My 2015 Mac Book Pro is getting a little old and tired. I recently joined a project that uses a docker-compose configuration that spins up 8 separate containers. It barely works on my Mac. It takes a long time to … Continue reading
WordPress is arguably the most successful “killer app” of the web in the last 10 years. Since it is written in PHP and has a history of security vulnerabilities, most “software brains” dismiss it as a toy. While it is … Continue reading
Here are the specific technologies and skills that go with being a full stack developer in 2019. Full stack development has two sides, front end and back end. A full stack developer is someone who can work on both sides. … Continue reading
After working on projects involving ADA / WCAG compliance I can assure you, the internet sucks for people who are visually impaired. Unless you are on a government website (required by law to be compliant) or a website that is … Continue reading
Here is how to setup a list of IP addresses / subnets that are allowed to call a Django Rest Framework endpoint. All other IP addresses will be blocked. Using an IP safe list is much easier than dealing with … Continue reading
Back in 2012 I wrote a post What is a Full Stack developer. Somehow it ended up being the top hit in google for “full stack” for a number of years. It has had over 1.1 million views since 2015 … Continue reading
Since Django 1.7 (September, 2014) and the introduction of schema migrations, it has always bugged me that Django needs to connect to the database with a user that has pretty close to ALL privileges. That is because when migrate runs it needs … Continue reading
Django has a number of built in security measures which are really helpful. In fact as frameworks go by default it does a lot of really smart things security wise. There are a few less commonly known settings that improve … Continue reading
In this post I’ll show a few tricks I use to make JSON fit into Django more seamlessly. The first is a lesson on coding that everybody should know. Parsing external JSON: Whenever you take in JSON from “strange computers” … Continue reading
When it comes to “How To Setup a CDN for Django” most people suggest the following “half way” setup that can lead to stale cache problems and slowness in the admin. Configure Django to upload media and static files to … Continue reading
