Hi there 👋 I'm Tim
I'm a software engineer passionate about helping others grow through mentorship and coaching. I enjoy publishing technical articles on my blog and have collected resources to help you level up. If you're interested in one-on-one mentorship, let's meet!
📊 An OSS-driven Pokédex
🚀 Open-source Involvements
Current Roles
- Django 6.x Steering Council: Helping guide Django's technical direction (2025–2026)
- Django Commons Administrator: Helping support maintainers for community-maintained Django packages (2024–present)
- Djangonaut Space Admin: Overseeing the mentorship program for Django contributors (2023–present)
- Space Reviewer: Reviewing contributions in the Djangonaut Space program (2024–present)
Past Roles
- DEFNA Secretary/Director: Django Events Foundation North America (2023–2024)
- DjangoCon US Organizer (2023-2024)
- Google Summer of Code Mentor: Mentored async support for django-debug-toolbar (2024)
- Djangonaut Space Navigator: Mentor in Session 1, supported Sessions 4 and 5.
- Django Discord Moderator (2023)
- Underdog Devs Mentor: Project Underdog program (2021–2023)
💬 Let's Connect
Want to level up your development skills? Let's talk about your goals, challenges, and how mentoring might help. We'll get to know one another and figure out what's next.
🛠️ Where I add code these days
I help maintain a few Django packages:
- django-debug-toolbar: The essential debugging tool for Django developers
- wagtail-indymeet: The Djangonaut Space website and application program
- django-simple-history: Track changes to your models over time
- django-auth-adfs: Azure AD/ADFS authentication for Django
- debug-tutorial: A hands-on debugging tutorial