Paolo Melchiorre (10)
Wrapping up the first day of DjangoCon Europe 2026 with a big dinner in Athens 🇬🇷
After a full day of talks, now sitting at a long table with people from all over Europe, sharing stories and really good Greek food 🙂
These moments are just as important as the talks and workshop.
This morning I presented my talk “AI-Assisted Contributions and Maintainer Load” at DjangoCon Europe 2026 in Athens 🇬🇷
Thanks to everyone who joined, filled the room, and asked thoughtful questions, it really means a lot 🤗
I’ll share slides and more soon 👇
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Photo of the talk by @felixxm
Day 1 of DjangoCon Europe 2026 in Athens is done 🇬🇷
As always, the best part is the people. Old friends, folks I’ve shared so many moments with, volunteers, and lots of new faces.
Also had a few people come up during the day to chat, ask about my talk, share feedback… those small moments really stay with you 🙂
This is the human side of the Django community.
Next talk just started at DjangoCon Europe 2026 🎤
Great to see @markush on stage talking about Django’s security process, from triaging and fixes to disclosure and releases, with a look at how AI might impact all of this… really curious about this one 👀
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.😊
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 😄
Arrived in Athens yesterday evening, made it to the conference this morning. 🏛️
Just picked up my badge ✔️
It’s always the same small moment, but it kind of flips the switch: ok, I’m here now. 🤯
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 🙂
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 🙂
