Django Developers Survey Results & Reproducible Python Builds

<p>What are the latest trends uncovered in the 2026 Django Developers Survey? How are Django users employing LLMs in their development process? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects.</p>
<p>We discuss a summary by Will Vincent about this year’s Django Developers Survey. The survey draws on responses from nearly 3,500 developers across more than 40 countries. It provides a look at how developers are adapting to AI workflows and which tools they’re embracing.</p>
<p>We dig into a post from Brett Cannon about reproducible builds in Python. It covers the importance of creating an independently verifiable, repeatable build of CPython and other associated tools. The post explains why Python isn’t there yet and outlines the direction of the work still needed.</p>
<p>We also share other articles and projects from the Python community, including recent releases, upcoming PSF elections, Polars vs SQL differences nobody is talking about, creating Django unsubscribe links without a Login, a library to make measurement units easier through Pydantic, and a tool to convert <code>if-else</code> code to <code>match</code> statements.</p>
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<p>Topics:</p>
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<li>00:00:00 – Introduction</li>
<li>00:02:46 – Python 3.15.0 candidate 2 is here!</li>
<li>00:03:10 – Django 6.1.1 release notes</li>
<li>00:03:20 – Wagtail 8.0 release notes</li>
<li>00:04:27 – RISC-V Is Now Officially Supported by CPython</li>
<li>00:05:19 – PEP 843: Export Statement for DRY Re-Exports</li>
<li>00:06:27 – 2026 PSF Board Election Interviews</li>
<li>00:07:07 – Up and Running with Rust Course</li>
<li>00:07:56 – Guido Comment on PEP 805: Safe Parallel Python</li>
<li>00:09:56 – The Polars vs SQL Differences Nobody Is Talking About</li>
<li>00:16:55 – Sponsor: Six Feet Up</li>
<li>00:17:50 – Unsubscribe Links Without a Login: Django Signing</li>
<li>00:20:56 – What’s Missing to Have Reproducible Builds on PyPI</li>
<li>00:27:09 – Video Course Spotlight</li>
<li>00:28:44 – The Python Community’s Institutional Response to the Astral Acquisition Has Begun</li>
<li>00:29:57 – The State of Django 2026: Boring Is So Back</li>
<li>00:40:13 – matchify: Converts <code>if-else</code> Code to <code>match</code> Statements</li>
<li>00:43:14 – pydantic-pint: Pydantic Pint Quantities</li>
<li>00:45:16 – Thanks and goodbye - Submit topics to PyCoders Link</li>
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<p>News:</p>
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<li><a href="blog.python.org/2026/09/python-3150-rc2/"… 3.15.0 candidate 2 is here! - Python Insider</a></li>
<li><a href="docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.1/releases/6.1.1/&… 6.1.1 release notes - Django documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="wagtail.org/blog/cms-with-ai-not-ai-cms-wagtai… With AI, Not AI CMS: Wagtail 8.0’s New API</a> – Wagtail 8 includes a new API built on Django Ninja and Pydantic, to automate common admin tasks with and without agents. 50+ operations derived from projects’ existing Python/Django code, mimicking the admin panel but via endpoints and an official CLI.</li>
<li><a href="docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/releases/8.0.html&q… 8.0 release notes — Wagtail Documentation 8.0 documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="blog.python.org/2026/08/riscv-now-officially-s… Is Now Officially Supported by CPython</a></li>
<li><a href="peps.python.org/pep-0843/">PEP 843: Export Statement for DRY Re-Exports (Draft)</a></li>
<li><a href="peps.python.org/pep-0842/">PEP 842: Module Exports (Withdrawn)</a></li>
<li><a href="pyfound.blogspot.com/search/label/2026-psf-boa… PSF Board Election Interviews</a> – This is a collection of interviews of the various candidates running for the Python Software Foundation Board. Many of the posts also include links to AMA sessions.</li>
<li><a href="pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-2026-psf-boar… Software Foundation News: The 2026 PSF Board Election is Open!</a></li>
<li><a href="pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/09/inaugural-python-… Software Foundation News: Inaugural Python Packaging Council Election: Voting is now open!</a></li>
<li><a href="training.talkpython.fm/courses/up-and-running-… and Running with Rust Course</a></li>
<li><a href="discuss.python.org/t/pep-805-safe-parallel-pyt… Comment on PEP 805: Safe Parallel Python</a> </li>
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<p>Show Links:</p>
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<li><a href="labs.quansight.org/blog/polars-vs-sql-differen… Polars vs SQL Differences Nobody Is Talking About</a> – Some problems can be attacked with either SQL or Polars, but subtle differences in how the two mechanisms work can run you into trouble. Learn more about these potential gotchas.</li>
<li><a href="belderbos.dev/blog/unsubscribe-without-login-d… Links Without a Login: Django Signing</a> – Django has a signing module that makes it easy to build an unsubscribe link that works with no login and no session: <code>token = signing.dumps(recipient.pk, salt=UNSUBSCRIBE_SALT)</code>. The token itself is the credential, and it ships with Django out of the box.</li>
<li><a href="snarky.ca/whats-missing-to-have-reproducible-b… Missing to Have Reproducible Builds on PyPI</a> – A reproducible build is a way of creating an independently verifiable, repeatable build of CPython and other associated tools. This post explains why Python isn’t there yet and why it is important.</li>
<li><a href="dev.to/peytongreen_dev/the-python-communitys-i… Python Community’s Institutional Response to the Astral Acquisition Has Begun</a> – Brett Cannon posted on discuss.python.org (March 23): a PEP is coming, the <code>python/prebuilt-cpython</code> repo already exists, and the PSF has been building an official prebuilt relocatable CPython distribution since October 2025. Covers what’s actually being built, what it means for uv/ruff/python-build-standalone, and why the Astral upstream patches and PSF alternative aren’t in conflict.</li>
<li><a href="blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/the-state-o… State of Django 2026: Boring Is So Back</a> – A summary of this year’s State of Django report which draws on responses from nearly 3,500 developers across more than 40 countries: from students in their first year to veterans with decades of experience.</li>
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<p>Projects:</p>
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<li><a href="github.com/15r10nk/matchify">matchify: Converts <code>if-else</code> Code to <code>match</code> Statements</a></li>
<li><a href="github.com/tylerh111/pydantic-pint">py…: Pydantic Pint Quantities</a></li>
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<p>Additional Links:</p>
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<li><a href="realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/224/">Epis… #224: Narwhals: Expanding DataFrame Compatibility Between Libraries</a></li>
<li><a href="labs.quansight.org/blog/duckdb-when-used-to-fr… DuckDB when you’re used to pandas or Polars</a></li>
<li><a href="realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/297/">Epis… #297: Improving Python Through PEPs and Protocols</a></li>
<li><a href="peps.python.org/pep-0770/">PEP 770 – Improving measurability of Python packages with Software Bill-of-Materials</a></li>
<li><a href="youtube.com/watch?v=x9K3xPmi_tg">Phantom Dependencies: is your requirements.txt haunted? - …