Django London Meetup April

April edition!
We will be at Kraken Tech (Octopus Energy Group) London office!
(in-person only event, no streaming)

Talks:

How to use Cursor as a professional. Cursor Rules - David Zorto

A different approach to AI-assisted development. Many engineers are misusing Cursor AI, treating it as just a search engine or IDE, but there's a better way. I'll show you how to harness Cursor’s full power by building an autonomous standard library of rules, fine-tuning outcomes, and exponentially accelerating development workflows. Expect real-world examples, and insights that will transform how you think about AI-driven software development.

Data-Oriented Django Drei - Adam Johnson
Data-Oriented Design encourages us to focus on the data transformations occurring in our code, so we can write code that maps them onto hardware efficiently.
Building on my previous two talks at DjangoCons Europe 2022 and 2024, this “third part” will reintroduce Data-Oriented Design and then focus on database indexes. We’ll see how they work, what options you have, and how to select the right ones to build for your applicaxtion.
The aim is to empower you to write indexes that make your queries zoom, using the tools Django provides.

Want to share your Django or Python knowledge? We’d love to feature your talk! Just fill out our speaker form to propose a talk!

Agenda:
• 6:15pm Doors open, socialising
• 6:30pm Food and drinks offered by our sponsor
• 7:00pm Doors close **
• 7:15pm Introduction, News, Talks
• 8:30pm Socialising
• 9:30pm Fin
** Please make sure to arrive between 6:15 PM and 6:55 PM. If you arrive earlier than 6:15 PM or later than 6:55 PM, you can take a seat in the seating area located in the downstairs reception. Please note that we cannot accommodate arrivals after 7:15 PM.
Our meetups are governed by a Code of Conduct. Please take a few minutes to read it.
This meetup is sponsored by:
• Kraken Tech (Octopus Energy Group): "Kraken is a revolutionary energy tech platform built with predominantly Python & Django. We Serve 54 million households worldwide and have 38GW of contracted capacity."
• JetBrains: "We make professional software development a more productive and enjoyable experience."

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