Tim Schilling

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Quarterly contributor outreach

Oct. 19, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

Hi Django community, thank you all for continuing to contribute to Django. The Steering Council is reaching out to bring people's attention to a few areas. We have major features we'd like to test and review for 6.2, smaller changes that could use attention and then various New Feature ideas we'd like community input on. Major features These PRs are things we'd like to refine, test and get merged in. We're looking for people to test the features themselves and review the PRs. Please see our gui…

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Django’s Brightest Timeline

Oct. 18, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Did you know that we're in Django's brightest timeline? One reason is that the process to add new features to Django is in a wonderful state.

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Thank-you’s from DjangoCon US 2022

Oct. 17, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

I wrote a bunch of thank-you's four years ago and am finally publishing them!

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Start thinking about running for the Django Steering Council

Sept. 30, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Every election cycle, qualified Django community members talk themselves out of running. This post is for you. I want to encourage you to run!

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Share how you use Django with Django Probe

Sept. 17, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Django Probe is a low effort, high impact way to support the community. By sharing how you use Django, the community can make better decisions.

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Nifty Django Feature: Q() Objects

Sept. 9, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: Django's Q() objects allow you to some fancy filtering!

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Nifty Django Feature: Use Index for Custom Migration Operations

Sept. 2, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: You can hack Django's Index class to define custom migration operations on your model.

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DjangoCon US 2026 recap

Aug. 31, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A recap of my fantastic DjangoCon US 2026 experience in Chicago. It's still my favorite conference and I will look forward to it every year.

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Nifty Django Feature: Third-Party Packages

Aug. 26, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: The documentation now includes mentions of third-party packages and community maintained solutions, go check them out!

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Nifty Django Feature: Counting on Multiple Columns

Aug. 19, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

Part of the Nifty Django features series: The Count expression only works on a single column, but you can use Subquery to count on multiple columns!

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