Priya Pahwa (she/her)

We are looking for people to join our Fundraising Working Group. This group is critical for ensuring that Django has the funding to sustain our fellowship program and mission. No specific skills required, just time and a desire to help Django! 👇 www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026...

The DSF needs help. $500,000 in annual funding would allow us to sustain our three Fellows, maintain operational support for the DSF, create a clear path to hiring an Executive Director, and expand our ability to support the Django ecosystem at scale. www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026...

Hello #Django-verse, we have some news. Our admins and advisors team has grown! Please welcome Lilian and Raffaella to the admins team and Priya to the advisors team 👏🚀 djangonaut.space/comms/2026-... Reminder, we're accepting applicants for Session 6 currently! djangonaut.space/sessions/20...

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...