Finally, sent out my first newsletter as the year wraps up. 🥳 It’s a small archive of the work and writing from 2025 @ buttondown.com/priyapahwa/archive/my-first-newsletter-and-2025-archive/ Looking ahead to 2026 with curiosity. 🌻

new post about an interesting deployment problem: triggering CI/CD updates to AWS EC2 instances that sit behind VPN-only access without involving any SSH or bastion hosts. turns out SSM Agent handles it cleanly. @ priyapahwa.com/posts/deploy... (implemented with CircleCI pipelines)

Special Django Software Foundation board meeting 💚 Sarah & Thibaud (outgoing), Jacob, new members Ryan & Priya, plus Paolo, Jeff, Afi (Tom missing) and Catherine all together 🤗 Thanks Sarah & Thibaud, welcome Ryan & Priya! 🎉 #Django #Software #Foundation #DSF #Community #NonProfit #Organization

Results are in for the 2026 Board elections of the Django Software Foundation! www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025... Congratulations @jacobian.org @priyapahwa.bsky.social and Ryan Cheley ❤️🎉

Djangonauts shine in the Djangonaut Showcase, where they share insights, thoughts, and lessons learned from Session 5. ✨ Watch the Showcase on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/fgxQS9ym_X0

David Smith shared insights on Django’s governance history and how the Triage and Review Team works. “It can be overwhelming to open a PR with lots of comments, but it’s all constructive, part of a learning process to get the patch into great shape.”

This Software Freedom Day talk was designed for beginners stepping into open-source. It reflects my journey (so far) and honestly, I’m still figuring it out, but that’s exactly what makes this space worth being part of. 👩🏻‍💻 @ priyapahwa.com/posts/the-open-source-community-invites-you-to-dare-greatly/

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

Our Fundraising & Code of Conduct group member @priyapahwa.bsky.social recaps her learnings organizing @djangonaut.space ⭐️ strong facilitation techniques, and tough decisions on which emoji to use!

All the event-based opportunities to get involved with open source ⭐️ www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025... by our community member Lilian

Consider a scenario: You have a private repo containing a package. Another repo depends on that package during the build process. On local, SSH cloning works fine (apart from building wheels) but how to make that work in CI/CD? 🔐 @ priyapahwa.com/posts/accessing-private-github-repos-in-circleci/

👏 Priya's talk at PyCon Greece was a beautiful reminder of the values that Djangonaut Space is built on 💜🚀 It's wonderful to see her carrying them forward and inspiring others! 🌟 🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/ApUEmy... #Django #OpenSource

Session 5 is open to application 🥳 📆 Program duration: from September 29th, 2025 to November 23rd, 2025 ⌛ Application deadline: September 14th, 2025 📚 Read more in our blog: djangonaut.space/comms/2025/... #django #python #openSource

🤔 Do you still have any questions about whether you should join the next Djangonaut Space mission? 📺 Watch our A.M.A where we answer the most common questions youtu.be/6bjCIOCpdM4... 🚀 Apply here: 🚀 djangonaut.space/sessions/20... #django #openSource #openSpace

From communications lens, here’s the rituals I’ve woven into my event-organizing muscle memory as an Organizer at @djangonaut.space 👩🏻‍🚀 If you’re into thoughtful coordination and designing inclusive spaces, this one’s for you! 🌻 🔗 priyapahwa.com/posts/my-notes-from-the-organizers-orbit

Not a tutorial. Just me thinking out loud about Agentic AI, which I started exploring last week. Why is a single agent good to start with? When might multiple agents make sense? Where do graphs fit in? Thoughts @ priyapahwa.com/posts/single-vs-multi-agents Would love to know more opinions! 📩

The Django Software Foundation’s 2024 Annual Impact Report is now live! www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025... A recap of all of our activities over 2024, and plans under way for 2025. We hope you like it 💚

Check out an amazing talk 'Your First Django Contribution' by our very own Sarah Boyce! 💚🚀 In #DjangonautSpace Session 4, she shared an interesting Vulture Strategy for picking #Django tickets—perfect for first-time #Djangonauts. 🦅✨ 📺 Watch Now @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-3...

