Fabian Braun
Django CMS Fellow at A.IX Capital GmbH
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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RockstarFabian Braun is a Django-focused software engineer and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building and hardening web applications, currently serving as a Django CMS Fellow and founder/CEO of A.IX Capital in Düsseldorf. He contributes actively to core open-source projects, notably improving django CMS and Django itself with bug fixes, performance optimizations, XSS fixes, and admin/UI refinements. His hands-on work on the django-cms text editor added dark mode and unified CKEditor management across inline and standard editors, showing attention to developer UX and maintainability. Comfortable across back-end and full-stack tasks, he blends product-minded engineering with an operator’s perspective from running a company. One practical habit he follows: an hour of code a day, which keeps both skills sharp and bugs at bay.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (30)
cms10
blogger10
javascript10
python10
django10
testing10
css10
authentication10
user-authentication10
django-cms10
templater10
template-engine10
ckeditor10
forms10
html10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
django-cms/djangocms-text-ckeditor
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Text Plugin for django CMS using CKEditor 4
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 22 reviews, 26 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Fabian primarily worked on enhancing the Django CMS text editor plugin by adding dark mode support and improving the inline editor functionality. They addressed bugs related to the source view height and integrated the dark mode features into both the standard editor UI and the inline editing experience. Additionally, the user refactored the code to unify CKEditor management and ensured compatibility with Django CMS v3 and v4, including related testing updates. The user also worked on automated patching of the "moono-lisa" skin during the build process.
cmstinymcepythonckeditororigami
django-cms/django-cms
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
The easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise CMS powered by Django
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 370 reviews, 40 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Fabian primarily contributed to bug fixes within the django CMS project. Their work focused on resolving issues related to structure mode toggles, placeholder menu functionalities, and page template selection. They also addressed XSS vulnerabilities and worked on improving the code's performance by optimizing database queries and incorporating caching mechanisms, specifically around page content and plugin rendering. Furthermore, the user made improvements to the admin interface.
cmspythondjango-frameworkdjangodjango-cms
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