# Django Fellow Report - Jacob - 2026

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**Category:** Django Internals\
**Created:** [January 5, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-fellow-report-jacob-2026/43851 "2026-01-05T15:27:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-fellow-report-jacob-2026/43851/37 "2026-08-31T14:21:40Z")

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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](https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37307) | wontfix |

| Reviewed | |
| --- | --- |
| [Fixed #37255 -- Avoided relying on implicit SELECT ordering in tests. by viralpraxis · Pull Request #21745 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/21745) | |
| [Fixed #34976 -- Added success message to startproject and startapp commands by VAIBHAVPANT07 · Pull Request #21259 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/21259) | |
| [Added remaining community package mentions to the documentation. by tim-schilling · Pull Request #21547 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/21547) | |
| [Fixed #36945 -- Made .values() and .order\_by() resolve FilteredRelation aliases correctly. by annalauraw · Pull Request #21803 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/21803) | |

| Authored | |
| --- | --- |
| [Skipped more tests for 1-element GeometryCollections on Oracle 23.9. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21853 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/21853) | |

| Misc | |
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| Fellows sync | |
| Engaged in security reports | |
| DjangoCon US: presented, paired with new contributors, attended open spaces, and much more! | |

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