This International Women's Day, we're celebrating a historic milestone in Django’s journey!🚀 For the first time ever, Django has women in every leadership position within the project. 🧵 1/4 #Django #IWD2025 #Community #Opensource

🚀 Djangonaut Space Wonderful Wins – Till Week 2 🚀 Bit by bit, commit by commit, Djangonauts are propelling progress into the cosmos! ✨ 💻 Code Contributions 💻 🔹 12 PRs merged 🔹 2 PRs opened

#DjangonautSpace Session 4 has launched on Feb 17, 2025, and we’re excited to explore the galaxies of #Django over the next 8 weeks. 💜🚀 Here’s a snapshot from the #Djangonauts onboarding. Keep an eye on our socials for mission updates—our crew is all set to contribute! 🌌

🤔 Curious about #DjangonautSpace, but not sure if it's right for you? 🧑‍🚀 Here's Anthony talking about his experience with contributing to #Django. 🚀 If you want to launch your OSS contributing journey, there's 1 left week to apply!👇 djangonaut.space/sessions/20... #Python

Enthusiastic about contributing to Django but wondering what we have in store for you? No worries, we have got you covered! 🤝🏻 📝 Mission Briefing: djangonaut.space/comms/2025-... 🎥 AMA Recap: youtu.be/6bjCIOCpdM4

Hey #Django folks! 🚀 Another year, another cosmic adventure — #DjangonautSpace 2025 Session 4 is ready to lift off! 🥳 📅 Mission Timeline: Feb 17 - Apr 14, 2025 🛰️ Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2025 (AOE) 🔗 Application Link: forms.gle/kVYwUvqUMRF...

Merry Christmas, Djangonauts 🎄 Did we hear jingle bells echoing through Djangonaut Space? Absolutely! 🔔🌌 Let's ride on Santa’s sleigh to orbit the Session 3 Debrief where more Django contributors made an impact. 🎅🏻💜 🚀 Read djangonaut.space/comms/2024-... #DjangonautSpace #Django

We made it!! 🫶🌈🎉 Thank you all for your support ❤️. We’ll keep working hard to make Django the best web framework it can be.

Results are in for the Django 6.x Steering Council elections! www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/... Congratulations @carltongibson.bsky.social, @emma.has-a.blog, @fwiles.bsky.social, Lily Foote, @timschilling.bsky.social 🫶

Congrats to the Django Software Foundation for making its (still quite modest!) funding goal this year. Thanks to everyone who gave something. fosstodon.org/@django/1136...

I’ve cast my vote for the Django 6.x Steering Council! It’s incredible to read promising candidate statements for the elections. 🗳️💚 Thanks to the departing members for their contributions! ✨ If you’re eligible, vote before 17 Dec '24, AoE: https://buff.ly/3OWG28h 🔗 #Django

Congratulations to our very own @rachellcalhoun.bsky.social for receiving the 2024 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize from the Django Software Foundation! 💜🥳 Your incredible contributions to the @djangoproject.com community inspire us all — Djangonaut Space is over the moon with happiness! 🚀

Huge thanks to everyone involved in making this session a success! 💖 @djangonaut.space @djangoproject.com onwards and upwards! 🚀

Week 8 Debrief: Dec 2 - Dec 9, 2024 📝 Over the past 8 weeks, Djangonaut Space navigated through galaxies of knowledge and grew together as a crew. The PRs are still rolling in, and so are we! 🚀 Here is a glimpse of Session 3 Cosmic Celebrations 💜 #Django #DjangonautSpace

The Djangonaut Showcase was all about sharing, connecting, and celebrating! 💜 Djangonauts delivered lightning talks, sharing what they learned from the program during our internal cosmic conference! 🚀 🎥 Video Link www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZo... #DjangonautSpace #Djangonaut #Django

Django people! We need input from our community 💚 Take and re-share the 2024 #Django Developers Survey: jb.gg/i0gq35 – collab with @jetbrains.com, makers of the PyCharm #Python editor

Happy to share that I'm now an Individual Member of the #Django Software Foundation (DSF) 💚💚 Individual Members are appointed by the DSF in recognition of their contribution to the DSF's mission. Looking forward to more contributions and learning! ✨ Checkout: www.djangoproject.com/foundation/m...