Excellent #FOSDEM talk about burnout in open source by @mirandaheath.website. She quotes @django co-creator and Board member @jacobian.org “I wasn't getting paid to do the work that I felt like I had to do, and I had to do the work that I was getting paid to do because like mortgages and bills […]

Do we have any #Django users of llms.txt / docs-focused MCP servers here? I’m interested to know what people are doing in this space and which tools work well

What does digital sustainability really mean? Is it about rewriting everything in Rust? Check out the full episode with @thibaudcolas.bsky.social on YT and all podcast platforms! youtu.be/t4B11C2oGNc

Yesterday all of my sites were down. I could have brought them back up by changing one flag in a dashboard, but the dashboard was also down. So I just made sure I'm better prepared if this happens again. Little guide if you want to do the same: www.coryzue.com/writing/clou...

How to disable CloudFlare proxying when you can't access the dashboard

Just in case, you know, CloudFlare goes down or something...

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Tentative plans for the next two #WagailCMS release, now ready for review ✨ github.com/wagtail/rfcs... - Autosave MVP - Block settings - Model search improvements - llms.txt for Wagtail docs - AI checker concepts - Independent security audit - Package maintainers guide - Natural language search

RFC 111: v7.3* roadmap updates by thibaudcolas · Pull Request #111 · wagtail/rfcs

Wagtail 7.2 is out! :) 🚂. Starting for the next release now: View the RFC in HTML. Once reviewed with enough feedback and approved by the core team, those changes will go live on the Wagtail Roadma...

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Django runs on community power—and it needs yours! 💚 We are extending the fundraiser until November 19 to give you another chance to support Django and get a powerful tool for yourself. Get 30% off PyCharm Pro, and JetBrains will donate 100% of your payment to @djangoproject.com 👉 jb.gg/yw1huf

What is digital sustainability and why does it matter? Coming soon with @thibaudcolas.bsky.social 👀 youtu.be/UAHYQNG1qYI

Trailer – How To Make Web More Sustainable? – Chat with Thibaud Colas

YouTube video by Behind the Commit

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Wagtail 7.2 is out now! We have a totally revamped search backend, readability checks, and more! See all the great things you can do with Wagtail 7.2 in our release blog. wagtail.org/blog/wagtail...

A new approach to search and more in Wagtail 7.2 | Wagtail CMS

With fully revamped search, readability checks, and more, this is a collection of new features you don't want to miss

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w00t, I didn’t catch that we finally got #Django 5.1 and 5.2 LTS support in the SQL Server DB backend! 🚀 github.com/microsoft/ms...

[FEATURE REQUEST] Microsoft, give some love to this project! · Issue #424 · microsoft/mssql-django

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 abou...

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Anyone know of #Django packages set up with Azure Pipelines for CI, that test against pre-releases or the main branch? Asking for a friend 🪟

Django@djangoproject.com · 9mo ago

#Django package maintainers – take a moment to test your packages with the 6.0 beta1 💚 www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025... it’s super helpful when maintainers check compatibility before the final release!

the former maintainers of Bundler and RubyGems have a proposal: we want to move Ruby forward andre.arko.net/2025/10/26/w...

Taking a look at the list of #Django books confirmed to be used in AI training… 5013 pages across 12 books 🥲 - Lightweight Django - Web dev with Django Cookbook - Django Project Blueprints - Building Django 2.0 Web Applications - Beginning Django: Web app dev and Deployment with Python [1/3]

"As you can see this admin UI is… brutally developer-focused" 🤣 @tomd.org at #WagtailSpace talking about Mux, the "ffmpeg in the cloud"

Hope #WagtailSpace attendees liked my presentation! Recording is available already if you register at wagtail.org/wagtail-spac.... Slides are here: wagtail.org/sow

Is it a new thing that macOS "find and select text in images" also makes that text available… for the VoiceOver screen reader. That’s an #accessibility feature right, not a bug? Spotted on the @wagtail homepage video: wagtail.org

Ooh @usher.dev @laymonage.com there’s a little story right there via the commit activity graphs!

Anyone up for helping Tom and I run the 2026 DSF Board elections? forum.djangoproject.com/t/preparatio... No one’s volunteered for this yet, which I’ll take it to mean you all trust us to do a great job 😛 feedback would be nice though!

Preparations for 2026 DSF Board elections

👋 we’re preparing for the next Board elections of the Django Software Foundation and we could use help! Our plans We will run the elections of the 2026 Board of Directors over the next three…

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Dans trois jours à Paris – “le futur de Django” 🚀 www.meetup.com/django-paris... au meetup Django Paris à Octopus Energy 🇫🇷 30 minutes de franglais, venez, ça va être super! #Django #WagtailCMS #Franglais

2025 September Meetup, Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Hi there! Long time no see! It is time for a Django Meetup! 💼 Once again, a great moment to meet people and speak about dev topics and of course Django! ✨ ***Talks*** **

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Heads’up – we have new guidance for AI-led contributions from our core team: wagtail.org/blog/guidanc... TL;DR; let us know how AI is involved in PRs with a disclaimer!

Guidance for AI-led contributions | Wagtail CMS

New contributor guidelines in the generative AI age

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OH @laymonage.com "I wish I could npm install wagtail" 💥 at the @torchbox tech day

Oh noes, @theorangeone.net is at it again, tricking Django at the @torchbox.com tech day 💥

“I’ve spent hours troubleshooting issues. It’s always DNS” 🤣 Jayrup at #PyConUK on self-hosting jayrup.me

Our Django tasks contributor @theorangeone.net on stage at #PyConUK dives into some of the low-level design choices in the upcoming tasks support in Django 6.0 ⭐️

My @pyconuk.org talk is done! 🥳 Now I can enjoy the rest of the conference! (Slides and recording to follow)

Feud starting on who has the best stickers at #PyConUK - Becky says it’s Django Girls 💥

“Nothing is inevitable” – @cj.shearwood.games #PyConUK

Today I’m at #PyConUK 🐝 I’d love to chat about AI challenges, environmental impact of tech, accessibility in the Python world. Bonus points for all three in the same convo. Come say hi! I’ll be wearing a hoodie with pineapples 🍍

Next up, we have @jacobian.org @thibaudcolas.bsky.social @fwiles.bsky.social @paulox.net giving a community update from @djangoproject.com #DjangoCon @djangocon.us

Later this month I will be mentoring new @wagtail.org contributors as part of @djangonaut.space! 🐦️🚀 Applications for participants close soon, you should totally join: djangonaut.space/sessions/ #Django #OpenSource

Djangonaut Space - Where contributors launch!

Djangonaut Space is a contributor mentorship program placing an emphasis on group-learning, sustainability and longevity.

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Now I know we definitely need nanowagtail! #DjangoConUS

Django@djangoproject.com · 11mo ago

Richard Terry giving an excellent overview of nanodjango (nanodjango.dev/) at #DjangoConUS. A very interesting project that directly integrates with Ninja, Distill. Official site includes a fully-live playground! 🤘