Andrew Miller
Andy Miller is CTO at Hamilton Rock and runs Software Crafts, a Django consultancy based in Cambridge, UK. He works with small businesses and startups on a fractional basis, helping them build and ship Django applications. Andy built django-prodserver to bring production process management into the familiar manage.py interface—making deployment a little less daunting for everyone. He's an active contributor to Django and its community, and writes about Django, API design, and software development on his blog. This is his first full-length conference talk, following a lightning talk at DjangoCon EU 2025.
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Session
When we say "API", most people think REST or GraphQL. But Django has plenty of other APIs; one of the most common and confusing is manage.py runserver, especially when a beginner comes to deploy their first project. This talk explores Django's deployment story through the lens of API design, introduces django-prodserver as a path forward, and asks: what would it take to make going to production as obvious as starting development?