Paolo Melchiorre - Article 📝

2024-01-19

My Django roadmap ideas 💡

My ideas for the informal Django roadmap session for 2024, proposed by the new DSF board member, Thibaud Colas.

© 2023 Paolo Melchiorre CC BY-SA “Paolo with the other hikers on the Cox Mountain trail in North Carolina (US) after DjangoCon US 2023.”

2023-12-31

My 2023 in review

The review of my 2023, trying to remember all the things done in this year, in which more than anyone I met many fantastic people and visited new countries.

© 2023 Paolo Melchiorre CC BY-SA “Pescara beach at sunset, with the Adriatic Sea in the background (my last photo taken in 2023)”

2023-12-11

Database generated columns⁽³⁾: GeoDjango & PostGIS

An introduction to database generated columns, using PostgGIS, GeoDjango and the new GeneratedField added in Django 5.0.

© 2023 Paolo Melchiorre “Historical globe inside the Miramare Castle in Trieste (Italy)”

2023-11-30

Pelican 4.9: classless Simple theme with semantic HTML

Introducing the updated version of the “Simple” theme in the new Pelican 4.9 version, with semantic and classless HTML and customizable out-of-the-box.

© 2006 Rui Ornelas (CC BY-NC-SA) “A great white pelican in breeding condition flying over Walvis Bay, Namibia.”

2023-11-27

2024 Django Software Foundation board nomination

My self-nomination statement for the 2024 Django Software Foundation (DSF) board of directors elections

© 2023 Bartek Pawlik (CC BY-NC-SA) “Group photo with me in the center at DjangoCon US 2023 in Durham, NC (USA)”

2023-11-24

Database generated columns⁽²⁾: Django & PostgreSQL

An introduction to database generated columns, using PostgreSQL and the new GeneratedField added in Django 5.0.

© 2023 Paolo Melchiorre “Port Authority building (Port House) in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.”

2023-11-07

Database generated columns⁽¹⁾: Django & SQLite

An introduction to database generated columns, using SQLite and the new GeneratedField added in Django 5.0.

© 2023 Paolo Melchiorre “View of clouds over the Labrador Peninsula (Canada) taken from a commercial flight.”

2023-10-26

μDjango (micro Django) 🧬

A single file Django micro project created for demonstration purposes to be used in the same way as other Python frameworks.

© 2023 Paolo Melchiorre CC BY-SA “Paolo Melchiorre with Will Vincent at DjangoCon US 2023 sprints in Durham, North Carolina (USA)”

2023-06-21

2023 Python Software Foundation Board Nomination

My self-nomination statement for the 2023 Python Software Foundation (PSF) Board Election

© 2023 Paolo Melchiorre CC BY-SA “PSF's members lunch at the PyCon US 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)”

2022-11-25

2022 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize

The Django Software Foundation awarded me the 2022 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize.

© 2022 DjangoCon Europe CC BY-NC-SA “Paolo Melchiorre together with Adam Johnson during the party night of DjangoCon Europe 2022 held in Porto (Portugal)”