Diane Corriette
Full-Stack Django Developer
Founder, Djangify · Life Coach
About Me
I build the tools I wish existed.
I'm Diane Corriette — a full-stack Django developer, founder of Djangify, life coach, and digital creator. I've been building things online since 2005, and I have never once considered stopping.
I didn't take the conventional route into tech. I came through years of building websites for clients, running membership communities, studying digital marketing, and eventually making a deliberate decision in 2023 to retrain as a software developer. I graduated with a Merit in Full Stack Software Development (eCommerce) from Code Institute in March 2024.
Djangify came directly from that journey — a platform I built because the tools I needed didn't exist in the form I wanted them, and because I was tired of watching independent creators hand their profits and their customer data to platforms that don't know their name.
What I Do
Three things. All of them real.
Developer & Builder
I build with Python, Django, Flask, and TailwindCSS. My focus is clean, self-hosted, offline-friendly tools — software people can actually own, not rent. I build and maintain projects under the Djangify organisation on GitHub.
Founder of Djangify
Djangify is a Django-based eCommerce platform for independent creators selling digital products. Available as managed hosting at £12/month or a one-time self-hosted purchase. Built so creators own their store, their data, and their profits — with no platform taking a cut of every sale.
Life Coach
I coach through my brand Inspirational Guidance — a brand that has been active for years and is not for sale. My superpower is making people feel seen, and I don't manufacture it. It happens when I show up as myself.
The Journey
Building online since before most people called it that.
I've been here a long time. Not performing longevity — actually building things, selling things, learning things, and starting again when I needed to.
Started working online professionally
Began selling products and websites online. Attended internet marketing seminars and started building a real understanding of how digital business works.
WordPress developer & community builder
Started building with WordPress — first as a blogger, then putting up sites for clients. Built a social network for the Dominican diaspora that grew to over 8,000 members before selling it. Ran membership sites, workshops, and talked to audiences about blogging and online business.
Workshop: University of West Indies, Dominica
Gave a 90-minute workshop to authors and writers on how to use the internet to promote their books — covering blogging, video, and social media marketing.
Diploma in Digital Marketing — Digital Marketing Institute
Formalised years of practical knowledge with a professional qualification in digital marketing and SEO. Have kept that knowledge current with every major algorithm update since. Verify credential →
Sold client list. Took stock.
After years of building for other people, I sold my WordPress client list and stepped back. I continued building and selling products on my own terms — which, looking back, was the right move.
Retraining as a software developer
Enrolled in the Full Stack Software Development Diploma at Code Institute — a deliberate, focused decision to get the formal skills that matched what I was already doing intuitively. Specialisation: eCommerce.
Graduated with Merit. Djangify launched.
Graduated Full Stack Software Developer (eCommerce) with Merit in March 2024. Verify credential → Launched Djangify as a real product — managed hosting and self-hosted — for independent creators ready to stop renting their digital business from platforms that don't know their name.
Building the 1,000 True Fans model in public
Running the 1000 True Fans Skool community, building niche Djangify sites, coaching through Inspirational Guidance, and putting my name on everything — deliberately and unapologetically — because Google rewards the real, named, verifiable person behind the work.
Digital Footprint
Find me. Verify me. Connect with me.
This is my verified digital presence. One person, many platforms — all pointing to the same place. If you want to check my credentials, see my code, or connect professionally, here's where I live online.
todiane.com
Developer portfolio & projects
djangify.com
The eCommerce platform I built
dianecorriette.com
Entity & digital footprint hub
inspirationalguidance.com
Life coaching brand
linkedin.com/in/todianedev
GitHub — Djangify
github.com/djangify
YouTube — Djangify
Technical tutorials
Substack
Strategic newsletters
1000 True Fans — Skool
Community for digital creators
Credentials
Verifiable. Not just claimed.
March 2024
Diploma in Full Stack Software Development
Specialisation: eCommerce · Grade: Merit
Code Institute — 12-month intensive programme covering Python, Django, JavaScript, databases, and full eCommerce deployment.
Verify this credential →July 2015
Diploma in Digital Marketing
Including SEO specialisation · Kept current with every major algorithm update since.
Digital Marketing Institute — professional qualification in digital marketing strategy, analytics, and search engine optimisation.
Verify this credential →Belbin Team Role Profile
How I actually work — verified by assessment, not self-perception.
Specialist · 62nd percentile
Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated. Provides knowledge and skills in rare supply.
Implementer · 59th percentile
Practical, reliable, efficient. Turns ideas into actions and organises work that needs to be done.
Completer Finisher · 58th percentile
Painstaking, conscientious. Searches out errors. Polishes and perfects.
The Human Bit
The things that don't fit neatly on a CV.
My parents were from Dominica — a small island in the Caribbean — and that heritage shaped how I think about community, about showing up for people, and about building things that actually belong to the people who use them. The social network I built in 2009 was for the Dominican diaspora. When you want to connect people who are scattered across the world and far from home, you build something real or you don't bother.
I'm an INFJ. The profile says: "Fuelled by a profound internal passion. Stimulated by deep, reflective thought and an enormous amount of empathy. Conscientious to the core, they move through life with a clear sense of their values." That's accurate. It's also why I coach as well as build — the two things aren't separate for me.
I write. I have flash fiction and poetry going back years, self-published ebooks on self-confidence, paperback notebooks on Amazon, and GCSE study books. I also sell non-fiction. Writing and building are both just different ways of making something from nothing, and I've never really been able to stop doing either.
"My superpower is making people feel seen, and I don't manufacture it — it just happens when I show up as myself."
I've been in rooms full of people performing success while quietly wondering if I was the only one who didn't have it figured out. I'm not talking at people when I say that. I'm talking to them. That's where everything I build comes from — not a strategy, just who I am.
Want to work together or follow the journey?
Whether you're a creator looking to own your digital business, or someone who found their way here from a search — welcome. Here's where to go next.