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Week 8 Updates ⭐

Congratulations to all our Djangonauts for the amazing work during #DjangonautSpace! 🎉
This is the last update of the program, but your journey into open source is far from over.
Your path as #Django contributors is just beginning, onward to new galaxies! 🌌✨
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Djangonauts shine in the Djangonaut Showcase, where they share insights, thoughts, and lessons learned from Session 5. ✨

Watch the Showcase on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/fgxQS9ym_X0
Djangonaut Showcase Session 5
During Week 8 of Djangonaut Space Session 5, the Djangonauts share their learnings and experiences about contributing to open source in these short Lightning...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Week 7 updates ⭐

📝 In #djangoCMS, Mar simplified the requirements file for testing, and Vanessa fixed a language menu bug.
📚 In #Django, Annabelle is documenting a specific behavior of RelatedManager.
🐦 In #Wagtail, Lupyana is working on a new documentation section.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Make sure to cast your vote for the Django Software Foundation Board if you’re a DSF Individual Member 💚

At #DjangonautSpace we aim to empower our Djangonauts, and it’s always a joy to see Djangonauts stepping up to help shape the future of Django 🚀

www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025...
2026 DSF Board Candidates
Posted by Thibaud Colas on Nov. 5, 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
David Smith shared insights on Django’s governance history and how the Triage and Review Team works.

“It can be overwhelming to open a PR with lots of comments, but it’s all constructive, part of a learning process to get the patch into great shape.”
"Django's Triage and Review Team" by David Smith | Djangonaut Space
YouTube video by Djangonaut Space
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November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Week 6 updates ⭐
💚 Hyerim is adding support to opt out of natural key serialization in #Django.
🟩 Aayush added support for Forjero in #DjangoPackages.
📚 Mar shared her journey: coconauts.net/blog/2025/1...

🌟 Team Mercury ran a successful pair programming session!
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
David Smith will be our next guest speaker! 🎤

Join us on Nov 11 at 20:00 UTC for his talk: "Triage and Review" where he'll share insights from his experience contributing to Django.

All Djangonauts are welcome to attend.
📺 Recordings will be published on our YouTube channel.
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Week 5 #DjangonautSpace updates ⭐

5 new Open PRs, 3 merged PRs, 1 new blog, 1 "Updates to Django"

📝 #djangoCMS
Mar improved the image plugin UI and docs, and Vanessa is working on a language menu bug.
🐦 #Wagtail
Collins fixed an accessibility issue
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Reposted
Amanda Savluchinske at #PyConFR - showcases how to get involved in open source in 2025 - featuring the #Django community’s @djangonaut.space program ⭐️
November 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Week 4 Updates ⭐

🎉 5 PRs merged & 7 new ones opened!

💚 Kihuni started a PR, and Annabelle got one merged in #Django
🐦 Chimezuo's adding a new panel for Django Tasks in #DjangoDebugToolbar
🟩 Diva & Aayush improved #DjangoPackages
🗒️ Mar enhanced tutorials in #djangoCMS
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Does the Django ORM use an Inner or an Outer JOIN? And in which case?

Watch the recording of Simon Charette's talk
🎤 Django: What the JOIN?
📒 Slides: charettes.name/djangonauts2...
🎥 youtu.be/Twp8GQkh8H0
Django, what the JOIN
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October 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
⚡ Team Neptune in Action! ⚡

The Neptune team took the initiative to start a spontaneous discussion around their open PRs, reviewing, commenting, and learning together.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Week 3 #DjangonautSpace report 📝

✅ 3 PRs opened, 2 merged, and 2 new Issues ✨

James solved a serialization problem in #DebugToolbar
Chimezuo started to implement a demo chat on #DebugToolbar
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Ever opened your first PR to #Django?

Hyerim guides you through the process, the challenges faced, and how to succeed in submitting a PR 💚

📚 Read Hyerim's blog post: dev.to/_e6641d4181...
[Djangonaut][first PR] Week 1 ~ 2 (9.29 ~ 10.10)
I submitted my first PR to the Django project! I'm going to write about the process and the...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Congratulations to Tim Schilling, who is not only a co-founder of #DjangonautSpace but also a true pillar of our community. 💜

Tim’s mentorship and leadership have helped countless people take their first steps to contribute to the #Django ecosystem. 🌟
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Achievements from Week 2 at #DjangonautSpace 🌟
🎉 2 PRs opened + 1 merged:

💚 Hwayoung improved #Django docs on DateField & timedelta.
🧭 Annabelle refined Swiss number formatting in #Django.
🔧 Daniel enhanced #DjangoDebugToolbar docs.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
At #DjangonautSpace Simon Charette joins us as our guest speaker ✨

🎤 Django: what the JOIN?

Check out Simon’s previous talk about ORM: youtu.be/IakfTkQIuFw

#django #openSource
"Demystifying the Django ORM" with Simon Charette | Djangonaut Space
Simon Charette presents his talk, "Demystifying the Django ORM" to the Djangonaut Space 2024 Session 3 team.The slides can be found at: http://charettes.name...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Congratulation Tim 🎉
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Achievements from week 1 at #DjangonautSpace!
🎉 3 new PRs opened:

💜 Hyerim tackled a #Django regression on natural key serialization.
🔧 James worked on decoding errors in #DjangoDebugToolbar.
🪶 Aayush created a Tailwind migration for #DjangoPackages.

An amazing start 🚀
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
💫 Meet our stellar teams from Session 5! 💫

The mission has started for 20 Djangonauts who will contribute to the #Django ecosystem with the support of Navigators and Captains.

📚 Read the blog post about our 6 teams:
djangonaut.space/comms/2025/...
Welcome to Session 5 Teams ⭐
Session 5 is preparing their mission, and this is going to be an extraordinary Session because we’re going to have …
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October 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🧑‍🚀 From #Wagtail at Google Summer of Code to #DjangonautSpace. Chiemezuo is unstoppable!

📖 Check out his report on CSP support:
wagtail.org/blog/toward...

👏 And don’t miss his upcoming talk: “The Impact of a Contribution to Wagtail” at Wagatil Space.

#django #openSource
Towards strict CSP Support via GSoC 2025 | Wagtail CMS
Improving Wagtail’s security with strict Content Security Policy support
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October 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🚀 Ready for Takeoff!

Djangonaut Space Session 5 has officially started! 🌌
Our crews will contribute to:
💚 #Django,
🗒️ #djangoCMS,
🐦 #Wagtail,
✏️ #DjangoDebugToolbar
🟩 #DjangoPackages
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
✨Last week was wonderfully filled with two great events! ✨

At #PyConIndia2025 and at #DjangoConUS some Djangonauts find their way among the galaxy to reunite, share thoughts, and enjoy the events. 🌌

Where will Session 5 bring us next?

#django #openSpace #djangonautSpace
September 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#DjangonautSpace Session 5 🚀
All application decisions have been sent! 📩

If you haven’t received an email, please get in touch.

Huge thanks to everyone who applied 💜 while we couldn’t take everyone aboard this time, we’d love to see you on future missions 🌌
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🌟 Shoutout to Philip, who turned his journey into a powerful talk on accessibility 💜🚀

At #DjangoConAfrica he shows practical tips to build tech that welcomes everyone ✨

🗓️ 2025.djangocon.africa/schedule/se...

#django #openSource
September 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM