@simon @carlton @bmispelon jfc I think it did it correctly on the first try

@simon @carlton @bmispelon hahaha awesome. I might iterate on this some -- this is _almost_ what I want, probably to the point that I can get Claude the rest of the way pretty easily. (I want to build a link that's like `example.com/wednesday/utc-6pm` that always shows what "next wednesday at 6pm utc" means)

@bmispelon do I have to build a little app for this, lol?

@bmispelon yeah, 30 mins from now. The gist has an up-to-date link btw; I just haven’t figured out how to build a stable link to “whatever the next Wednesday at 6pm UTC”. The goal is to use UTC to avoid time zone shenanigans but it’s hard

Reminder that we've got DSF Office Hours coming up in about three hours (and every Wednesday at this time). For those who already have it, same link as last week; for those who don't, contact me (or anyone on the board) for joining info. https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/oct/16/announcing-weekly-dsf-office-hours/

There’s a certain kind of person who excels at staying just on this side of any bright lines in a community code of conduct, but nevertheless manages to be so unpleasant as to drive other people away. I don’t have any good ideas about how to deal with those people, especially if they get into a position of power.

I’m overwhelmed with gratitude that TWENTY-ONE people have chosen to stand for the DSF Board! What a wonderful demonstration of the strength of our community. I’m sorry that we can only choose a few of you; hope others will choose to help in other ways (working groups, the steering council, etc).

DSF Members: voting’s open now, though November 15th. Recommend setting aside a bit of time to read all the candidate statements so you can vote based on experience and goals. https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/oct/28/2025-dsf-board-candidates/

Wordpress has updated its code of conduct with a new rule: if Matt DMs you something unhinged, you can’t leak it.

I’m _barely_ joking: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/protect-private-conversations/

@scanner mmm yes, I remember giving watchtower a try some years ago and not being able to get it to work for whatever reason. I should take another crack at it, it does seem like it’s pretty close to what I want.

Anyone have a pattern they like for deploying small apps to a Synology with minimal fuss? I’d love a Heroku-style (“git push synology”) workflow, or something GitHub-actions-based. Basically I want to be able to treat my Synology like a tiny PaaS in my office.

We're starting regular DSF Office Hours! Anyone’s welcome if you want to work on DSF things with others. I'll try to be there every week, and other board members will likely attend too.

If you're thinking about running for the DSF Board — this would be a great time to come and ask questions / get help with your nomination!

It'll be each Wednesday at 6PM UTC — about 4 hours from now. Short notice I know, but mark it down for next week.

DM/email me (or other board members) for joining info!

@randomgeek what sorts of limitations have you run into with CommonMark?

Zola (https://www.getzola.org/) looks super interesting — very fast, uses CommonMark, Django-style templates, flexible taxonomies, integrated search… Might have to give it a look.

Are there notable examples of businesses offering differential pricing to organizations with aligned ethics? I’m thinking about eg a consultancy offering lower rates to green tech, SaaS services offering discounts to nonprofits in areas they care about, etc. Obviously businesses can and often do charge wildly different prices but I’m not aware of organizations being transparent or up front about “good for the world” discounts.

A couple weeks ago I gave a talk at @djangocon about the finances of the Django Software Foundation. I wanted to give folks a high-level understanding of our current financial situation, and then imagine a world where we had a substantially-larger budget.

Here's a written version of this talk, with annotated slides, and expanded notes:

https://jacobian.org/2024/oct/8/dsf-one-million/

TIL: NPM has an `npm create <foo>` command, which is really a clever wrapper around downloading and executing an `create-<foo>` npm package. I'd love to see this in Python!