Nifty Django Feature: Admin Form Injection
Part of the Nifty Django features series: A hidden Django admin feature for passing values between windows.
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Django consulting, mentorship, and writing by Tim Schilling.
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What I’m looking forward to at DjangoCon US 2026
DjangoCon US is coming up, and I'm pretty dang excited for several reasons. I hope to see you there!
Nifty Django Feature: Use Exists with Nested QuerySets
Part of the Nifty Django features series: There will come a time when your nested QuerySet performs poorly, when that happens, reach for Exists!
Nifty Django Feature: setUpTestData
Part of the Nifty Django features series: Speed up your tests by using the setUpTestData method.
PyOhio 2026 recap
A recap of my wonderful PyOhio 2026 experience. I absolutely loved the midwest vibes, the people and conference as a whole!
Nifty Django Feature: Form Templates
Part of the Nifty Django features series: Form templates allow you to contain your form's customization to just the form, keeping your views nice and clean!
When is it worth paying for a mentor?
Not sure if it's the right time to hire a mentor? A few honest questions to help you figure out where you stand.
Nifty Django Feature: Model._meta.get_fields()
Part of the Nifty Django features series: Model._meta.get_fields() lets you walk your related models and build custom cascading deletes.
Lunch Talk Series: What if you became an open source software contributor?
A review of Amanda Savluchinske's PyLadiesCon talk on how to start contributing to open source software.
Nifty Django Feature: resolve function
Part of the Nifty Django features series: See how Django's resolve function can turn your existing logs into an analytics tool.