My roundup from @djangoconeurope

https://buttondown.com/carlton/archive/thoughts-from-djangocon-europe/

#TheStackReport #DjangoConEurope #DjangoConEu2026 #Mantle #DjangoOnTheMed

📸 🎞️ Aaaand here are the group photos!

What an incredible three days it's been—full of everything we hoped for and more. Thank you to each and every one of you for being part of DjangoCon Europe 2026. None of this would have been possible without you. We hope you had as much fun as we did. 🫶 🇬🇷 🌺

#django #djangocon #djangoconeu2026

Dear fellow @djangoconeurope folks, paying the post-conf body tax this week? 🧘🏻‍♀️

If your neck & shoulders have been complaining (like mine 😇🤓) about 3 days in the auditorium plus backpack & laptop-schlepping duty plus plane + train rides, here are two yoga videos that really helped me loosen up this week:

▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMTyp5npt78 (23 min)
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1E8aTKJmVg (28 min)

Felt a release in tension even after the first session. Big recommend 😁

#yoga #djangocon #djangoconeu2026

I saw a package published from work by Kraken tech (I think) which gave more control over database transactions.

Has anybody else seen this? I'd love to find a link to the repo again. I was going to share it and now can't recall the name 🤦‍♂️

#django #djangoconeu2026

Interesting to hear there was talk of "desktop django" at #djangoconeu2026

In 2012 I was in a small team building django 1.6 into a PyQT app with sqlite, using tools like py2exe to package it up to be installed on windows/mac/linux. We built the payroll software for HMRC to provide to businesses.

https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2026/04/20/djangocon-europe-2026-a-brief-report/

Feeling grateful to attend #djangocon and meet and socialize with friends from all around the world - being in a position to travel is a privilege one should not take for granted 👑 🦄

#djangoconeu2026

At #DjangoConEU2026, we had a community conversation about #Django and AI usage, hosted by @thibaudcolas and Laura Gates: We had a tiny sub-group of esteemed people (@jong0uld! @williamblackie!), we talked about the "Who Gets Left Behind by AI". The framing isn't necessarily perfect (tempted to also argue "Who is free from AI"), but it's DEFINITELY a *necessary* perspective.. and one of the most critical ones.

With AI and current trends in mind, we noticed the following (thread)...

🇬🇷 🌺 DAY THREE has started!

Last day of talks and workshops. Soak it all in. 💙

#django #djangoconeu2026 #djangocon

Ok I can hear a bandas from my hotel. Nobody warned me that Greece had become a basque possession. Should I expect a rugby match tomorrow?

#DjangoConEurope #djangoconeu2026