Show threadphildiniJun 3, 2025

And that's the talk! It was great to see @carlton preaching the way I've wanted to build web apps for years. Basically everything I've built at @galaxybrain and @civicband is JS light and we move _fast_.

The biggest project for us right now is #CivicBand, and a new #Django-powered app for search alerts is coming _very_ soon.

If you want to support me doing more threads like these, or support the development of #CivicBand's Django apps -> https://opencollective.com/civicband

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CivicBand - Open Collective

Opening up local government data for everyone.

Show threadphildiniJun 3, 2025

As an aside: we're very lucky to have @carlton in the #Django community. The combination of being extremely technically capable and a good speaker is so rare.

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phildiniJun 3, 2025

Good evening and welcome to another "Phildini Livetoots a talk already given"

Tonight: @carlton's #DjangoConUS2024 talk: "API Maybe: Bootstrapping a Web Application circa 2024"

https://djangotv.com/videos/djangocon-us/2024/api-maybe-bootstrapping-a-web-application-circa-2024-with-carlton-gibson/

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API Maybe: Bootstrapping a Web Application circa 2024 with Carlton Gibson

The last couple of years seem to have changed everything. Particularly with HTMX, but also related technologies like Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS, we've rapidly gone from a world where seemingly the only option was "API First". This is the story of bootstrapping a new application in these latter days. On …

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