Will Vincent

Python Unplugged on PyTV – Free Online Python Conference Watch Python Unplugged, a free online conference bringing together top Python community leaders – open to developers of any level.

I'm excited for this event. From the @djangoproject.com
world, we have @carltongibson.bsky.social, Sarah Boyce, and Sheena O'Connell giving talks, plus a long list of Python luminaries.

Make sure to register here: lp.jetbrains.com/python-unplu...

We are announcing "Python Unplugged on PyTV"!

Join us for a free online conference bringing together the leading voices of the #Python community.

📺 Live on YouTube
🗓 March 4, 2026
⏰ 11:00 am – 6:30 pm CET

The best of Python, straight to your living room. Save the date: https://jb.gg/ztocbe

Recently (late January 2026) - Will Vincent What I've been reading, thinking, and learning in late January 2026.

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.

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A day later than usual but here it is! Lots of gems from Natalia and Carlton in this one.

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.

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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/

YouTube video by DjangoCon US Django for AI: Deploying Machine Learning Models with Django with Will Vincent

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.

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There's also a text-based write-up here with link to the three related GitHub repos.

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4,600+ developers.
Global trends.
The future of #Django.

Dive into the State of Django 2025 with Will Vincent: https://jb.gg/ptgdww

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 🔗

🎉 #Django turns 20!

In this special interview, @wsvincent.bsky.social and @thibaudcolas.bsky.social, President of the DSF, discuss:

💬 How the Django survey shapes new Django features
⚙️ Adapting to industry shifts
🌍 The first DSF Impact Survey

Watch the full conversation: https://jb.gg/8lmrqm

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…

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.

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There is also a podcast episode with Django Board Member @webology.bsky.social where we talk about all the results. Available on YouTube as well if you prefer.

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🚀 The State of #Django 2025 is out!

We partnered with the @djangoproject.com to survey 4,600+ developers and found out:

⚡ HTMX and Alpine.js are rapidly gaining popularity
🤖 38% use AI to learn Django
💡 63% use type hints

Read the full breakdown by @wsvincent.bsky.social: 🔗 https://jb.gg/ptgdww 🔗

Django Fellow - Jacob Walls | Django Chat Jacob is the newest Django Fellow and we talk about his background, transitioning from music to programming, what to expect in Django 6.0 this December, and more.

We try to include links to everything in the show notes too for future episodes/book recs: djangochat.com/episodes/dja...

The Hunting Gun by Yasushi Inoue | 9781805330394 | Pushkin Press 'Inoue wrote compassionately, but without a hint of sentimentality' TLS 'Inoue writes hand-in-hand with Death, with a finger on the Trigger' Lire A lover, her d

pushkinpress.com/book/the-hun... courtesy of @jmduke.com .

Sitting in the lounge at JFK airport so time to write up something fun: the secret prompts in Copilot CLI.

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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

Ah, I recognized the name, Jay Rubin. Nice to see a short bio. And another book to add to the queue!

While I have you, here's a deep-cut movie I bet you haven't seen, but which is amazing. My Film professor at WM showed it to us actually: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampo_(...

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....

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@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...

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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.

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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.

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I like that quote!

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

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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!

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Yes, let's chat! I got HTML Streaming to work too last night, but just going with SSE here. To be honest, this whole demo came about because I saw I was speaking after you and thought, hmm, what would be a fun HTMX demo I can do....

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.

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