Tim Schilling

I missed last week, but no worries. This week's #LunchTalk makes up for it. It's from @josh from #DjangoCon US 2024. It's his talk "An Opinionated Guide to Modern Django Forms".

Give it a watch to learn about Django's form improvements!

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/05/05/opinionated-guide-to-modern-django-forms/

#Django

I've been diving into #FastAPI recently and wanted to use Railway. I didn't follow the defined guide explicitly and wrote up the differences here.

https://www.better-simple.com/fastapi/2026/04/27/deploying-the-example-fastapi-app-on-railway/

Last year at #DjangoCon US, Lisa Dusseault showed off the data pipeline framework, Phaser. I enjoyed this talk because it made me realize I should revisit how data processing in my project should work.

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/04/10/phaser-the-django-of-data-pipelines/

This talk is worth watching if you're interested in:
- Contributing to Phaser
- Data pipeline frameworks
- Learning how to approach building your own framework

#Python #Data #ETL

If you're looking for a Friday #LunchTalk, consider Karen Tracey's talk: "How to enjoy debugging in production"

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/04/02/how-to-enjoy-debugging-in-production/

You should watch this if you want:
- To learn about maintaining real
- A less stressful product launch
- To make more reliable web apps
- To be better prepared for bugs

#Django #DevOps

Tomorrow's #LunchTalk is "Building maintainable #Django projects: the difficult teenage years" by Alex Henman

I think it's worth watching if you're:
- Interested in real-world solutions to web app challenges
- Working with a web app experiencing growing pains

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/25/building-maintainable-django-projects/

Today's #LunchTalk is Peter Baumgartner's @djangocon talk, “High Performance Django at Ten: Old Tricks & New Picks”.

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/10/high-performance-django-at-ten/

You should watch this if you are interested in:
- Scaling your Django application
- DevOps for Django applications

#Django #DevOps

I decided to write down how I've managed to find #mentorship without a mentor and it ballooned up on me. Surprise, surprise! I'm still working on the other parts, but I've got my thoughts down on finding #career guidance.

https://www.better-simple.com/career/2026/03/03/finding-mentorship-without-a-mentor/

Continuing my #LunchTalk suggestions, today's is Colleen Dunlap's DjangoCon US talk, "Easy, Breezy, Beautiful... Django Unit Tests"

Consider watching this if:

- You’re getting started writing tests
- You’re new to Django
- Want to quickly learn the important aspects of testing

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/02/easy-breezy-beautiful-django-unit-tests/

#Django #Testing #Python

@roguelynn gave a wonderful keynote last year at PyCon US. If you're looking to learn more about the importance of play while eating lunch this week, give it a watch.

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/02/22/of-clouds-and-crows/

#LunchTalk

Need something to watch over lunch? Consider @kojoidrissa's talk, "Privilege Arbitrage".

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/02/11/privilege-arbitrage/

This talk covers using the systemic differences in technical communities that create privilege to improve your communities.

#LunchTalk #Python #Django

I'm restarting my #LunchTalk series. I kicked it off with @sarahboyce's keynote from last year, "Django needs you! (to do code review)"

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/02/01/django-needs-you-to-do-code-review/

Fun fact, this talk lead to #Django defining documentation around code reviews: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets/#reviewing-patches

A few last preparations for #DjangoCon US. #CoffeeRoasting

This looks pretty neat. #Django #DRF

Keep it going Khaled!

https://github.com/khaledsukkar2/drf-shapeless-serializers

@pythonbynight @webology @ryancheley stick. Gloves. Shirt. #MightyDucks

I wrote up my @blackpythondevs Leadership Summit talk as a blog post this morning during my co-writing session with @sabderemane

I wasn't able to give this talk due to a delayed flight which was a major bummer.

I do feel like I captured some positive community organizing traits and would love to know where people agree and disagree.

https://www.better-simple.com/open-source/2024/11/06/on-open-source-packagement/

#OpenSource #Python #Django #BlackPythonDevs

A while back I started watching old talks over lunch and taking notes. I planned on writing something up and posting it, but never did. I started it up again, but this time I'm writing as soon as the video is done.

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2024/03/29/lunch-talk-generosity-to-rage/

#LunchTalk