06 May 2026

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Me and Mentorship

Hi there.. it's been a while as usual… πŸ˜„

Today I would like to talk about mentoring. It's been a constant in my life. I have been on both sides: mentee and mentor. I can tell you that you learn so much from this exchange.

Being a mentee is a way to learn from an expert or just people who know more than yourself. Those people you truly admire for their work. The mentees don't even always tell how much they admire their mentors.

On the reverse, being a mentor is a good way to learn how to share your knowledge the best way. You watch the person you're mentoring grow and make their own decisions, without ever having to ask you for advice in the end, because you've given them the tools to find the answers on their own. One day, perhaps, they'll take the time to thank you, because without even realizing it, you've changed their life.

It's crazy, isn't it? I love mentoring because it's a special and unique exchange: you feel close to the other person, because when you're a mentor, you see a younger version of yourself in your mentee, and the mentee sees you as what they might one day become. I'm sure many people don't see mentoring exactly the way I do, but it's an extremely rewarding experience.

Mentoring is a great way to learn, whether you're the mentee or the mentor. Yes, mentors learn from the experience as well. How can you make sure your mentee has understood what you meant? How can you clearly explain something that seems obvious to you to the person sitting across from you? The mentee's questions help us discover aspects we had never considered before. There is so much to learn!

Google Summer of Code mentorship

Speaking about mentoring, I'm going to get my hands dirty again and mentor someone for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for the Django organization this year! πŸ₯³

It will be my first time to mentor for Google Summer of Code, I'm really excited! I will be mentoring Keha Chandrakar with my amazing co-mentor and co-chair of the Website Working Group Saptak Sengupta✨

The project is Unified Dark Mode and UI Consistency for Django's Issue Tracker, it would be a nice addition for the community.

This project means a lot to me. I have previously contributed to the addition of the dark mode in the Django website. It was my first major contribution to Django! When you start your contribution journey for a huge project like Django, it's exciting and impressive! I did contribute without any mentor but I definitely had help along the way since the Django community is so welcoming and helpful. I learned a lot through this contribution and now it's used by so many people. Being Keha's mentor is a good way for me to give back and help someone else on a topic I know pretty well!

You could be the mentor

I have been part of the Djangonaut Space organization, where we are recruiting people as mentors. This organization and the Django organization are always looking for mentors. If you have already contributed to an open source project related to the Django ecosystem or are maintaining one and you are willing to take the time to help someone in their contribution journey, consider mentoring as an option to get new contributors to your project. Djangonaut Space has multiple cohorts, sign up to the newsletter and mention your interest in mentoring: being a navigator (technical mentor) or a captain (community mentor).

Who knows, this might be your new co-maintainer, your new teammate or your new code reviewer? There are things we can definitely learn on our own and some things you will only learn from someone else.

That's it for me!

06 May 2026 9:00pm GMT

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06 May 2026 3:00pm GMT

01 May 2026

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Issue 335: Redesigning DjangoProject.com

News

PyCharm Campaign Now Includes RENEWALS!

Past or current PyCharm Pro users can now take part in the PyCharm campaign! Add 12 months to your current PyCharm Pro subscription. The same deal applies to past, current, or first time users. Get PyCharm Pro 30% off and 100% goes directly to the DSF! Until May 3rd.

Adopt Annual Release Cycle (DEP 20)

A new DEP from Carlton Gibson proposing that Django move to an annual release cycle. There is a lengthy discussion on the GitHub ticket

What's new in pip 26.1 - lockfiles and dependency cooldowns!

A detailed post of new features from Richard Si, the current maintainer, including pylock files, dependency cooldowns, security fixes, and more.

Django Software Foundation

It's time to redesign djangoproject.com

A redesign of the djangoproject.com website is in progress. This post from the Django blog is an update on the project's process: the plan, who's doing the work, and how you can help.

Updates to Django

Today, "Updates to Django" is presented by Hwayoung from Djangonaut Space! πŸš€

Last week we had 14 pull requests merged into Django by 13 different contributors - including a first-time contributor! Congratulations to Dinesh Thumma for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board!

All release note-related changes this week came from Djangonaut Space. πŸš€

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Articles

Running from Django's main development branch in production

Carlton Gibson makes the case for running Django off of Django's main development branch rather than waiting for security and feature releases.

Before GitHub

Armin Ronacher, of Flask and other open-source Python fame, looks wistfully at GitHub's decline and points out that Open Source did not always work this way.

Leaving GitHub as a Social Network

David Guillot points out the many red lines that Microsoft has recently crossed and debates other alternatives.

pgBackRest is dead. Now what?

One of several posts on the longtime sole maintainer of pgBackRest stepping away. This is a fundamental tool for PostgreSQL and a general failure in the open source ecosystem. Additional posts by Jan, Christophe, Stefanie, and Jay.

Django Fellows Update

Fellow Report - Natalia

Another busy week triaging six tickets, reviewing six more, security reports, meetings, and discussions around the recent DEP 20.

Fellow Report - Sarah

Finished up Navigator duties for Djangonauts, managed tickets and security work, and weighing in on anew-features suggestion for Django Admin actions configurable as buttons.

Fellow Report - Jacob

A four day week after returning from DjangoCon yielded some wins like merging @annalauraw's work on improved blank choice labels in forms and @rodbv's work on truncating huge deletion confirmation pages in the admin.

Podcasts

Django Chat #201: DjangoCon Europe Recap + Other News - Jeff Triplett

Jeff is President of the Django Software Foundation and a partner at REVSYS. We discuss the recently held DjangoCon Europe conference, existing Django news, and then share notes on current AI-powered workflows. Also available in video format on YouTube.

Events

DjangoCon US Sponsorship Opportunities

DjangoCon US is August 24-28 this year in Chicago. There are still sponsorship opportunities available (hint, hint) for any companies that want to participate.

EuroPython 2026 tickets now available

This year's conference is in Krakow, Poland from July 13-19, covering two days of tutorials, three days of talks, and two days of sprints.

Django Day Copenhagen Tickets Available

This event is October 2nd and early bird tickets are now available. Note that the event can sell out due to the size of the venue.

PyCon US 2026 - How to Convince Your Boss

PyCon US is fast approaching. If you and your colleagues want to attend, we have a short template to help you discuss the conference at work.

Django London Meetup

Two talks at this event May 7th at Kraken Tech: a talk by Paolo Melchiorre on Django's GeneratedField and Django in the Lab by Andy Woods.

Projects

jsheffie/django-schematic

An interactive graph of your Django model structure. With related blog post.

The Fixi Project

From the creator of HTMX, a collection of five small web libraries based on other libraries they work on. See the related website for more information.

01 May 2026 3:00pm GMT