If you're looking for a #LunchTalk, consider Timothy McCurrach’s @djangocon talk, “Cutting latency in half: What actually worked—and what didn’t.”

It's worth your time if you're interested in:
- Improving performance proactively
- Making more reliable and robust web apps
- Profiling your app proactively

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/05/29/cutting-latency-in-half/

#Django

Quick reminder that @carlton's talk "Async Django: The practical guide you've been awaiting for" is a wonderful resource if you're wanting to build async Django applications. Give it a watch as a #LunchTalk! #Django

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/05/28/async-django/

I missed last week, but no worries. This week's #LunchTalk makes up for it. It's from @josh from #DjangoCon US 2024. It's his talk "An Opinionated Guide to Modern Django Forms".

Give it a watch to learn about Django's form improvements!

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/05/05/opinionated-guide-to-modern-django-forms/

#Django

If you're looking for a Friday #LunchTalk, consider Karen Tracey's talk: "How to enjoy debugging in production"

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/04/02/how-to-enjoy-debugging-in-production/

You should watch this if you want:
- To learn about maintaining real
- A less stressful product launch
- To make more reliable web apps
- To be better prepared for bugs

#Django #DevOps

Tomorrow's #LunchTalk is "Building maintainable #Django projects: the difficult teenage years" by Alex Henman

I think it's worth watching if you're:
- Interested in real-world solutions to web app challenges
- Working with a web app experiencing growing pains

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/25/building-maintainable-django-projects/

Today's #LunchTalk is Peter Baumgartner's @djangocon talk, “High Performance Django at Ten: Old Tricks & New Picks”.

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/10/high-performance-django-at-ten/

You should watch this if you are interested in:
- Scaling your Django application
- DevOps for Django applications

#Django #DevOps

Continuing my #LunchTalk suggestions, today's is Colleen Dunlap's DjangoCon US talk, "Easy, Breezy, Beautiful... Django Unit Tests"

Consider watching this if:

- You’re getting started writing tests
- You’re new to Django
- Want to quickly learn the important aspects of testing

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/03/02/easy-breezy-beautiful-django-unit-tests/

#Django #Testing #Python

@roguelynn gave a wonderful keynote last year at PyCon US. If you're looking to learn more about the importance of play while eating lunch this week, give it a watch.

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/02/22/of-clouds-and-crows/

#LunchTalk

Need something to watch over lunch? Consider @kojoidrissa's talk, "Privilege Arbitrage".

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/02/11/privilege-arbitrage/

This talk covers using the systemic differences in technical communities that create privilege to improve your communities.

#LunchTalk #Python #Django

I'm restarting my #LunchTalk series. I kicked it off with @sarahboyce's keynote from last year, "Django needs you! (to do code review)"

https://www.better-simple.com/lunch-talks/2026/02/01/django-needs-you-to-do-code-review/

Fun fact, this talk lead to #Django defining documentation around code reviews: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets/#reviewing-patches