development, Django, Htmx

6 points by todsacerdoti 196 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Bringing component-based design to Django templates (django-cotton.com)

Web Development, Django, Python, Component-Based Design

8 points by naveen_ 197 days ago | 0 comments

Zero Downtime Django Deployments with Multistep Database Changes – Johnny Metz (johnnymetz.com)
Preventing downtime during deployments is crucial for maintaining service availability and ensuring a positive user experience. Blue-green deployments have emerged as a popular strategy to achieve this goal. However, they introduce challenges, especially when dealing with database changes. This article delves into what blue-green deployments are, why database changes can be tricky in this context, and how to navigate common change scenarios effectively in Django.

Django, Web Development, Deployment, Database, Software Engineering

5 points by rbanffy 202 days ago | 0 comments

Migrating In-Place from PostgreSQL to MySQL (yelp.com)
The Yelp Reservations service (yelp_res) is the service that powers reservations on Yelp. It was acquired along with Seatme in 2013, and is a Django service and webapp. It powers the reservation backend and logic for Yelp Guest Manager, our iPad app for restaurants, and handles diner and partner flows that create reservations.

Databases, Migration, Django, Web Development

3 points by mooreds 203 days ago | 0 comments

DjangoCon US 2024 Recap (katherinemichel.github.io)
DjangoCon US 2024 took place from September 22-27 in Durham, North Carolina at the Durham Convention Center. It was the seventh DjangoCon US I’ve had the privilege of attending and an absolute blast!

Django, Web Development, Conferences, Events

12 points by KatiMichel 222 days ago | 2 comments

If the Django Software Foundation had $1M (jacobian.org)
A couple weeks ago I gave a talk at DjangoCon US about the finances of the Django Software Foundation. I wanted to give folks a high-level understanding of our current financial situation, and then imagine a world where we had a substantially-larger budget.

Django, Software Foundation, Finance, Non-Profit

33 points by zdw 227 days ago | 8 comments

Nanodjango (simonwillison.net)
Richard Terry demonstrated this in a lightning talk at DjangoCon US today. It's the latest in a long line of attempts to get Django to work with a single file (I had a go at this problem 15 years ago with djng) but this one is really compelling.

Django, Web Development, Programming, Open Source

32 points by ipmb 238 days ago | 3 comments

DJP: A Plugin System for Django (simonwillison.net)
DJP is a new plugin mechanism for Django, built on top of Pluggy. I announced the first version of DJP during my talk yesterday at DjangoCon US 2024, How to design and implement extensible software with plugins. I’ll post a full write-up of that talk once the video becomes available—this post describes DJP and how to use what I’ve built so far.

Django, Plugins, Software Development, Open Source

16 points by Ch00k 239 days ago | 2 comments

Nanodjango (github.com/radiac)
Full Django in a single file - views, models, API ,with async support. Automatically convert it to a full project.

Python, Django, Web Development, Microservices

5 points by zdw 241 days ago | 0 comments

Taming the beast that is the Django ORM – An introduction (davidhang.com)

Django, ORMs, Web Development

143 points by AbundantSalmon 265 days ago | 140 comments

Show HN: PassManagerWeb, A Password Manager Written in Django (github.com/PassManagerWeb)

Python, Django, Web Development, Password Management, Open Source

56 points by Obvious-Apricot 325 days ago | 6 comments

HTML-ivating your Django web app with Htmx, AlpineJS, and streaming HTML (youtube.com)