Downtime
One of the things I've always struggled with is setting aside "downtime" for myself. Over the last few years I've tried to rectify this by setting aside at least one day a …
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I occasionally write about software development, projects I'm working on, or what I'm reflectin on.
Debugging Django Management Commands with strace
This past week I ran into an issue where a django management command running on a cron began to hang. I began to rollback changes to the environment, downgrading python versions, downg…
Django Constraints
As of Django 2.2, you can add database constraints to your models. I find database constraints extremely valuable and one of those few features that Django really needed.
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Where Have I Been?
It's been a while since I've posted something here. My last post was in June and then, I kind of disappeared. The second half of this year has been exciting and busy. The reason I've b…
Installing Let's Encrypt with Ansible
I started using Let's Encrypt during beta and feel in love with it. It's made installing, setting up and maintaining SSL certificates so easy. It's also extremely affordable (given tha…