The latest Django Chat podcast is out on EuroPython 2026 with Mia Bajić. 🎤 django-chat.simplecast.com/episodes/eur... 🎥 youtu.be/2XIrNwSm-ao
Will Vincent
@wsvincent.bsky.social
🐍 Python. 🦄 Django. 📚 LearnDjango.com. Dev 🥑 @JetBrains
Are Written Coding Tutorials Dead? If you mean written by an actual human developer who knows what they are talking about and took the time to write it all up and verify, then probably yes. 🔗 wsvincent.com/future-writt...
Are Written Coding Tutorials Dead? - Will Vincent
Have LLMs truly killed the point of human-written coding tutorials?
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Until May 1, you can purchase PyCharm Pro with a 30% discount while supporting Django Software Foundation. JetBrains is a long-running Platinum sponsor of Django (one of 3) and the largest corporate sponsor by far. www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/...
Well this was a wild read, but extremely interesting. aphyr.com/posts/414-th...
The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Information Ecology
This is a long article, so I'm breaking it up into a series of posts which will be released over the next few days. You can also read the full work as a PDF or EPUB; these files will be updated as each section is released.
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Dealing with dead links on a Friday morning. wsvincent.com/dead-links-2... Tried to vibe code a fix. Ended up correcting Claude quite a bit. Would have been faster to just do it manually due to years fighting manually with DNS, Jekyll, Cloudflare, Netlify, and so on. :eyeroll:
The event is available on YouTube now with timestamps for all the speakers: www.youtube.com/live/qKkyBhX...
Python Unplugged on PyTV – Free Online Python Conference
YouTube video by PyCharm, a JetBrains IDE
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Curious to know what @jetbrains.com Developer Advocates do on Bluesky? Here's a list you should use 👇 bsky.app/profile/did:...
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...
Recently (late January 2026) - Will Vincent
What I've been reading, thinking, and learning in late January 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
If you’ve ever wanted direct access to JetBrains experts… congratulations! December is your month. We’re hosting a multi-language AMA series on Reddit. Stay tuned to join the conversation! 👇 ➡️r/jetbrains: https://www.reddit.com/r/Jetbrains/ ➡️r/kotlin: https://www.reddit.com/r/kotlin/
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...
Django for AI: Deploying Machine Learning Models with Django with Will Vincent
YouTube video by DjangoCon US
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Develop with #Django? You’re in good company. We partnered with the Django Software Foundation to survey 4,600+ developers and find out: 👥 Who Django devs are 🛠️ How they use Django ⚙️ What tools they rely on Read the full breakdown by @wsvincent.bsky.social: 🔗 jb.gg/ptgdww 🔗
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/...
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 are…
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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!
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
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-...
@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?...
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?...
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/
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/
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...
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-...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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