# Django On The Med: a contributor sprint retrospective

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**Created:** [December 30, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-on-the-med-a-contributor-sprint-retrospective/43829 "2025-12-30T17:26:37Z")\
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Hi everyone,

I’ve just published a retrospective on Django On The Med, a small standalone Django contributor sprint we organized outside the usual conference context.

The article is a follow-up written a few months after the event. It looks back at how the idea came together, the simple format we experimented with, what worked, what didn’t, and the kind of collaboration and outcomes that emerged beyond pull requests and GitHub activity.

I’m sharing it here in case it’s useful or interesting for others thinking about alternative sprint formats, especially those focused on human-scale collaboration and time spent working together without the structure of a conference.

Article link:

> **[Django On The Med: A Contributor Sprint Retrospective](https://www.paulox.net/2025/12/30/django-on-the-med-a-contributor-sprint-retrospective/)**
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> A personal retrospective on Django On The Med, three months later. From the first idea to the actual contributor sprint, and how a simple format based on focused mornings and open afternoons created unexpected value for people and the Django open...

Happy to answer questions or discuss any part of the experience.