Djangonaut Space

Djangonaut Space landed at #PyConUS 🚀

We loved connecting with the #Python community while sharing a booth with #Django. 💚

Somewhere along the way, we also prepared to blast into space with snakes 👽🐍
The galaxy's energy was real.

Happy 3rd Birthday to Djangonaut Space!

Here are some reflection from Sarah who collected some of Djangonaut's wonderful achievement.
https://djangonaut.space/comms/2026/06/26/happy-three-years-djangonaut-space/

Let's celebrate together and send some Happy Birthday to Djangonaut Space 🥳

Today we have published our community impact report 🎉

https://djangonaut.space/launching-contributors/

Djangonaut Space is where contributors launch! 🚀

#Django #Python #OpenSource

Hello #Django-verse, we have some news. Our admins and advisors team has grown! Please welcome @ontowhee@fosstodon.org and @raffaellasuardini@mastodon.social to the admins team and @priyapahwa@mastodon.social to the advisors team 👏🚀

https://djangonaut.space/comms/2026-new-admins-and-advisors/

As a quick reminder, we're accepting applicants for Session 6 currently! https://djangonaut.space/sessions/2026-session-6/

Session 6 has come to an end, but our Djangonauts are still aiming for the Stars ⭐

Read about the achievements of our community during these 8 weeks:
https://djangonaut.space/comms/2026/04/27/celebrating-session-6-achievements/

And that’s not all 👀
Watch the Djangonaut Showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVzLLePJAUI

Huge congrats to our new Djangonauts selected from a galactic 95 applications for Session 6! Check your inboxes for your golden ticket, we can't wait to meet you!
To those not selected: Thank you so much!, don't be discouraged, and keep reaching for the stars!🚀✨

Thanks to our sponsors, last year we were able to send people to five different conferences around the globe! 💜

You can find out more about our finances, how to become a sponsor and our future financial goals here: https://djangonaut.space/comms/financial-report-2025/

#Django #DjangoCon #PyCon #FOSDEM

Djangonauts update 🚀
Mar 2–15: 2 PRs open, 19 merged, 1 issue
🐱Lego Pokémon+kittens
Mar 16–22: 7 PRs open, 9 merged, 4 issues
🎤Talk with Jacob, recording coming soon!
📝Rodrigo’s blog streak hits 3: https://dev.to/rodbv/djangonaut-diaries-week-2-working-on-the-first-issue-3756
💬Django deployment chats

Flight log: smooth orbit this week🔭

🛰️PRs Merged: 3

🗒️Crew highlights: Every Djangonaut aboard Team Neptune 🔵 successfully docked at least one PR into Django CMS,
No one left floating in space 🌌

Mission status: all systems are stable 🚀

Jacob Tyler Walls will be our first guest speaker! 🎤🚀

Join us on March 20 for his talk: "Everyone is becoming a reviewer (Maybe we already were)" explores how responsibility in open source is evolving.

A recording will be available on our YouTube channel in the future. 🎥"

RE: https://mastodon.social/@CodenameTim/116521867827281220

Can't wait to see Rachell and Tim keynote at @pycon@fosstodon.org 🚀 If you're going to attend, this is a wonderful occasion to chat at the Djangoanut Space booth 💜 come and say hi 👩‍🚀

Djangonaut Space is 100% volunteer run, helping newcomers thrive in Django, each session takes 6 weeks of prep!🚀
Daniel – Navigator
Aayush – Captain
Rahmat – Djangonaut
Keanya – Presentation
Lidya – Social
Raffaella & Tim – Email/Discord
More: https://djangonaut.space/comms/organizers-session-6/

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@ehmatthes/116216998587513892

Team Venus and @ehmatthes@fosstodon.org are making great progress with django-simple-deploy 🚀

#django #djangoSimpleDeploy #openSource

🚀 Djangonaut Space Session 6 is underway!

This week we’re excited to share a few stats from the program so far:

📊 Stats this week:
Applications: 90+
Teams: 6
Volunteers: 12
Djangonauts: 18

Meet the teams and learn more:
https://djangonaut.space/comms/session-6-team-introductions/

We’re excited to introduce the new teams of Djangonauts, Captains, & Navigators who will be collaborating, learning, and contributing across projects.🌍

Huge thanks to our incredible volunteers making this program possible!

Read more: https://djangonaut.space/comms/2026/02/19/session-6-team-introductions/
#DjangonautSpace

Djangonauts Log: Mar 6 - Mar 12

Cruising steadily through the Django galaxy.
9 modules successfully integrated into the main system.

No major turbulence. Systems stable. Crew focused.

Onward. 🚀

Here’s to the people who make #Djangonaut Space what it is:
Supportive 💜 Welcoming 😊 Empowering 👩‍🚀

This is us, this is our community 🚀🌌

Happy 2nd Birthday to Us! 🎉
#django #python #openSpace

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: http://charettes.name/djangonauts2025/
🎥 https://youtu.be/Twp8GQkh8H0

Djangonauts shine in the Djangonaut Showcase, where they share insights, thoughts, and lessons learned from Session 5. ✨

Watch the Showcase on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/fgxQS9ym_X0

Djangonauts Weekly Update (Mar 23–29)

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week:
🔭Open PRs: 6
💫Merged PRs: 2
👽Issues: 1

Were you unable to attend Jacob's talk?
We've got you covered,
Recordings are now available on our YouTube channel!🎥
https://youtu.be/3hLZb5Hd7bQ

Let's meet Team Venus!

Team Venus is working on https://www.django-unicorn.com/. The galatic Djangonauts on this team are @pythonbynight@fosstodon.org and Rahmat Akintola!

The navigator for the team is the magical @adamghill@indieweb.social
and the captain is the marvelous @mahryekuh@fosstodon.org!

✨ If you want to get a sense of what we are about, we've compiled some talks, podcasts, and blog posts where we make an appearance.

🌟 Don't just take our word for it though, some past members write ups are also included. Happy reading! 📖

https://djangonaut.space/media-talks/

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Djangonauts Weekly Transmission (Mar 30 → Apr 5)

🔧 Open PRs: 2
🛰️ Merged PRs: 2

📡 Mission status: Stable.

#Djangonauts #Django

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