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Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · 4d

Django 6.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/relea...

Django 6.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT | Django documentation

The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

docs.djangoproject.com

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · 5d

Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell
github.blog/open-source/...

Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell

Log4Shell proved that open source security isn't guaranteed and isn’t just a code problem.

github.blog

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · 21d

Django: one ORM to rule all databases 💍 (by @paulox.net)
www.paulox.net/2025/10/06/d...

Django: one ORM to rule all databases 💍

Comparing the Django ORM support across official database backends, so you don’t have to learn it the hard way.

www.paulox.net

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Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · 26d

Elegantly scale type and space without breakpoints
utopia.fyi

Utopia

Fluid responsive design

utopia.fyi

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Sep 24

A refresh of Learn CSS with nine new modules
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A refresh of Learn CSS with nine new modules | Blog | web.dev

web.dev

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Sep 15

Django views versus the Zen of Python
www.loopwerk.io/articles/202...

Django views versus the Zen of Python

Django’s generic class-based views often clash with the Zen of Python. Here’s why the base View class feels more Pythonic.

www.loopwerk.io

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Sep 10

DoubleClickjacking: A New Era of UI Redressing
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Paulos Yibelo - Hacking Research: DoubleClickjacking: A New Era of UI Redressing

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Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Aug 7

We shouldn’t have needed lockfiles
tonsky.me/blog/lockfil... - by @tonsky.me

We shouldn’t have needed lockfiles

Lockfiles are an absolutely unnecessary concept that complicates things without a good reason. Dependency managers can and are working without it just the same.

tonsky.me

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Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Django: split "ModelAdmin.get_queryset()" by view
adamj.eu/tech/2025/07... - by @adamj.eu

Django: split ModelAdmin.get_queryset() by view - Adam Johnson

Within Django’s popular admin site, you can override ModelAdmin.get_queryset() to customize the queryset used by the admin views. It’s often used for performance optimizations, such as adding a select...

adamj.eu

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Jul 13

From SQL to SQLModel: A Cleaner Way to Work with Databases in Python
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From SQL To SQLModel: A Cleaner Way To Work With Databases In Python - Pybites

SQLModel is a library that lets you interact with databases through Python code with Python objects and type annotations instead of writing direct SQL queries.

pybit.es

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Jun 19

JSON module scripts are now Baseline Newly available
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JSON module scripts are now Baseline Newly available | Blog | web.dev

Thanks to JSON module scripts and import attributes, you can now directly import JSON in JavaScript modules. Both features are now Baseline Newly available.

web.dev

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Natalia @nessita.bsky.social · Jun 9

📣 The DSF is hiring a Django Fellow!

A paid, full-time role to help maintain Django. All the good stuff plus you'll be joining a dedicated team of Fellows 💚

Interested or know someone great?
👉 Apply by July 1: www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/...

#Django #Python #OpenSource

DSF calls for applicants for a Django Fellow

Posted by The Fellowship Working Group on June 9, 2025

www.djangoproject.com

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Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Jun 11

Disclosure: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android - localmess.github.io

Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

localmess.github.io

Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Jun 9

GitHub Actions: avoid double runs from on: [push, pull_request] (by @adamj.eu)
adamj.eu/tech/2025/05...

GitHub Actions: avoid double runs from on: [push, pull_request] - Adam Johnson

I’ve often seen a GitHub Actions workflow defined with a trigger like:

adamj.eu

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Ned Batchelder @nedbat.com · Nov 21

String formatting in #Python lets you left-, right-, or center-justify a value. You can specify the fill character to use. The syntax is colon, fill-char, <^>, width:

Demonstrating string formatting with right-, left-, and center-aligned text and custom fill characters. Full text at https://gist.github.com/nedbat/9a29a7e0f8091844d65f5ca433612e59

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Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · Jun 5

An easy way to use different serializers for different actions and request methods in Django REST Framework
www.loopwerk.io/articles/202...

An easy way to use different serializers for different actions and request methods in Django REST Framework

Introducing ActionSerializerModelViewSet, a ViewSet that allows you to choose a serializer for each action and method combination.

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Fabio Caccamo @fabiocaccamo.bsky.social · May 31

Knowledge creates technical debt
lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/k...

Knowledge creates technical debt

Some history on term “technical debt” and on better language to use when communicating about it.

lukeplant.me.uk

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · May 12

For years, one of the most befuddling things for me in CSS was how “height: 100%” would sometimes just not work. Every time I tried to use it was a roll of the dice. 😅

Like everything else in CSS, though, it all makes perfect sense when we understand the underlying mechanism. ✨

Let’s explore. 🧵

The Height Enigma • Josh W. Comeau

One of the most perplexing and befuddling things in CSS for me, for many years, was the behaviour of percentage-based heights. Sometimes, seemingly at random, setting “height: 100%” would have no effe...

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CSS by T. Afif @css-only.dev · May 12

⚙️ New CSS Generator!

Save this link for the future. A tool to easily convert any SVG shape into a CSS one in no time. Powered by the new shape() function! 🤩

css-generators.com/svg-to-css/

✅ Single-element
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✅ No more ViewBox headaches