Thibaud Colas
@thibaudcolas.bsky.social
President @djangoproject.com, core team @wagtail.org, building things @torchbox.com. Accessibility, AI, climate action w/ climateaction.tech
Tentative plans for the next two #WagailCMS release, now ready for review ✨ github.com/wagtail/rfcs...
- Autosave MVP
- Block settings
- Model search improvements
- llms.txt for Wagtail docs
- AI checker concepts
- Independent security audit
- Package maintainers guide
- Natural language search
- Autosave MVP
- Block settings
- Model search improvements
- llms.txt for Wagtail docs
- AI checker concepts
- Independent security audit
- Package maintainers guide
- Natural language search
RFC 111: v7.3* roadmap updates by thibaudcolas · Pull Request #111 · wagtail/rfcs
Wagtail 7.2 is out! :) 🚂. Starting for the next release now: View the RFC in HTML. Once reviewed with enough feedback and approved by the core team, those changes will go live on the Wagtail Roadma...
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Tentative plans for the next two #WagailCMS release, now ready for review ✨ github.com/wagtail/rfcs...
- Autosave MVP
- Block settings
- Model search improvements
- llms.txt for Wagtail docs
- AI checker concepts
- Independent security audit
- Package maintainers guide
- Natural language search
- Autosave MVP
- Block settings
- Model search improvements
- llms.txt for Wagtail docs
- AI checker concepts
- Independent security audit
- Package maintainers guide
- Natural language search
Reposted by Thibaud Colas
Django runs on community power—and it needs yours! 💚
We are extending the fundraiser until November 19 to give you another chance to support Django and get a powerful tool for yourself.
Get 30% off PyCharm Pro, and JetBrains will donate 100% of your payment to @djangoproject.com
👉 jb.gg/yw1huf
We are extending the fundraiser until November 19 to give you another chance to support Django and get a powerful tool for yourself.
Get 30% off PyCharm Pro, and JetBrains will donate 100% of your payment to @djangoproject.com
👉 jb.gg/yw1huf
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Django runs on community power—and it needs yours! 💚
We are extending the fundraiser until November 19 to give you another chance to support Django and get a powerful tool for yourself.
Get 30% off PyCharm Pro, and JetBrains will donate 100% of your payment to @djangoproject.com
👉 jb.gg/yw1huf
We are extending the fundraiser until November 19 to give you another chance to support Django and get a powerful tool for yourself.
Get 30% off PyCharm Pro, and JetBrains will donate 100% of your payment to @djangoproject.com
👉 jb.gg/yw1huf
Reposted by Thibaud Colas
What is digital sustainability and why does it matter? Coming soon with @thibaudcolas.bsky.social 👀
youtu.be/UAHYQNG1qYI
youtu.be/UAHYQNG1qYI
Trailer – How To Make Web More Sustainable? – Chat with Thibaud Colas
YouTube video by Behind the Commit
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What is digital sustainability and why does it matter? Coming soon with @thibaudcolas.bsky.social 👀
youtu.be/UAHYQNG1qYI
youtu.be/UAHYQNG1qYI
Reposted by Thibaud Colas
Wagtail 7.2 is out now! We have a totally revamped search backend, readability checks, and more! See all the great things you can do with Wagtail 7.2 in our release blog.
wagtail.org/blog/wagtail...
wagtail.org/blog/wagtail...
A new approach to search and more in Wagtail 7.2 | Wagtail CMS
With fully revamped search, readability checks, and more, this is a collection of new features you don't want to miss
wagtail.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Wagtail 7.2 is out now! We have a totally revamped search backend, readability checks, and more! See all the great things you can do with Wagtail 7.2 in our release blog.
wagtail.org/blog/wagtail...
wagtail.org/blog/wagtail...
w00t, I didn’t catch that we finally got #Django 5.1 and 5.2 LTS support in the SQL Server DB backend! 🚀 github.com/microsoft/ms...
