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> whoami

Dawn Gibson Wages — Head of Developer Relations @ Anaconda.
PSF Board Chair. Wagtail Core Team. Ethical open source practitioner.
Django engineer turned community builder turned DevRel leader.

I started coding on MySpace in 2005, walked away from finance in 2015, and never looked back.
Now I build community, developer programs, and the occasional Star Trek demo.

"Things need to be tended to to grow — and that's a good metaphor for open source."

Currently:

  • 🐍 Head of DevRel @ Anaconda — championing the Python data/AI ecosystem
  • 📡 Producing Numerically Speaking on YouTube
  • 🚀 Building the APEX Champions Program
  • 🖖 Writing Domain-Driven Django
  • 🌱 PSF Board Chair — making Python sustainable for everyone

> starfleet_record

designation:    "The Bajoran Engineer"
post:           Head of Developer Relations
ship:           USS Anaconda
quadrant:       Philadelphia, PA
                (Lenape territory)

specializations:
  - Python packaging & environments
  - conda · pixi · uv · conda-forge
  - Agentic AI / MCP engineering
  - DevRel strategy & community ops
  - Ethical open source

clearance:      PSF Board Chair
affiliations:
  - Anaconda
  - Python Software Foundation
  - Wagtail Core Team
  - NumFOCUS
  - conda-forge governance
  - At The Root (Anti-Racist License)

> tech_manifest

Languages & Frameworks

Python Django Wagtail JavaScript React

Data Science & AI

conda Jupyter Pandas FastMCP ZenML

Tooling & Platforms

GitHub VS Code Docker Cloudflare

> current_mission_log

Mission Status Stardate
🏆 APEX Champions Program — building Anaconda's developer advocacy network IN PROGRESS Q2 2026
🤖 Anaconda MCP Server — agentic engineering + harness architecture IN PROGRESS Q2 2026
📊 Python Ecosystem Survey — open data release, 24K respondents IN PROGRESS 2026
🎙️ Numerically Speaking — live data science stream on YouTube RECURRING MONTHLY
🎙️ Sad Python Girls Club — pre-recorded Python community and technology podcast RECURRING MONTHLY
📖 Domain-Driven Django — the book WRITING TBD
🛡️ Anti-Racist Python SDK — via At The Root ONGOING ∞

> open_source_record

ORGANIZATIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS
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  Python Software Foundation    ████████████████████  Board Chair
  Wagtail CMS                   ███████████████░░░░░  Core Team
  conda-forge                   ████████████░░░░░░░░  Governance
  DjangoCon US                  ████████████████░░░░  Organizer (2019–2022)
  Django Girls                  █████████████████░░░  Organizer (Copenhagen, Philly, SD)
  NumFOCUS                      ████████████░░░░░░░░  Community
  At The Root                   ████████████████████  Founder
  Org. for Ethical Source       ██████████░░░░░░░░░░  Volunteer

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> conference_hail_frequencies

I speak regularly at Python conferences. Some recent and upcoming:

  • PyTexas - Keynote
  • 🏔️ PyCon Italia — Keynotr
  • PyData London - "Build Your Castle, Dig Your Moat" (AI sovereignty, local LLMs, supply chain security)
  • 🐍 PyCon US — Speaker x2
  • 📚 SciPy — Sponsor Co-chair
  • EuroPython - Speaker
  • 🎤 Past stages: DjangoCon, EuroPython, PyCon India (keynote), JupyterCon, PyData Vermont, SciPy

📋 Speaker Rider — if you're thinking about inviting me, read this first.

> hailing_frequencies

Blog Mastodon Bluesky LinkedIn YouTube

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                                     │
│   "I believe in open code and I believe in ethics.  │
│    The two are not in conflict."                    │
│                                              — DW   │
│                                                     │
│    🖖  Peace, love and data           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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