Paolo Melchiorre

After years relying only on social feeds, I’m going back to reading blogs via RSS on my laptop using NewsFlash on GNOME. 📰

I was honestly surprised to find that some blogs I usually read still don’t provide a feed in 2026. 🙃

If you self host your blog and write about Open Source, Python, Django, Linux or similar topics, please add an RSS/Atom feed. Otherwise people like me simply won’t know when you publish. 💡

Please boost. 🙏

#RSS #OpenStandards #OpenSource

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After 20 hours of traveling, I finally arrived at the hotel in Long Beach for the conference 🌍

Already met a few friends, took some selfies, and had a first quick look around the city.

So far, Long Beach looks really beautiful ☀️
#PyConUS #PyCon #PyConUS2026 #Python #OpenSource #Community #Conference #US

Today in Italy we remember the liberation from Nazi-Fascism during the final phase of World War II. 🇮🇹

A day to value freedom and the people who fought for it. 🎉

Wishing everyone, everywhere, the strength and hope for liberation from every form of oppression. 🫂

#25Aprile #Liberation #Freedom

On my way ✈️ to Long Beach 🇺🇸 from Rome 🇮🇹
See you all there in only 12 hours 👋
#PyConUS #PyCon #PyConUS2026 #Python #OpenSource #Community #Conference #Italy #ItaAirways #US

I’ve just published the first article of a new series on my blog: “Django ORM standalone” 🧩

The idea is to use Django ORM in standalone mode to connect to existing or legacy databases and work only with the ORM, without the rest of Django, using inspectdb for reverse engineering the schema and querying data with Django QuerySets 🔎

If you’re curious about using Django ORM this way, here’s the link, and let me know what you think 💡
https://www.paulox.net/2026/02/20/django-orm-standalone-database-inspectdb-query/

#Django #Python #SQLite #ORM #Database

Just got off stage with @carlton@chaos.social 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 🙂

#DjangoCon #DjangoConEurope #Django #Python

#SilentSunday #Easter #italy #Snow #Spring #Abruzzo

Day 2 of DjangoCon Europe 2026 in Athens is done 🇬🇷

Talks, chats, drinks, gelato 🍦 and, more than anything, a lot of people I got to meet again today.

These days are intense, but in a good way 🙂

With @nanorepublica@indiehackers.social, @thibaudcolas@fosstodon.org, @jack@social.jacklinke.com, @williamblackie@mastodon.social, @knyghty@mastodon.social , Francisco De Maussion, Juliana Nicacio, Laura Gates, @shaib@tooot.im

#DjangoCon #DjangoConEurope #Django #Python

Just recorded my talk for @posetteconf@mastodon.social 2026:
"PostgreSQL Generated Columns by Example" 🐘

Tune in on June 17th to watch my talk: 📆
https://posetteconf.com/2026/talks/postgresql-generated-columns-by-example/

Check also the schedule for many more PostgreSQL talks!👇 https://posetteconf.com/2026/

Thanks @clairegiordano@hachyderm.io for the support during the recording.🙏

#PostgreSQL #Python #Django #ORM #GeneratedColumn #GeneratedField #PosetteConf #Postgres #Database #Community #OpenSource

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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.

#DjangoCon #DjangoConEurope #Django #Python

Lightning talks just wrapped up at DjangoCon Europe 2026 ⚡️

Always a fun mix of ideas, demos, and unexpected moments right before the closing… a perfect way to end the conference 🙂

With @anze3db@fosstodon.org, @alexgmin@mastodon.social, Hwayoung Cha

#DjangoCon #DjangoConEurope #Django #Python

Second talk of the morning at DjangoCon Europe 2026 🇬🇷

Now listening to Vjeran Grozdanic from Sentry🎤

Talking about encrypting data in Django without complex migrations, with a drop-in field that can handle both old plain text and new encrypted data on the fly… very curious about this approach 🙂

#DjangoCon #DjangoConEurope #Django #Python

First talk after the coffee break on the last day of DjangoCon Europe 2026 🇬🇷

Now listening to @nanorepublica@indiehackers.social 🎤

Looking at Django’s APIs in a broader sense, especially settings.py and manage.py, and how things like runserver can be confusing when it comes to deployment… interesting angle on something we all use every day 🙂

#DjangoCon #DjangoConEurope #Django #Python

I missed the absurd chardet license change story. 🫠

BTW I would pin chardet <7 and avoid using the relicensed version if you want to avoid issues. ⚠️

Quoting Madison Taylor from Nvidia:
"Given the existence of issue #327 chardet v7.0.0 is absolutely toxic." https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/331

#Python #Chardet #License #Version

⚠️ Important news ⚠️

🤖 From September, Android may require developers to hand personal data to Google to distribute legitimate Free Software outside the Play Store 📢

👀 I’m worried this shifts from security to control, with real implications for privacy and what can run on your device 🔐

🤗 If you care about keeping Android open, take a look at this initiative and stay informe 👇
https://keepandroidopen.org/

CC @keepandroidopen@techhub.social

#Android #Privacy #Security #FreeSoftware #Surveillance #Decentralization

After the DjangoCon Europe coffee break, back into the room for @jake@mastodon.theorangeone.net ☕️

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 🙂

#DjangoCon #DjangoConEurope #Django #Python

First chats at DjangoCon Europe 2026.

You randomly say “hi” to someone and 5 minutes later you’re deep into Django, life, and conferences.

This is why I love this community.

#DjangoConEurope #PythonCommunity

@davidism@mas.to 👇

Avoid using null on string-based fields such as CharField and TextField. The #Django convention is to use an empty string, not NULL, as the “no data” state for string-based fields. If a string-based field has null=False, empty strings can still be saved for “no data”. If a string-based field has null=True, that means it has two possible values for “no data”: NULL, and the empty string. In most cases, it’s redundant to have two possible values for “no data”. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.Field.null

Hey @pytexas@fosstodon.org thanks for taking care of that.

Unfortunately if I try to add your account in the starter pack I still see the warning message:

The account is not set as discoverable and cannot be added.

Can you double check your account settings?