Ep204 How France Ditched Microsoft with Samuel Paccoud is live!
Samuel is the project lead of La Suite Numérique, a French government open source alternative to Microsoft 365 and Zoom. We discuss building alternatives for messaging, video, collaborative docs, file storage, and more that already serve millions of customers.
Ep203 Deploy on Day One w/Calvin Hendryx-Parker is live!
@nprofile1q... is the co-founder and CTO of the consultancy SixFeetUp. We discuss developer experience from day one, Kubernetes as a feature, real-world usage of AI and agentic tooling, typing in Python, the junior developer pipeline problem, and more.
Mia is Vice Chair of the EuroPython society, a regular conference speaker, podcast host, and software engineer. We discuss what to expect at this year’s event in Krakow, Poland in July this summer.
Ep201: DjangoCon Europe Recap + Other News with Jeff Triplett is live!
@nprofile1q... is President of the Django Software Foundation and a partner at REVSYS. We discuss the recently held DjangoCon Europe conference, existing Django news, and then share notes on current AI-powered workflows.
Jake is a Senior Systems Engineer at Torchbox and the author of DEP 14, django.tasks, the highlight feature in Django 6.0. We discuss his work on the Django security team, work with Wagtail, AI dabblings, and more.
Ep196: Freelancing & Community with Andrew Miller is live!
@nprofile1q... is a prolific software developer based out of Cambridge, UK. He runs the solo agency Software Crafts, writes regularly, is a former Djangonaut, and co-founder of the AI banking startup Hamilton Rock.
Ep193 is live: Building a Django API Framework Faster than FastAPI - Farhan Ali Raza
Farhan is doing truly exciting work pushing the boundaries of what's possible with Django. He helped add template partials to Django 6.0 and since then has been working on `django-bolt` which is a fully typed Django API framework faster than FastAPI, amongst many other projects.
Ep #184: PHP Frameworks with Roman Pronskiy is live!
Roman Pronskiy is the Executive Director of the The PHP Foundation and a Developer Advocate at JetBrains. We discuss PHP’s evolution over the years, Laravel vs Symfony, and what hashtag#Python can learn from the PHP ecosystem.
Ep183: Django Deployments in 2025 with Eric Matthes is now live!
Eric is the author of Python Crash Course, the Mostly Python newsletter, and the django-simple-deploy package. We talk about rewriting the Django deployment story, different hosting providers, and teaching Python & Django to newcomers.