Django Fellow Report - Jacob - 2026

Django Internals
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Week ending 2026-08-30 (Week 35)

I had a rejuvenating week attending, presenting at, and sprinting during DjangoCon US. I’m still relatively new to this community, so I’m still allowed to be impressed with everyone’s gracious and welcoming attitudes. A smattering of things falling under the usual categories include:

Triaged
#37307 (Django uses `or` keyword to short-circuit in various places) – Django wontfix
Reviewed
Fixed #37255 -- Avoided relying on implicit SELECT ordering in tests. by viralpraxis · Pull Request #21745 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #34976 -- Added success message to startproject and startapp commands by VAIBHAVPANT07 · Pull Request #21259 · django/django · GitHub
Added remaining community package mentions to the documentation. by tim-schilling · Pull Request #21547 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36945 -- Made .values() and .order_by() resolve FilteredRelation aliases correctly. by annalauraw · Pull Request #21803 · django/django · GitHub
Authored
Skipped more tests for 1-element GeometryCollections on Oracle 23.9. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21853 · django/django · GitHub
Misc
Fellows sync
Engaged in security reports
DjangoCon US: presented, paired with new contributors, attended open spaces, and much more!
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