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Taking a look at what it would take to make Django async-native, what it enables, and if we should even do it at all.

Event loops, coroutines and awaits, oh my!

Finally, the promised land is here and Channels 2.0 is released. But how much has changed? And why?

Finally, my 3D city maps return, and this time they're mapping the streets and hills of San Francisco.

What's happening in the world of Channels? How many times have I rewritten the API now?

Adventures in the land of volcanoes, unique birds, fjords, and long white clouds.

Outlining my plan for iterating on Channels' design, and what the future might hold for both Django and Python in general.

An adventure of food, cities, industry, and astonishing natural landscapes.

I've been developing on Windows as my primary platform for about the last year and a half - here's how.

What better thing is there to do in your free time than to surround yourself with tripods, and try and record something?

On open source software maintenance, politics, and the degrading state of the world.

Long sunsets, 100 degree temperature differences, and frozen rivers in the Last Frontier.

A trip to a remote fire lookout tower somewhere in the mountains of Montana.

Why is Channels designed like it is, and what does it really mean for Django, Python, and WebSocket handling?

The story of 3D printing a map of London, so I can stand over it and cackle like a madman.

Progress on Django Channels, and working out how the different parts will talk to each other.

The trials, tribulations and dead ends of trying to write a game when you keep thinking too big.

In which I visit one of the Four Asian Tigers and see some ridiculous architecture.

Examining one of Django's key abstractions and how it could be updated for a more modern age.

Notes from my 8 years of travelling, and a few jokes at the expense of Americans. What could be a better read?