Django on Joel Hanson

Convert Your Django DRF Project to MCP in 5 Minutes

joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:20:06 +0530

The Problem: When APIs Meet AI Assistants
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A few weeks ago, I was experimenting with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for a Kafka integration project. The experience was eye-opening - being able to interact with complex systems through natural language felt like a glimpse into the future of development workflows.

Django DRF → MCP

joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Turn an existing Django REST Framework project into MCP tools for AI assistants in minutes.

Django Celery → Restate

joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Compare Celery-style async tasks in Django with Restate durable execution on the same workload.

From Celery to Restate: Rethinking Async Tasks in Django

joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0530

The Celery Question
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For years, when someone asked “How do I handle background tasks in Django?”, the answer was almost always “Use Celery”. And for good reason. Celery is mature, battle-tested, and has solved async task processing for countless Django applications. It has extensive documentation, a large ecosystem of plugins, and most Django developers have at least some experience with it.