My dearest gentle reader, a happy new year to you! Another year with unlimited possibilities and knowledge of unlimited access to free will. We are the ones who made it out of 2025 alive, and that in itself is an achievement. My wish for you, dear reader, is to live for ourselves, for our dreams and for those we hold close and to hope for a better future for those we never meet.

2026 is an epic year for all the cinephiles, with The Odyssey releasing on 17th July, Spider-Man: Brand New Day on 31st July, Avengers: Doomsday and Dune 3 set to debut on 18th December.

Dearly beloved, it’s time to follow up on those emails, Slack messages and issues we said we would circle back after the holiday! I wish you the best of luck as you figure out where to start!

DjangoCon US CFP is open till 16th March 2026. We are also still looking for venue Proposals for 2027-2028. Bring DjangoCon US to a city near you!

Vibe coding is boring, the article explores the fact that it is boring in the sense that there is no fulfilment or what I call oomph when it’s done.

Implement HTTP bearer authentication in Django by checking the authorisation header against an environment variable token, rather than using DRF or Django Ninja.

How DoorDash Moved to a Service Mesh to Handle 80M Requests/Second

Accessibility is a process, and sometimes we cannot make something accessible to everyone, which is why we endeavour to try.

Think in Math. Write in Code. I like the emphasis on programming is for execution, while math is for exploration, by looking at the problem, and once you know exactly what you are building, you can make informed trade-offs.

Short and sweet like your beautiful week!

The word of the day is nefarious. Nefarious describes something that is evil or immoral.

Example in a sentence:
The investigators uncovered a nefarious scheme to embezzle millions from the pension fund through a complex web of shell companies.

I am making my grand departure into the unknown.

Until the next fortnight, my treasured reader, go forth, and may the odds be ever in your favour! 👏 🤖 ✊ ☠️ 🏹 🪖

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