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⚡ Mathew Storm

Founder of Storm Developments. Open source advocate. Tech activist building alternatives to corporate infrastructure.

I run Social Ontario and NorthTube — real community platforms on the Fediverse.

I write about technology and meaning — how the tools we build shape us back.

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Storm Developments

Storm Cloud Server

Production Ready

Self-hostable cloud storage with API key authentication and federated transparency via ActivityPub. Built for organizations that need sovereign infrastructure with public audit trails. Features file sharing, public links with expiry, and auto-posting to Fediverse timelines for organizational transparency.

Django 5.2 Django REST Framework ActivityPub GoToSocial
Production Status
MIT License
GitHub Documentation

Django Spellbook

Stable

Markdown-based CMS framework for Django. Write content in markdown with custom SpellBlocks, auto-generate views and URLs. Eliminates traditional CMS overhead. Published on PyPI, praised by Django President Thibaud Colas.

Django Python Markdown
24 GitHub Stars
10,000+ PyPI Downloads
GitHub PyPI Documentation

Django Mercury

Active Development

Performance testing framework for Django APIs. Catch N+1 queries and performance regressions before deployment. Simple context manager API for integration into existing test suites.

Django Python Performance Testing
Developer Experience Focus
Testing Tool Type
GitHub

About

Open source engineer focused on federated systems, self-hosted infrastructure, and tools that put control back in users' hands. Creating Django-based solutions for organizations that value transparency, sovereignty, and the results.

Writing

Essays on what it means to build in the age of machines.