Rust Saiargaliev

Building reliable Django systems, open-source tools, and useful web apps for 10+ years.

I am

  • a lead engineer at voiio, working on an employee wellbeing platform, data workflows, AI adoption, and video infrastructure.

Open source and side projects

  • Model Bakery — the go-to Django fixture library with 1.4M+ monthly downloads.
  • YearYear — a small app for yearly reflection and planning.
  • pypigraph.org — a visualization tool for exploring Python package dependencies.
  • django-devbar — a browser devtool for measuring SQL queries.

Occasionally, I write

Previously, I used to

  • work at thermondo, SMENA, and in other places.
  • create and moderate engineering communities, host meetups, and give lightning talks.
  • abandon a lot of side projects.

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