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[Articles] Nifty Django Feature: resolve function Django’s resolve() turns a request path into a ResolverMatch, giving you the target view function, extracted kwargs like pet_id, and the URL name. The same mechanism can be applied... better-simple.com/django/2026/07…

The new development cycle in one image.

incredibly thankful to have the support of the @djangoproject for triptychproject.org our effort to bring the ideas of htmx into the HTML spec! djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/ju… 🙏🙏🙏

“I don’t write tests. We have QA”. Avoid this mindset. Developers should operate as though QA doesn’t exist. Quality is everyone’s job. Don’t assume someone else can “inspect it in” later.

Tests with 30 lines of setup at the top scream "I don't want to be read." Factory fixtures cut that to one line and make the intent obvious. testdriven.io/courses/python…

Here’s really neat article in the FT about the trials and tribulations of open source maintainers in the face of AI contributions: ft.com/content/cec8df… (Hopefully the link works)

The more useful skills you accumulate: - the more opportunities you notice - the more people seek you out - the more "lucky breaks" occur In that sense, luck becomes partially engineerable.

Underrated life advice: Make yourself easy to root for. Be kind. Be reliable. Celebrate other people’s wins. Work hard without complaining. Carry good energy into rooms. You'll be shocked by how many doors open for you by making life better for others.

[Articles] Python: store extra data for objects in a WeakKeyDictionary When you need extra data associated with objects without preventing garbage collection, WeakKeyDictionary gives you a safe mapping from object to metadata. It’s a... adamj.eu/tech/2026/06/2…

Good morning to all developers who are deciding on which Python queue library to use aleksul.space/posts/choosing…

VPC, subnets, security groups, NAT gateways — every solo dev hits this wall. The course walks through every line of Terraform, so you actually understand what you're building. testdriven.io/courses/scalab…

My grandfather told me this: "You’ll achieve much more by being consistently reliable than by being occasionally extraordinary." You can get pretty damn far in life by just being someone that people can count on to show up and do the work. I'll never forget that.

FastAPI makes it very easy to build great APIs. When you need to process background tasks, you have a couple of options available: - FastAPI's background tasks - Celery - dramatiq - rq

New article: Worse is better: JSON versus XML. blog.ploeh.dk/2026/07/06/wor…

We got a new HTTP method before GTA 6. 💀 After decades of the same core HTTP verbs, we're finally getting a new one: QUERY. It was published as RFC 10008 on June 15th 2026.

DjangoCon US is less than two months away! Join us in Chicago: ti.to/defna/djangoco…

EXCITING NEWS!!: The first batch of #PyConUS 2026 recordings is now available on the PyCon US YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/pyconus 🐍 📷 Stay tuned - more recordings will be added soon!

Running Celery on AWS ECS might seem like a very trivial thing to do ... Until you want to make sure that all work is done and none of the tasks are lost. Read my full guide for Celery configuration and task structuring: jangiacomelli.com/blog/celery-on…

Supporting Django's Next Chapter Caktus Group has become a founding sponsor of the Django Software Foundation's new Executive Director position, investing in Django's long term sustainability and encouraging other companies to do the same. caktusgroup.com/blog/2026/06/2…

Slim Down Python Containers Without Rewriting Your Dockerfile #python codecut.ai/shrink-python-…