Big Django fan here. Love the project and framework. I love DRF and other plugins. I am a developer but I haven't ever felt the need to contribute for two reasons - 1) It works 2) The entry barrier is high. For instance, other than some basic documentation, I haven't seen anything more substantial "howto" to contributing including Django developer events. For instance, Carlton Gibson had a DjangoCon 2018 talk about contributing to Django. This was a good start. However, we need more meaningful engagements for example a code walk through for different areas of the Django codebase. Maybe a howto series on hacking on different parts of the codebase. This is more engaging & useful for someone who wants to contribute. It is a step beyond saying "here's a git repo, mailing list and issue tracker. Now, go forth and code!"