Bhuvnesh Sharma, a Django contributor since 2022 and GSoC participant turned admin organizer, is featured as the Django Software Foundation member of the month for May 2026. He shares his journey from first contributions to founding Django Events Foundation India (DEFI) and DjangoDay India conference. He discusses his favorite Django libraries (DRF, django-debug-toolbar, django-import-export), his wish for built-in REST API support in Django, and his current work on a migration safety toolkit called django-migrations-inspector. He also reflects on mentoring through Djangonaut Space and GSoC, encouraging experienced developers to give back to the community.
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Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc)I'm curious, where your nickname "DevilsAutumn" comes from?How did you start using Django?What other framework do you know and if there is anything you would like to have in Django if you had magical powers?What projects are you working on now?Which Django libraries are your favorite (core or 3rd party)?What are the top three things in Django that you like?You are one of the admin organizers of GSoC program for Django organization, thank you for helping. How is going for you? Do you need help?You have been part of Djangonaut Space program as a Navigator (Mentor) in the first session. How did you find the experience? What is your reflection on the program after so many times?Do you have any advice for folks would like to consider mentoring through GSoC or Djangonaut Space?You have been previously a participant of GSoC for Django organization, you are now an admin of the organization. That's great! How did you get to this point? Did you ever imagine you would end up here?You are the founder of DjangoDay India and Django Events Foundation India, could you tell us a bit more on the event and what made you create this structure?Do you remember your first contribution to Django and in open source?Is there anything else you’d like to say?Sort: