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Django News - Django security releases issued: 5.2.8, 5.1.14, and 4.2.26 - Nov 7th 2025 https://django-news.com/issues/310
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
[Articles] Three times faster with lazy imports

Python 3.14/3.15 release manager Hugo van Kemenade benchmarks Python’s proposed explicit lazy imports (PEP 810) showing that enabling lazy loading can make command...
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Three times faster with lazy imports
hugovk.dev
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Improving security and integrity of Python package archives

PSF white paper details archive vulnerabilities undermining Python package integrity and recommends enhancing security in ZIP and tar implementations and reproducible builds. #djangonews

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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
[DSF] Anna Makarudze is the DSF member of the month for her dedicated leadership as Former President and Chair of DjangoCon Africa. Discover her journey and the significant contributions she has made to strengthen the Django community. #djangonews

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DSF member of the month - Anna Makarudze
Posted by Sarah Abderemane on Oct. 30, 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
PyCharm & Django annual fundraiser

Boost productivity and contribute to Django initiatives by purchasing PyCharm at a 30% discount while supporting Django Fellows, the DSF Foundation, and many conferences and events including Django Girls. #djangonews

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PyCharm & Django annual fundraiser
Posted by Thibaud Colas and JetBrains on Oct. 23, 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
[Django Software Foundation] On the Air for Django’s 20th Birthday: Special Event Station W2D

Adam Fast writes about how three amateur radio operators spent two weeks broadcasting a special event call sign, W2D, making 1,026 radio contacts...

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On the Air for Django’s 20th Birthday: Special Event Station W2D
Posted by Adam Fast on Oct. 25, 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
[Sponsored Link 2] The State of Django 2025

Insights from 4,600 Django developers worldwide. #djangonews

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Django Developers Survey 2025 Results
Official Django Developers Survey 2025 Results by Django Software Foundation and JetBrains: around 4,600 responses.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
[Articles] Reliable Django Signals

Using background tasks to reliability execute signal receivers #djangonews

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Reliable Django Signals
Using background tasks to reliability execute signal receivers
hakibenita.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
[News] State of MariaDB 2025 Survey

If you use MariaDB with Django, please take a moment to fill out their annual survey on usage. #djangonews

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State of MariaDB 2025 Survey
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
[News] Django is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Django Software Foundation has been authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)! This means Django can be more autonomous as part of the process...

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Django is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Posted by CNA Coordinators Thibaud Colas, Natalia Bidart, Jacob Walls on Oct. 30, 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
[News] Django Developers Survey 2025 Results

The Django Developer Survey 2025 highlights widespread adoption of recent Django versions, increased async integration, and robust community preferences in tools, testing, and infrastructure.

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Django Developers Survey 2025 Results
Official Django Developers Survey 2025 Results by Django Software Foundation and JetBrains: around 4,600 responses.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
[News] PyCharm & Django annual fundraiser

Boost productivity and contribute to Django initiatives by purchasing PyCharm at a 30% discount while supporting Django Fellows, the DSF Foundation, and many conferences and events including Django Girls.

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PyCharm & Django annual fundraiser
Posted by Thibaud Colas and JetBrains on Oct. 23, 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Django News - Django 2025 Survey Results and Django's annual fundraiser - Oct 31st 2025 https://django-news.com/issues/309
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
[Projects] adamghill/dj-spinners

Pure SVG loading spinners for Django. #djangonews

github.com/adamghill/d...
GitHub - adamghill/dj-spinners: Pure SVG loading spinners for Django.
Pure SVG loading spinners for Django. Contribute to adamghill/dj-spinners development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
[Podcasts] Episode #454 It's some form of Elvish - [Python Bytes Podcast]

A reference to Emma Levit's new djrest2 library, a small and simple REST library for Django based on class-based views. #djangonews

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It's some form of Elvish
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Oct 20th, 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
[Projects] timonweb/easy-django-cli

A modern CLI tool that simplifies Django development by replacing python manage.py and django-admin commands with simpler django or dj commands. #djangonews

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GitHub - timonweb/easy-django-cli
Contribute to timonweb/easy-django-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
[Projects] marlenezw/django-girls-offline

An offline version of the django girls tutorial. Contribute to marlenezw/django-girls-offline development by creating an account on GitHub. #djangonews

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GitHub - marlenezw/django-girls-offline: An offline version of the django girls tutorial
An offline version of the django girls tutorial. Contribute to marlenezw/django-girls-offline development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Using Async Functions in Celery with Django Connection Pooling

A deeply technical walkthrough by Don Brown showing how to properly run async Django code inside Celery tasks—bridging the gap between Django’s async ORM and Celery’s sync execution model.

mrdonbrown.blogspot.com/2025/10/usi...
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
[Articles] [2401.06889] Invisible Labor in Open Source Software Ecosystems

An academic article worth reading examining all the invisible labor in open source. #djangonews

arxiv.org/abs/2401.06889
Invisible Labor in Open Source Software Ecosystems
Invisible labor is work that is either not fully visible or not appropriately compensated. In open source software (OSS) ecosystems, essential tasks that do not involve code (like content...
arxiv.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Per-object Permissions for Elasticsearch Lists in Django Websites

Aidas Bendoraitis explains how to implement efficient per-object permissions in Elasticsearch-powered Django list views using django-guardian and django-elasticsearch-dsl. #djangonews

www.djangotricks.com/blog/2025/0...
Per-object Permissions for Elasticsearch Lists in Django Websites
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October 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
[Articles] How Functional Programming Shaped (and Twisted) Frontend Development

A thoughtful essay how functional programming principles—like immutability, purity, and determinism—reshaped modern frontend development. #djangonews

alfy.blog/2025/10/04/...
How Functional Programming Shaped (and Twisted) Frontend Development
alfy.blog
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Get PyCharm for 30% off. All money goes to the Django Software Foundation!

This annual promotion has raised over $330,000 for the Django Software Foundation over the years, by far the single biggest fundraiser for Django. #djangonews

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Support the Django Software Foundation by buying PyCharm at a 30% Discount
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October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Django Chat #187: Django on the Med - Paolo Melchiorre

Paolo and Carlton are just returned from the inaugural Django on the Med event and here to discuss how it came to pass, the code improvements from just three days, and plans for the future.

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Django Chat
Paolo and Carlton are just returned from the inaugural Django on the Med event and here to discuss how it came to pass, the code improvements from just three days, and plans for the future.
djangochat.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM