Django Software Foundation

May's DSF member of the month is Bhuvnesh Sharma ! Bhuvnesh is a Django contributor and GSoC org admin for the Django Software Foundation. He created Django India community 🇮🇳 Learn more about Bhuvnesh here! https://lnkd.in/epqNWpWn #django #DSFMemberOfTheMonth

There’s a different kind of motivation in seeing your name in the git log of the framework that introduced you to programming. My journey with Django Software Foundation started in November 2025, when I began digging into the codebase and landed my first contribution. Things took an exciting turn in February 2026, when I received an unexpected email - "I had been selected for Djangonaut Space 2026🚀 ". The program has been an incredible experience, but the best part was definitely the community. I’ve learned so much about the value of collaboration and teamwork in open source. A huge thank you to our Captain, Eddy Adegnandjou for all his advice, and our Navigator, Eliana Rosselli for her guidance, efforts, and for making the open source so rewarding. I already miss our weekly check-ins. What a great community Django Software Foundation has! On the technical side, I’m excited to share that I have 9 merged Pull Requests and 4 open PRs in the Django ecosystem. A massive thanks to Jacob Walls and other Djangonauts for their thorough reviews and guidance throughout this process, the feedback has been a significant part of my learning as a developer. These contributions have taught me so much about contributing to code at scale. Django has given so much to me, and it feels good to finally give back a bit. 💜 PS: I am open to new opportunities! If you’re looking for a backend engineer with a deep love for Python and DevOps, let’s connect.

Django Software Foundation got into Google Summer of Code 2026 as well with 4 super cool projects. Always feels good to see Django continue its GSoC journey. Programs like GSoC genuinely help open source projects grow faster, not just because “more code gets written”, but because new people enter the community, learn how the project works, ask fresh questions, improve documentation, fix small rough edges, and sometimes stay around for years. That is the real win. This year, DSF received 203 proposals. That sounds exciting, and it is, but honestly, a large number of them were clearly AI-generated or spam proposals. And that makes the review process much harder for us. So if you are applying to programs like GSoC: please do not submit a generic AI-written proposal. Use AI to learn, brainstorm, or improve clarity if you want, but the understanding has to be yours. Once you have the understanding, then write the proposal in your own original way. In a way that AI cannot. Open source is built on trust, effort, and curiosity. The best proposals usually make that very visible. Excited for this year’s projects and looking forward to seeing new contributors join the Django community 💚 Huge thanks to all mentors, reviewers, and everyone helping make this possible. More details coming soon.

We're redesigning djangoproject.com! Here's the plan, who's doing the work, and how you can help. https://lnkd.in/eYiterBF #django #website

Finally got time to block out my proposal to move Django to an Annual Release Cycle as a DEP. Let's get into the details 🫠 — do give it 👍 if you're keen. https://lnkd.in/efqNt6FT #django

April's DSF member of the month is Rob Hudson ! ⭐ Rob is the creator of Django Debug Toolbar, a tool used by 100,000+ Django developers around the world! Learn more about Rob here: https://lnkd.in/e8KQ3qbg #django #DSFMemberOfTheMonth

The JetBrains PyCharm fundraiser for Django is on again until the 1st May This is an amazing offer. You get 30% off of PyCharm, and JetBrains donate 100% of the money you pay to the Django Software Foundation to support Django. It’s essentially you donating to the DSF and getting PyCharm for free. Do go check it out, and thanks again to JetBrains for supporting Django so well over the years! ❤️ https://lnkd.in/egpY29xs