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.

🔗 Links

[Django on the Med](https://www.djangomed.eu/) and [#DjangoOnTheMed hashtag](https://fosstodon.org/tags/DjangoOnTh...)
[Paolo Melchiorre’s Website](https://www.paulox.net/) and [LinkedIn](  / paolomelchiorre  )
[My Django on the Med post](https://www.paulox.net/2025/10/12/my-...)
[Django GitHub Issues for Django on the Med](https://github.com/django/django/issu...)
[django-rapid](https://github.com/FarhanAliRaza/djan...) and [django-bolt](https://github.com/FarhanAliRaza/djan...)
[Django: One ORM to Rule Them All](https://www.paulox.net/2025/10/06/dja...)

📦 Projects

[django-http-compression](https://github.com/adamchainz/django-...)
[basedpyright](https://github.com/DetachHead/basedpy...)
[Python 3.14 uuid](https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3....)

📚 Books

[How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...)
[Django for Professionals by William Vincent](https://learndjango.com/courses/djang...)
[More Everything Forever by Adam Becker](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541619595)

🎥 YouTube

[YouTube Channel: @djangochat](   / @djangochat  )

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