Two weeks ago, I joined Will Vincent and Carlton Gibson on the DjangoChat podcast to talk about Django On The Med 🏖️
We had just returned from Palafrugell after three amazing sprint days, and it was the perfect moment to share how it all came together, what we built, and what’s next. 🎙️
You can listen or watch the full episode 👇
https://www.paulox.net/2025/10/21/django-chat-episode-187-django-on-the-med-paolo-melchiorre/
@ezarowny only 18 years since the ticket was opened 🥳
Another Django on the Med 🏖️ outcome #DjangoOnTheMed
Here’s an unpublished photo of @felixxm during Django On The Med 2025 🏖️
He kept coding with full focus even after all tables and chairs were removed and we were ready for lunch 🧘♀️
At that moment he was working on a pull request that adds database-level delete options for related fields which makes Django 6.1 more efficient by avoiding unnecessary queries 🚀
He has just merged this PR, making the new feature available for everyone 🎉
Django 6.1 will support database-level delete options for related fields 🚀 The database variants are much more efficient because they avoid fetching related objects ⚡ This is a great win for Django on the Med 🏖️ Let's dance 💃🕺
I'm so excited about this PR to add per page invalidation to cache_page decorated views in Django. I've wanted this for ages.
Coming out of Django on the Med 🏖️, BCN local and new Django contributor, Ramiro Nocelli causally opens a PR on one of those 18 year old tickets that we have lying around. 👊
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19946 #DjangoOnTheMed #Django
Thanks @EvilDMP ! 🙏
Really appreciate your kind words and your positive outlook about the future of what we started together. It really means a lot coming from you. 😊
As you asked, @wsvincent, here's my Django On The Med 2025 🏖️ experience post, for those of you who want to see the pictures in one place. 😄
It’s such a joy to see the first Django On The Med sprints come to life so beautifully. 🏖️
I had first suggested this idea back in 2022, and helping organize it together with @carlton made it even more special. 😊
I’m truly grateful to everyone who joined, shared their energy, and made these three days such a positive experience. 🙌
Read my post collecting all the Mastodon moments from the event:
👉 https://www.paulox.net/2025/10/12/my-django-on-the-med-2025/
I’m at the top of Tibidabo Mountain overlooking Barcelona — the perfect place to reflect on an incredible week-long journey at Django on the Med 🏝️ It’s been an absolute blast: contributing to the Django project, talking, food tasting, walking, and making new friends. What a joy! Many thanks to Carlton @carlton and Paolo @paulox for making it all happen. The Django community is amazing — full of brilliant, open, and kind people. It’s an honor to be part of it. #DjangoOnTheMed
@wsvincent @django @felixxm @carlton @djangocon Yes, it feels really good to see that idea for developer sprints become something real with Django On The Med 🏖️
You should totally join one of the next ones, you were there when the whole idea first came up! 🙌
Django on the Med 🏖️ has a fedidevs page!
https://fedidevs.com/djangomed25/
(Such a good app @anze3db) #DjangoOnTheMed
I'm at Girona airport waiting for my flight back to Pescara 🐬
Thanks to all the members of the @django community who trusted us and joined us in Palafrugell 🏖️
I still remember talking about the Django Sprints first with @felixxm , Simon Charette, @carlton and @wsvincent at @djangocon 2022 in San Diego 🌴
Special thanks to Carlton for believing in this idea and for carrying the weight of organizing the first edition. 🤗
Carlton, we did it! 🙌
We woke up again on the Costa Brava in Calella de Palafrugell, where we spent so many pleasant moments together under a wonderful weather 🏖️
A morning of leisure and relaxation after three intense days of sprints was just what we needed to recharge and unwind 😌
Of course we kept talking about all the ideas we shared these days but this time far from the computer while exploring the old town of Girona 🏰
#DjangoOnTheMed #Django #Sprints
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Here it is, the reason @carlton organized #DjangoOnTheMed
I came home from Palafrugell :catalan_flag: 😪 Once again, many thanks to @carlton and @paulox for organizing such a wonderful and productive event 🎉 💚 #DjangoOnTheMed #sprints #django
Many thanks to @carlton for organising and hosting a superb inaugural edition of the Django on the Med development sprints in Palafrugell, Catalonia #djangoonthemed.
Update from Trac:
> Re: [Django] #21961: Add support for database-level cascading options
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> * needs_better_patch: 1 => 0
It's ready for review. @felixxm was on fire this week! 🏅
The third evening of Django On The Med 🏖️ was as amazing as the others 😊
It was the perfect way to wrap up a few intense and memorable days 🌅
We said goodbye to some friends but everyone left happy with the time shared together 💫
I look forward to seeing all of you again at the next edition 👋
#DjangoOnTheMed #Django #Python
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