# 📰 Monthly digests: April 2023

In the company where I work, I do a monthly digest with information that I find valuable and interesting to share with my colleagues and discuss them.  
*This digest will be mostly related to* [*Django framework*](https://www.djangoproject.com/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com)*.*

### Links

1. 🎸 [**Django 4.2 released**](https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/apr/03/django-42-released/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com) **\-** Django 4.2 is designated as a long-term support release. It will receive security updates for at least three years after its release. Support for the previous LTS, Django 3.2, will end in April 2024.
    
2. 💽 [**devdata - Improving developer velocity and experience**](https://www.revsys.com/tidbits/devdata-improving-developer-velocity-and-experience/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com)
    
3. 🤖 [**How I am using ChatGPT to increase my productivity coding Django**](https://djangoandy.com/2023/03/18/how-i-am-using-chatgpt-increase-my-productivity-coding-django/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com)
    
4. 🎸 [**Django: Parametrized tests for all model admin classes**](https://adamj.eu/tech/2023/03/17/django-parameterized-tests-model-admin-classes/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com)
    
5. **🖇** [**Caching and Django Rest Framework**](https://www.screamingatmyscreen.com/caching-and-django-rest-framework/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com)
    
6. 1️⃣ [**Ban 1+N in Django**](https://suor.github.io/blog/2023/03/26/ban-1-plus-n-in-django/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com)
    
7. 📊 [**Denormalization with JSON Fields for a Performance Boost**](https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2023/03/22/denormalization-json-fields-performance-boost/?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com)
    
8. [**Technology Radar #28**](https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar?ref=dmytrolitvinov.com) - An opinionated guide to technology frontiers
    

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**Quote of the Digest:**  
*"Talking to people can save you hours of relentless, undirected and ultimately unsatisfying coding."* - Marcel Gehlen  
  
*P.S. That post was originally published at my website —* [http://dmytrolitvinov.com/blog/digest-april-2023](http://dmytrolitvinov.com/blog/digest-april-2023)