DSF member of the month - Clifford Gama

"During my first year in college, I was also exploring open online courses on EDx and I came across CS50's introduction to web development. After watching the introductory lecture -- which introduced me to git and GitHub -- I discovered Django's excellent documentation and got started on the polls tutorial. The docs were so comprehensive and helpful I never felt the need to return to CS50. (I generally prefer comprehensive first-hand, written learning material over summaries and videos.)"

"At the time, I had already experimented with flask, but I guess mainly because I didn't know SQL and because flask didn't have an ORM, I never quite picked it up. With Django I felt like I was taking a learning fast-track where I'd learn everything I needed in one go! And that's how I started using Django."

Clifford Gama joined the Django Software Foundation as a member in October 2024 and became DSF member of the month for December 2025. He contributed to Django core with more than five merged pull requests within a few months and serves on the Triage and Review Team. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe. He began using Django after exploring CS50's web development and following Django's polls tutorial, preferring comprehensive written documentation. He has experience with Flask but found Django's ORM and documentation more suitable. He currently focuses on improving core skills and works on WeasyPrint PDF performance.

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