Why Python developers just use Postgres with Dawn Wages | Talking Postgres Ep25

Описание: When I found out that Django developer and Python Software Foundation chair Dawn Wages has a chapter in her upcoming Domain-Driven Django book called “Just Use Postgres”, I knew we had to get her on the show. In this episode of Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano, Dawn breaks down why so many Python and Django developers have such an affinity for Postgres. And we dive into the Djangonaut Space mentoring program (where contributors launch), learn why “free as in puppies” beats “free as in cake” for open source vibes, and dig into why Python is the second-best language for everything.

Chapters:
⏩ 00:00 New Podcast Music!
⏩ 03:40 Falling in love with Django (& Postgres)
⏩ 12:37 Why write a Django book?
⏩ 23:38 PostgreSQL.org written in Django
⏩ 24:52 First breakfast at DjangoCon
⏩ 35:28 Upcoming PyCon 2025 in Pittsburgh
⏩ 38:46 The second best language for everything
⏩ 42:06 Mentorship & Djangonaut Space

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Links mentioned in this episode:

🔹 Project page for psycopg: https://www.psycopg.org/
🔹 Documentation for Psycopg 3 – PostgreSQL database adapter for Python: https://www.psycopg.org/psycopg3/docs/
🔹 PostgreSQL open source project: https://postgresql.org/
🔹 Git repo for the PostgreSQL.org website: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=...
🔹 PyCon US 2025, happening May 14-22 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania: https://us.pycon.org/2025/
🔹 PGConf.dev 2025 Schedule, happening May 13-16 in Montreal Canada: https://2025.pgconf.dev/schedule.html
🔹 Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day 2025 (P2D2) Schedule, which took place Jan 28-29: https://p2d2.cz/2025/program
🔹 Wikipedia page for Model-view-controller software design pattern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E...
🔹 Book: Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0, affectionately called “the four heads book”: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Professio...
🔹 Podcast episode on Working in Public with Simon Willison & Marco Slot:    • Working in public on open source with Simo...  
🔹 Blog: Simon Willison’s TILs aka “Things I’ve learned”: https://til.simonwillison.net/
🔹 Simon Willison’s Weblog: Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11...
🔹 Simon Willison’s Weblog: How I make annotated presentations: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Aug/6/...
🔹 Python Developers Survey 2023 Results: https://lp.jetbrains.com/python-devel...
🔹 Python Docs: What’s new in Python 3.14: https://docs.python.org/3.14/whatsnew...
🔹 Djangonaut Space mentorship program: https://djangonaut.space/
🔹 Djangonaut Space program, recent talks: https://djangonaut.space/media-talks/
🔹 Podcast episode on Mentoring in Postgres with Robert Haas:    • Why mentor Postgres developers with Robert...  
🔹 Slides: PGConf EU 2024 talk by Claire Giordano about Contributions to Postgres 17, including maps showing how global the Postgres project is: https://speakerdeck.com/clairegiordan...
🔹 Video of a POSETTE 2024 talk: Semantic search with Django, PostgreSQL, & pgvector, by Paolo Melchiorre:    • Semantic search with Django, PostgreSQL, &...  
🔹 Video of a Citus Con 2023 talk: Maps with Django (and PostGIS), by Paolo Melchiorre:    • Maps with Django (and PostGIS) | Citus Con...  
🔹 Video of Citus Con 2022 talk: Django with PostgreSQL superpowers, by Paolo Melchiorre:    • Django with PostgreSQL superpowers | Citus...  
🔹 DjangoCon Africa 2025, happening August 11-15 in Tanzania: https://2025.djangocon.africa/
🔹 Calendar invite: LIVE recording of Ep26 of Talking Postgres to happen on Wed Apr 02, 2025 with guest Bruce Momjian from the PostgreSQL community, to talk about Open Source Leadership: https://aka.ms/TalkingPostgres-Ep26-cal

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