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Happy 20th Birthday, Django

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578 points davepeck | 1 comments | 13 Jul 25 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.276s | source
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saikatsg ◴[14 Jul 25 13:47 UTC] No.44560215[source]▶
I know one of the co-creators (Simon W) is quite active on HN :)
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BeetleB ◴[14 Jul 25 14:15 UTC] No.44560576[source]▶
Simon wasn't a cofounder. He was an early employee/intern for LJW though. Perhaps the first person other than Jacob or Adrian to work on it.
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indigodaddy ◴[14 Jul 25 14:49 UTC] No.44560929[source]▶
Wikipedia says Jacob was hired shortly before Simon's internship ended though. Not sure why you are trying to imply that Simon wasn't a co-creator.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-history-of-the-Django-web-...

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hungryhobbit ◴[14 Jul 25 14:51 UTC] No.44560951[source]▶
In general when an intern works on something before you get there, and then you do all the real work, the intern doesn't get co-creator status.
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1. runjake ◴[14 Jul 25 15:47 UTC] No.44561557[source]▶
You have silly rules.

simonw co-created Django. It's a fact. You don't have to like it.