Mission Accomplished: Session 4 Touches Down! 🚀
As Djangonaut Space Session 4 comes to a close, we're celebrating a truly stellar Django journey that has expanded the boundaries of our community and codebase. Over the past weeks, our talented teams of Djangonauts have collaborated across time zones, tackled challenging issues, and made significant contributions to Django and its ecosystem.
To every Djangonaut who shot for the stars—thank you for making this mission unforgettable! Your dedication, creativity, and hard work have made this session an incredible success.
By the Numbers: Session 4 Stats 📊
Winning is not a passive activity, it takes many hours of meetings, contributing, squashing bugs, reading documentation, and pushing through frustration. This work is often unrecognized, but is necessary just the same. Here's a snapshot of some of the work that went into accomplishing these wins:
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Countless Hours Contributing
We also hosted regular Cosmic Contributions and Co-Writing Events, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing across our teams.
Professional Wins 🏆
Beyond code contributions, Djangonaut Space members have some professional wins to celebrate:
- 🚀A Djangonaut was hired!
- 🚀A navigator gets to work on more code!
- 🚀Two members were promoted!
We aren't saying that Djangonaut Space helped with these wins, but we aren't saying that it didn't either :)
Knowledge Sharing: Featured Talks 🎤
We had some great talks from Djangonauts and some outstanding guest speakers.
Lightning Talks: Djangonaut Experiences
Our amazing Djangonauts navigated the Djangonaut Space galaxy, sharing their experiences and lessons from contributing to Django and other third-party packages in this session.
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No More Spreadsheets! Let's Build a Conference Management Tool with Django
Thrilled to have Mariatta share her insights in a fantastic talk about building conference management tools with Django in this cosmic session.
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Your First Django Contribution by Sarah Boyce
Sarah Boyce shared an interesting Vulture Strategy for picking Django tickets—perfect for first-time Djangonauts!
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Meet the Teams 👨🚀👩🚀
Session 4 brought together incredible contributors from around the world, organized into five stellar teams:
Venus Team - Django
Led by Navigator Ryan Cheley and Captain Shafiya Adzhani, the Venus team tackled core Django issues.
Djangonauts:
- Abe Hanoka
- Job Karani
- Hailey Johnson
Mars Team - Django
Navigator Sage Abdullah with Captain Rehmat Ali guided this team through complex Django challenges.
Djangonauts:
- Xavier Frankline
- Odhiambo Kelvin
- Adigwu Haseeb
Neptune Team - Django Debug Toolbar
Under Navigator Matthias Kestenholz and Captain Abdulwasiu Apalowo, this team enhanced the essential Django Debug Toolbar.
Djangonauts:
- Felipe Villegas
- Soojin Yoon
- Prashant Andoriya
Jupiter Team - django CMS
Led by Navigator Fabian Braun and Captain Rahmat Akintola, the Jupiter team improved the popular django CMS system.
Djangonauts:
- Hana Belay
- Raffaele
- Amanda Savluchinske
Saturn Team - Accessibility
Navigator Eli and Captain Keanya Phelps guided this team in making Django more accessible to all users.
Djangonauts:
- Koffi
- Jeanette O'Brien
- Philip Narteh
Looking Forward 🔭
While Session 4 may be complete, the impact of our Djangonauts' contributions will continue to benefit the Django community for years to come. The skills developed, connections made, and code contributed represent a lasting legacy.
Stay tuned for future Djangonaut Space announcements and opportunities to get involved with this incredible community initiative!
Thank you to every Navigator, Captain, and Djangonaut who made this session possible. Your commitment to open source and the Django community is truly inspiring!