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In this episode we're talking about importing part of a package into another part of the same package.We'll look at: `from . import module` and `from .module import something`and also: `import package` to access the external API from with the ...
Setting Up a Production-Ready VPS: It's Actually Easier Than You Think Recently, I've been working on a brand new micro SaaS and having a lot of fun doing so.
Whenever I publish something about my Python Docker workflows, I invariably get challenged about whether it makes sense to use virtual environments in Docker containers. As always, it’s a trade-off, and I err on the side of standards and predictability.
“Its proponents can be weird, it takes itself far too seriously, and its documentation is interminable. These are some ways that some people have described Christianity. This video is about React.js.”
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in August 2024.
Introduction This week, I was working on one of the API wrapper packages for golang, and that dealt with sending post requests with URL encoded values, setting
In this guide, we'll break down the essentials of scheduling in Kubernetes.
Starting with 0.3.0, Astral’s uv brought many great features, including support for cross-platform lock files uv.lock. Together with subsequent fixes, it has become Python’s finest workflow tool for my (non-scientific) use cases. Here’s how I build production-ready containers, as fast ...
In this blog, we'll explore how reproducible builds plays a significant role in securing the software supply chain.
Perhaps you could use your new-found knowledge on DNS to wow people at all the cool parties you probably attend.
Quantifying the importance of caching just got a lot easier
“Refuse to go along with plans to build YAJSD (Yet Another JavaScript Disaster). Engineering leaders look to their senior engineers for trusted guidance about what technologies to adopt. When someone inevitably proposes the React rewrite, do not be silent.”
The Space space keyboard is a small, non-split keyboard designed by qpockets, of the now (unfortunately) closed P3Dstore. The keyboard in the picture in particular was built by Reddit user lily_vacation01. The interest check for this board was held almost ...
In this episode, we discuss the complex flavour notes produced by third-wave coffee, natural wine, South Carolinian sweetgrass, instruments of musical nature, and developers as they steep themselves in the wonderful worlds of Statamic and Livewire.Links:StatamicFlat CampLivewireVoltFind us on X@austencam ...
Why on earth would you make something render-blocking?!
How does Michal Kuratczyk, Staff Software Engineer at RabbitMQ, access Kubernetes workloads securely, from anywhere? Regardless whether it's a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster or Kubernetes in Docker (KiND), Tailscale is a simple solution for this particular use case. This ...
In this post, I will guide you through creating an API Gateway with Lambda using Pulumi. I will also explain some of Pulumi's functionalities along the way.
Data is Not the New Oil - More Like Deep Fryer RefuseThe Grim RealityLet's burst that bubble: Most data is far from being the light, sweet crude we were promised. Think less "Spindletop gushes riches" and more "last night's deep ...
I spent several months iterating on the design and build of a ping pong ball collecting robot back in about 2014 but never posted the final photos of it anywhere, these are the final photos I took of the finished ...
Learned behaviors based on years of training.
Summary Passing strings to the Rails logger methods (eg. Rails.logger.info(…)) causes unecessary object allocations, and if you’re calling methods to generate data for your log messages then it can cause unecessary CPU work too. In this post I’ll show you ...
In this blog we’ll explore k8sGPT, a powerful tool that brings the capabilities of AI to change the way you manage Kubernetes.
Let’s unpack the CrowdStrike debacle. I called it last week, and turns out I was spot on—it was a QA (Quality Assurance) problem. CrowdStrike’s own incident report confirms it. The fix they need? Better processes, better QA. This whole mess ...
Keep an eye out for the FOMO-inducing technologies. They’re the ones that don’t just add value to your skillset, but rekindle your passion for what you do.
When I was a young student (around 12), my math teacher had a unique requirement: students had to not only solve math problems but also compose them. This unconventional approach encouraged us to think creatively and critically… or not. While ...
Journal about my time at the 2024 Hackers & Designers summer camp in the Netherlands!
Oh sweet, delicious, data. Get in my mouth.
Introduction In the second part of our NGINX Survival Guide, we dive into the practical aspects of using NGINX to serve web applications. This section will guid
Posted on Smashing Magazine: “Compliant” does not always equate to “usable.” But compliance does help set baseline requirements that benefit everyone…
“If you’re a new web developer entering the profession, you might even consider eschewing React altogether — although admittedly, that will diminish your short-term job prospects. But it’s at least an option to seriously consider, and might even help you ...
4.5 years after my initial podcast inventory, with COVID and a career change under my belt, with my OPML file growing from 566 rss feeds in 2022 to 771 in 2024 (with quite a few of my fave NPR podcasts ...
Here are just a few ways a seasoned CTO brings a gun to a knife fight.
I don't think I've found a more perfect homelab setup since
(Modern) PHP: Does it really suck? Like many, many developers out there over the age of 30, I basically started my programming journey with PHP (and perl). Circa ~'05, PHP was the go-to language for the web, and Adobe Dreamweaver ...
To help my future self out, I made a self-care checklist I can use when I’m feeling bad. It might help you out, too!
My thoughts on preparing to speak at conferences.
What does it look like to build a modern CI/CD pipeline from scratch in 2024? While many of you would pick GitHub Actions and be done with it, how do you run it locally? And what do you need to ...
Reflections on two years of working at Elicit and why it's time to leave
