Exploring Django's evolution, principles, and challenges faced by a local newspaper. Formation of Django Software Foundation, evolution of leadership, and community involvement discussed. Future of Django with HTMX and deployment challenges in Django projects highlighted. Updates on Django 4.2, teaching challenges, and simplifying deployment also covered.

This week we’re joined by Jacob Kaplan-Moss and we’re talking about his extensive writing on work sample tests. These tests are an exercise, a simulation, or a small slice of real day-to-day work that candidates will perform as part of their job. Over the years, as an engineering leader, Jacob has become a practicing expert in effectively hiring engineers — today he shares a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 5 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Square – Develop on the platform that sellers trust. There is a massive opportunity for developers to support Square sellers by building apps for today’s business needs. Learn more at developer.squareup.com to dive into the docs, APIs, SDKs and to create your Square Developer account — tell them Changelog sent you. FireHydrant – The reliability platform for every developer. Incidents impact everyone, not just SREs. FireHydrant gives teams the tools to maintain service catalogs, respond to incidents, communicate through status pages, and learn with retrospectives. Try FireHydrant free for 14 days at firehydrant.io Retool – Retool is a low-code platform built specifically for developers that makes it fast and easy to build internal tools. Instead of building internal tools from scratch, the world’s best teams, from startups to Fortune 500s, are using Retool to power their internal apps. Learn more and try it for free at retool.com/changelog WorkOS – A platform that gives developers a set of building blocks for quickly adding enterprise-ready features to their application. Add Single Sign-On (Okta, Azure, Google, Microsoft OAuth), sync users from any SCIM directory, HRIS integration, audit trails (SIEM), free magic link sign-in. WorkOS is designed for developers and offers a single, elegant interface that abstracts dozens of enterprise integrations. Learn more and get started at WorkOS.com Featuring:Jacob Kaplan-Moss – Website, Mastodon, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Series: Work Sample Tests Work Sample Tests: A Framework for Good Work Sample Tests: Eight Rules for Fair Tests Work Sample Tests: Wrap Up and Q&A The Changelog #474: Complex systems & second-order effects with Paul Orlando A New Morality of Attainment (Goodhart’s Law) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jacob Kaplan-Moss shares remote vs colocated team recommendations, Duarte Carmo created a neural search engine, Tom Hacohen discusses the importance of strong static typing, Orhun Parmaksız created a typewriter keyboard sound CLI, and Luke Plant speaks on simplicity.

Jacob Kaplan-Moss’ recommendations for remote vs colocated teams, Duarte Carmo created a neural search engine from Changelog transcripts, Tom Hacohen says strong static typing is a hill he’s willing to die on, Orhun Parmaksız created a CLI that makes your keyboard sound like a typewriter & Luke Plant spits hard truths about simplicity. View the newsletterJoin the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Neo4j – NODES 2023 is coming in October! Featuring:Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Jacob Kaplan-Moss, from Django Software Foundation, discusses compensating open source maintainers. Topics include the ethical use of open source, challenges in finding sustainable funding models, and the impact of high net worth donations. The conversation also covers criticism faced by maintainers seeking compensation and the importance of financially supporting them.