[FEATURE REQUEST] Microsoft, give some love to this project! · Issue #424 · microsoft/mssql-django
Is your feature request related to a problem? If so, please give a short summary of the problem and how the feature would resolve it Yes, the problem seems that Microsoft does not seem to care abou...
github.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
w00t, I didn’t catch that we finally got #Django 5.1 and 5.2 LTS support in the SQL Server DB backend! 🚀 github.com/microsoft/ms...
Anyone know of #Django packages set up with Azure Pipelines for CI, that test against pre-releases or the main branch? Asking for a friend 🪟
October 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Anyone know of #Django packages set up with Azure Pipelines for CI, that test against pre-releases or the main branch? Asking for a friend 🪟
Reposted by Thibaud Colas
the former maintainers of Bundler and RubyGems have a proposal: we want to move Ruby forward andre.arko.net/2025/10/26/w...
We want to move Ruby forward
On September 9, without warning, Ruby Central kicked out the maintainers who have cared for Bundler and RubyGems for over a decade. Ruby Central made these changes against the established project poli...
andre.arko.net
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
the former maintainers of Bundler and RubyGems have a proposal: we want to move Ruby forward andre.arko.net/2025/10/26/w...
Taking a look at the list of #Django books confirmed to be used in AI training… 5013 pages across 12 books 🥲
- Lightweight Django
- Web dev with Django Cookbook
- Django Project Blueprints
- Building Django 2.0 Web Applications
- Beginning Django: Web app dev and Deployment with Python
[1/3]
- Lightweight Django
- Web dev with Django Cookbook
- Django Project Blueprints
- Building Django 2.0 Web Applications
- Beginning Django: Web app dev and Deployment with Python
[1/3]
October 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Taking a look at the list of #Django books confirmed to be used in AI training… 5013 pages across 12 books 🥲
- Lightweight Django
- Web dev with Django Cookbook
- Django Project Blueprints
- Building Django 2.0 Web Applications
- Beginning Django: Web app dev and Deployment with Python
[1/3]
- Lightweight Django
- Web dev with Django Cookbook
- Django Project Blueprints
- Building Django 2.0 Web Applications
- Beginning Django: Web app dev and Deployment with Python
[1/3]
"As you can see this admin UI is… brutally developer-focused" 🤣 @tomd.org at #WagtailSpace talking about Mux, the "ffmpeg in the cloud"
October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"As you can see this admin UI is… brutally developer-focused" 🤣 @tomd.org at #WagtailSpace talking about Mux, the "ffmpeg in the cloud"
Hope #WagtailSpace attendees liked my presentation! Recording is available already if you register at wagtail.org/wagtail-spac.... Slides are here: wagtail.org/sow
October 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hope #WagtailSpace attendees liked my presentation! Recording is available already if you register at wagtail.org/wagtail-spac.... Slides are here: wagtail.org/sow
Is it a new thing that macOS "find and select text in images" also makes that text available… for the VoiceOver screen reader. That’s an #accessibility feature right, not a bug? Spotted on the @wagtail homepage video: wagtail.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Is it a new thing that macOS "find and select text in images" also makes that text available… for the VoiceOver screen reader. That’s an #accessibility feature right, not a bug? Spotted on the @wagtail homepage video: wagtail.org
Ooh @usher.dev @laymonage.com there’s a little story right there via the commit activity graphs!
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ooh @usher.dev @laymonage.com there’s a little story right there via the commit activity graphs!
Anyone up for helping Tom and I run the 2026 DSF Board elections? forum.djangoproject.com/t/preparatio... No one’s volunteered for this yet, which I’ll take it to mean you all trust us to do a great job 😛 feedback would be nice though!
Preparations for 2026 DSF Board elections
👋 we’re preparing for the next Board elections of the Django Software Foundation and we could use help! Our plans We will run the elections of the 2026 Board of Directors over the next three…
forum.djangoproject.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Anyone up for helping Tom and I run the 2026 DSF Board elections? forum.djangoproject.com/t/preparatio... No one’s volunteered for this yet, which I’ll take it to mean you all trust us to do a great job 😛 feedback would be nice though!
