BUILDING SINCE 2005 · NOT REVIEWED BY ADRIAN
Adrian
Holovaty
“Web developer, cocreator of @django. Mostly Python/JavaScript. These days I make Soundslice.”in their words · github.com
7
products
2005
building since
Career
Every main product, who ran it, and when it changed hands.
Soundslice2012 →
NOW
Django2005 →
NOW
EveryBlock2008 – 2009
✕
sold
→ msnbc.com
chicagocrime.org2005 – 2008
✕
Side projects3
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The journey
Co-created Django, sold EveryBlock (2009), now runs Soundslice
Latest
Aug 2025On Talk Python To Me, episode 518: Celebrating Django's 20th Birthday With Its Creators
Jul 2025On AI Inside, "ChatGPT's Imaginary Product Trick"
Jul 2025Soundslice: Added an ASCII tab importer after ChatGPT told users Soundslice had one
Sep 2016On SmashingConf Freiburg: Lessons Learned Building An Interactive Sheet Music Engine
Jan 2016On Love Your Work, episode 6
How sure are we?
8 verified by someone other than Adrian45 stated by Adrian in public2 outdated, older than our limits
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