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Just for kicks I ran `git log | grep "Author: Simon" -C 20 | tail -n 50`

``` commit 53eddd4a0f8786e23f511a653d8d7ffa947ad8db Author: Simon Willison <simon@simonwillison.net> Date: Mon Apr 23 21:24:41 2007 +0000

    Added HTTP_HOST example header

    git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@5063 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
```

There are earlier references as well, but I think the author was making pretty deliberate choices.



Yes, Simon Willison was part of the Django core development team very early on, when he was ungodly young. Absurdly talented guy.




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