Dans trois jours à Paris – “le futur de Django” 🚀 www.meetup.com/django-paris... au meetup Django Paris à Octopus Energy 🇫🇷 30 minutes de franglais, venez, ça va être super! #Django #WagtailCMS #Franglais
2025 September Meetup, Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
Hi there! Long time no see! It is time for a Django Meetup! 💼 Once again, a great moment to meet people and speak about dev topics and of course Django! ✨ ***Talks*** **
www.meetup.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Dans trois jours à Paris – “le futur de Django” 🚀 www.meetup.com/django-paris... au meetup Django Paris à Octopus Energy 🇫🇷 30 minutes de franglais, venez, ça va être super! #Django #WagtailCMS #Franglais
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Heads’up – we have new guidance for AI-led contributions from our core team: wagtail.org/blog/guidanc... TL;DR; let us know how AI is involved in PRs with a disclaimer!
Guidance for AI-led contributions | Wagtail CMS
New contributor guidelines in the generative AI age
wagtail.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Heads’up – we have new guidance for AI-led contributions from our core team: wagtail.org/blog/guidanc... TL;DR; let us know how AI is involved in PRs with a disclaimer!
OH @laymonage.com "I wish I could npm install wagtail" 💥 at the @torchbox tech day
September 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
OH @laymonage.com "I wish I could npm install wagtail" 💥 at the @torchbox tech day
Oh noes, @theorangeone.net is at it again, tricking Django at the @torchbox.com tech day 💥
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oh noes, @theorangeone.net is at it again, tricking Django at the @torchbox.com tech day 💥
Reposted by Thibaud Colas
Our Django tasks contributor @theorangeone.net on stage at #PyConUK dives into some of the low-level design choices in the upcoming tasks support in Django 6.0 ⭐️
September 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Our Django tasks contributor @theorangeone.net on stage at #PyConUK dives into some of the low-level design choices in the upcoming tasks support in Django 6.0 ⭐️
Reposted by Thibaud Colas
My @pyconuk.org talk is done! 🥳 Now I can enjoy the rest of the conference!
(Slides and recording to follow)
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September 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
My @pyconuk.org talk is done! 🥳 Now I can enjoy the rest of the conference!
(Slides and recording to follow)
(Slides and recording to follow)
“Nothing is inevitable” – @cj.shearwood.games #PyConUK
September 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Nothing is inevitable” – @cj.shearwood.games #PyConUK
Today I’m at #PyConUK 🐝 I’d love to chat about AI challenges, environmental impact of tech, accessibility in the Python world. Bonus points for all three in the same convo. Come say hi! I’ll be wearing a hoodie with pineapples 🍍
September 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Today I’m at #PyConUK 🐝 I’d love to chat about AI challenges, environmental impact of tech, accessibility in the Python world. Bonus points for all three in the same convo. Come say hi! I’ll be wearing a hoodie with pineapples 🍍
Reposted by Thibaud Colas
Next up, we have @jacobian.org @thibaudcolas.bsky.social @fwiles.bsky.social @paulox.net giving a community update from @djangoproject.com
#DjangoCon @djangocon.us
#DjangoCon @djangocon.us
September 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Next up, we have @jacobian.org @thibaudcolas.bsky.social @fwiles.bsky.social @paulox.net giving a community update from @djangoproject.com
#DjangoCon @djangocon.us
#DjangoCon @djangocon.us
Later this month I will be mentoring new @wagtail.org contributors as part of @djangonaut.space! 🐦️🚀 Applications for participants close soon, you should totally join: djangonaut.space/sessions/ #Django #OpenSource
Djangonaut Space - Where contributors launch!
Djangonaut Space is a contributor mentorship program placing an emphasis on group-learning, sustainability and longevity.
djangonaut.space
September 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Later this month I will be mentoring new @wagtail.org contributors as part of @djangonaut.space! 🐦️🚀 Applications for participants close soon, you should totally join: djangonaut.space/sessions/ #Django #OpenSource