Fresh Code, Fresh Style - Django's 2026 Makeover
Django kicks off 2026 with a comprehensive code style refresh! Mariusz Felisiak led the charge by applying Black's brand new 2026 stable style across 47 files, cleaning up formatting and modernizing the codebase. The team also thoughtfully updated their git blame configuration to keep commit history clean and meaningful for future developers.
Duration: PT3M54S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Django.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Django
- Published: 2026-01-19T11:20:04Z
- Audio duration: PT3M54S
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Hey there, Django developers! Welcome back to another episode of the Django podcast. I'm so excited to be here with you today, January 19th, 2026. I hope you're having a fantastic weekend and maybe even squeezing in a little coding time between your other adventures.
You know what I love about the start of a new year? It's that fresh energy, that clean slate feeling. And speaking of fresh and clean, the Django team just gave us the perfect example of starting the year right with some serious housekeeping that's going to make every Django developer's life a little bit better.
So let's dive into what happened over the weekend, because this is actually a really beautiful story about code quality and thinking ahead for the community.
Our main event comes from Mariusz Felisiak, who just completed what I'm calling the "2026 style refresh." He applied Black's brand new 2026 stable style across the entire Django codebase. Now, if you're not familiar with Black, it's that fantastic Python code formatter that takes all the guesswork out of code…
Now, you might be thinking, "Wait, more deletions than additions? What's going on there?" And that's the beauty of modern code formatters! Black's…
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