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it's september 2026. september is well know for "techtember", and i don't why, but it sounds great! and cool if you are into tech stuff, not just AI. now since, google did not give me a direct answer on "how techtember started" i thought it would be wise to waste some water and ask chat ... Early 20...

2026 Django Developer Survey Results, MY POV

i cloned 163 repos so you don't have to, seriously. but i used ai agents to do most of the heavy work stuff

how i moved 11 production stacks (36 containers) to Dokploy on the same VPS with zero data loss: parallel proxies, a risk-ladder migration order, push-to-deploy, scheduled backups, and everything that broke along the way.

why and how i rewrote this blog from a Hugo static site to a headless Strapi 5 + Next.js 16 setup, keeping the PaperMod design pixel-faithful and migrating years of markdown with an idempotent pipeline.

ditching the Google Analytics reflex for self-hosted Umami: one compose stack on an existing VPS, no cookie banner, day-zero credential hardening, and daily Telegram reports through Umami's REST API.

a Django + HTMX playground for Safaricom's Daraja API: every request, response, and callback stored and inspectable, plus KYC validation that rejects unknown C2B payments before they hit the paybill.

one search, every bus company, zero double-sold seats. twende zetu.

Two data sources, one rate-limit budget, and a Telegram bot riding shotgun.

day 2: drones, django, and a deep love for open source

70 years of research, 5 years of breakthroughs, and a room full of students who now know what AI actually is.

Google finally did it. your old embarrassing Gmail handle doesn't have to follow you forever.

it's giving... ubuntu community energy

the moat is also the attack surface now, and i'm standing on it

From a fresh Ubuntu VPS to a fully monitored Django app, all with Docker and zero tears (almost)