In this economy?
Exploring software's market potential and the need for developers to network beyond tech firms.
Managing Django’s Queue
With the Django 5.2 prerelease cycle now in play, eyes can turn to what might come in for Django 6.0. Top of that list is the interface part of django-tasks,...
From Idea to Plan
The new year is upon us. It’s a time of rest, and of reflection. It’s a time of optimism, where we’re naturally led to draw up our plans for what’s to come....
Getting stuff done
The holidays are upon us, or rushing in. I want to wrap up the year with a two-parter, back on the topic of shipping software on time and on budget.
Thoughts on Django’s Core
To tie-in with the upcoming elections for Django's Steering Council, I wanted to think again about Django's Core, let's call it Batteries Included Revisited.
Avoiding R&D in Production
Since the days when computers first came into common use, there must have been tens of thousands of accounts receivable programs written. There are probably...
Evolving Django’s auth.User
Folks will occasionally ask if I've got an opinion on some topic Django related. I'll reply that I've got an opinion on everything, so I've certainly got an...
Growing your Business Logic with Django
Last month we looked at Locality of Behaviour, and how focusing on that allows you to reduce churn as the complexity of your application grows. It’s time to...
Locality of Behaviour
This month’s Stack Report is the first of a two-parter. I’m also making it freely available to all, since it touches on topics I talked about in my recent...
Shipping Software on time and on budget
It’s almost axiomatic that estimating software projects is hard. Stories of I.T. project overruns are commonplace. There’s a whole software crisis devoted to...
This month I've been reading: Software Design by Example
Samuel Johnson said of Paradise Lost1 that it… … considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performance the second,...