A quick guide to platforms the Django Community uses
Hey there! The Django community uses a number of platforms to community about the work that needs to be done. To frame this post, I'm going to borrow a...
Creating canonical Django packages - Part 2
Hey there! I have been pondering more about my topic from Friday, especially as an email from Caleb Porzio announcing that FluxUI is now live dropped into my...
Creating canonical Django packages
Hey there! Yesterday there was a fairly lively discussion on Mastodon started by @adamghill prompted by talks from LaraconUS. I jumped in with a few...
How not to do customer service
Hey there! This morning I have been trying to complete the setup of a new email that has been created for me for a new project I am starting. The email...
Django Migration Commands in a 100 words
Hey there! Django's migration system to me is world class, I wouldn't really want to manage a database any other way when I have the choice. The guard rails...
Heat pumps and killing gas in our home
Hey there! Some personal news today. We are having a air source heat pump installed this week so our house feels upside down with the lovely guys from...
Relative versioning for packages
Hey there! I was catching up on my podcast backlog and listening to end of this episode of The Changelog, specifically this sentence from Jerod. To wuote he...
My Portable Office
Hey there! After many years of working remote, I try to get out to a local cafe once or twice a week. It's mostly for the change of scene and to interact...
Technical tests in the age of AI
Hey there! Story time! When I was about a year into my first job at Ocado out of Uni, I was in the Netnix team (Networks & *nix). We needed to hire a few new...
Using custom permissions for is_staff and is_superuser
Hey there! On day 149 I created a small prototype which used the Group model to represent the is_staff and is_superuser flags. Today, we're adding in the...
Thoughts from the latest Stack Report
Hey there! Today is a response to some of Carlton's ideas in his latest Stack Report . Go and have a read of that first, otherwise this doesn't make much...
Dublin and back in 48 hour
Hey there! Last Thursday and Friday I embarked on a quick hop over to Dublin to have a set of meetings with my new co-founder. We're currently in stealth for...
Starting an email newsletter
Hey there! Today is a scary day, this post or should I say newsletter is now an email to the few who have signed up on my website! (Welcome by the way!) My...