Django Origins
(and some things I have
built with Django)
Simon Willison - 11th July 2015
Django Birthday
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Rob Curley
Unofficial mission statement:
“build cool shit”
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Rob Curley
Unofficial mission statement:
“build cool shit”
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… in three days
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“The CMS”
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brazos
webbing
physique
anson
The Tornado Publishing System
private dancer
fizgig
lavalier
pythy
https://jacobian.org/writing/private_dancer/
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brazos
webbing
physique
anson
The Tornado Publishing System
private dancer
fizgig
lavalier
pythy
https://jacobian.org/writing/private_dancer/
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“Wouldn’t it be cool if…”
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Simon Rogers
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Side projects
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/dev/fort
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Where’s my
nearest llama?
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owlsnearyou.com
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“Bugle is a Twitter-like
application for groups of
hackers collaborating in a
castle (or fort, or other
defensive structure) with no
internet connection”
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Bugle
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“Wouldn’t it be cool if Twitter
apps on the network could
talk to Bugle instead?”
So I said to Ben Firshman…