PyCon and DjangoCon commonly accepted talk types (with examples)

talk-types.md

Tutorial-like

• e.g. Don't Use My Grid System (or any others) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRfFEcj3-Q
• e.g. Taking Django Distributed https://youtu.be/gCNj8mMoq38
• e.g. Instagram Filters in 15 Lines of Python https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otLGDpBglEA
• e.g. Multitenant applications: how and why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyJonajA_jI

Best/worst practices

• e.g. What is wrong with API wrappers and how can we do better https://youtu.be/McMb8ZFfMXk
• e.g. Dubious Database Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l712XON7R2s
• e.g. JS UX: Writing code for humans https://youtu.be/loj3CLHovt0
• e.g. Designing Poetic APIs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYnFyG7A8c
• e.g. How to make a good library API https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkFfce46zE

How things work from inside

• e.g. Grok the GIL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSYhuk5hmc
• e.g. Channels at Django https://youtu.be/xEW8kWQqEew
• e.g. Under the Hood of Modern CSS Frameworks https://youtu.be/l3h7xLRkP6Q

Quality control

• e.g. Testing in Django https://youtu.be/Zo5q48BG8A4
• e.g. Preventing headaches with linters and automated checks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRHFlDxaqU
• e.g. Constructive Code Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmblhEj9BSA

Gluing/integrating things

• e.g. The GraphQL and Apollo stack: connecting everything together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyx1poPrRHw
• e.g. Using Django, Docker, and Scikit-learn to Bootstrap Your Machine Learning Project https://youtu.be/zaT7DRsB9Cw
• e.g. Building Dynamic Dashboards With Django and D3 https://youtu.be/XXG-ESzB9Q8

Performance/Optimization

• e.g. The denormalized query engine design pattern https://youtu.be/NzcvewgqYog
• e.g. But, why is the admin slow? https://youtu.be/vdlZmbJcAvI?list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaRCK5zIQFW-5XcPZOE-y9t

Libraries and tools

• e.g. Beyond the basics with Elasticsearch https://youtu.be/RAJiFK1bHO0
• e.g. (Celery) Tasks: you gotta know how to run 'em https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzyOyLbvN8

Development tools

• Boilerplates, e.g. Defining a customizable boilerplate using Django, React and Bootstrap https://youtu.be/uog1q8J_MQY
• Debugging, e.g. Effective Bug Hunting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4oieDoQEk0
• Distribution and Packaging, e.g. pipenv
• IDEs
• Continous Integration

Professional skills

• Leadership, e.g. Why can't everyone just do what I want them to? Leadership, management, and working with people who don't think like you https://youtu.be/QLDc4PlxGiI
• Mentoring, e.g. Overcoming the Challenges of Mentoring https://youtu.be/O6zPRGWR04g
• Ethics
• Problem-Solving

Devops

• e.g. Serverless Django https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixRZfVBn_A8
• e.g. End-to-End Django on Kubernetes https://youtu.be/4LpaxvKsSlo

Case study

• e.g. Django @ Instagram https://youtu.be/lx5WQjXLlq8
• e.g. Building theatlantic.com homepage’s WYSIWYG admin with Django and Knockout https://youtu.be/RWLQTCUpyWw?list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaRCK5zIQFW-5XcPZOE-y9t
• "How I use Django or python in my really unique field"

Community

• How to build a community
• How to help a community
• How to organize a meetup or a conference
• How to find contributors for a open source project

Other ideas:

• Free Talk Ideas for DjangoCon US 2018: https://www.laceyhenschel.com/blog/2018/4/19/2018-djangocon-us-talks-id-like-to-see
• Ideas for DjangoCon US talks: https://gist.github.com/SaraDGore/3b998f94681c7f569491fd781dd59d98
• DjangoCon US Talks I’d Like to See 2017: https://jefftriplett.com/2017/django-talks-id-like-to-see/
• DjangoCon US Talks I’d Like To See 2016: https://jefftriplett.com/2016/djangocon-us-talks-id-like-to-see/