Paolo Melchiorre (32)
Gelato break during DjangoCon Europe 2026… in a place called Django in Athens🍦😄
Couldn’t not stop here.
Thinking of @mariatta , this feels very on brand for her conference selfies 😄
This trip to DjangoCon Europe in Athens wasn’t just a flight ✈️
I tried to turn it into a small “Django speaking tour”, a bit like the one I did in 2022.
Yesterday I was in Lecce for a Django talk and a walk through the city with the local community. This morning I reached Bari, had a quick lunch by the Adriatic sea with the Python Bari organizer, and then flew to Athens.
Same sea, different shore, same community.
Looking forward to meetings you all.😊
Closing session just wrapped up at DjangoCon Europe 2026 in Athens 🇬🇷
Final thanks, hugs, goodbyes… and that feeling that it went by too fast.
See you somewhere down the road 🙂
Group photo moment at DjangoCon Europe 2026 📸
Took the chance to snap an unofficial selfie while we were all there… couldn’t wait for the official one 😄
First keynote of DjangoCon Europe 2026 just started 🎤
Really happy to see @carlton on stage opening with a talk about keeping Python dynamic while adding small “static islands” where they actually help, curious to see how this lands 🙂
After the DjangoCon Europe coffee break, back into the room for @jake ☕️
Django supports multiple database connections, but leaves it up to you to manage how to use them and which queries to send where… let’s dig into this 🙂
Last talk of the first day at DjangoCon Europe 2026 🇬🇷
Now listening to Tim Bell 🎤
As tables get extremely large, the abstraction starts to break down and performance issues show up… curious to see how partitioning helps in real-world cases 🙂
Just got off stage with @carlton at DjangoCon Europe 2026 🇬🇷
We shared the next edition of Django on the Med 🧳
→ Pescara, Italy 🇮🇹
→ 23–25 September 2026
https://www.djangomed.eu
Then I also introduced PyCon Italia 2026
→ Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹
→ 28–30 May 2026
https://2026.pycon.it/en
And on May 27 there will be a free community day with workshops, including a special “Django Off The Med” session 🙂
Next talk at DjangoCon Europe 2026 🇬🇷
Now listening to Christophe Henry 🎤
Exploring the idea of using Django templates on the frontend, transpiling them to JS to keep a single source of truth while avoiding too many HTTP requests… interesting direction 👀
Back after lunch at DjangoCon Europe 2026 and now sitting in a talk by @be_haki 🍽️
He’s diving into Django signals, reliability, and how to make them work better in real-world scenarios… this is one of those topics you don’t think about until it breaks 😄
