Eric Matthes

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2026-06-04 16:11:29 UTC

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This is exactly what's been happening in well-run orgs, right?
It was interesting to talk to the fintech companies at PyCon. Most of them seem to be using AI appropriately, because they'll lose a bunch of money really fast if they abandon their engineering principles.

2026-05-19 22:50:56 UTC

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https://lopera.com

2026-05-19 22:50:41 UTC

This is nuts. We ate at a decent Italian restaurant last night, which I'd recommend to others.
But when you visit the home page for the restaurant, there's no menu available. Instead, there's a chatbot with suggested questions like "Menus in PDF?"
They replaced deterministic links with...questions to a chatbot???
#PyConUS
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2026-04-13 12:58:17 UTC

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Happy birthday!

2026-04-09 11:00:55 UTC

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Another "yes to all this", from the parent of a conscientious 15yo who can't not see all this.

2026-04-02 16:57:36 UTC

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TLDR: I'll keep using uv until there's a really specific reason not to. It works today, it will almost certainly work tomorrow, and should work for the coming months. Will it work for my use cases next year? Nobody knows.
Forking something like uv is possible, but not trivial by any means. It will take time to see what OpenAI does with uv, and what we as a community do in response.
If I'm going to leave uv at some point, I want to see what things look like when that's a necessary thing to do.

2026-04-02 16:53:58 UTC

I wrote up my thoughts about OpenAI acquiring Astral.
#Python
https://www.mostlypython.com/so-openai-is-acquiring-astral/

2026-03-27 17:43:53 UTC

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Most people I know use a venv per project approach. People use different locations for their venvs, and different tools for managing them, but I don't know many people who do global installs of Python packages.

2026-03-26 12:26:44 UTC

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I'm asking because while I've used SSH keys for my own work before, I've never done anything with anyone else's keys. I don't want to write a tool that accidentally does something dangerous with the user's key.
If this is a reasonable workflow, I'll add support for generating a new key pair if a suitable key is not found. I'll also remove the `--key-assist` flag, and this will just be the normal workflow when the user has not already uploaded a key to Scalingo.

2026-03-26 12:24:32 UTC

Does this workflow raise any red flags for anyone?
Before you can deploy a project to Scalingo, you need to upload an SSH key. If you're familiar with SSH keys, that's not an issue. But if you've never heard of them, it's a step that can make people put off learning how to deploy a project.
This workflow offers to assist with finding and uploading an existing key.
#Python #Django
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2026-03-25 20:16:44 UTC

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I don't love this, I wish they had continued to build out a private package index service. That service aligns well with an open package manager. My guess is OpenAI dangled way more instant money than they'd ever get from building out their own services.
I'm going to keep using uv until there's a specific reason not to. It's so much better than other options, and we'll see if any go-to forks emerge from all this.

2026-03-19 16:19:26 UTC

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I think your main points are reasonable, but this acquisition was frustrating to me because I really liked the pyx approach.
Astral building a high-quality private package index has a much higher potential to align with maintaining a high-quality open source package management tool.
Astral being acquired by an AI company that has repeatedly acted with disregard for its negative impacts on society makes me expect AI bloat in uv.

2026-03-05 15:42:00 UTC

Pileated woodpeckers will always fascinate me.
#birds
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2026-03-05 14:42:26 UTC

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My first impression was that it seemed like an iPad with a built-in keyboard running macOS, instead of an accessory keyboard.
I'm unclear on the distinction between the Neo and a low-spec Air.

2026-02-22 14:10:31 UTC

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I completely agree about organizing separate models/agents/teams of agents, with different responsibilities.
Thinking through that kind of setup was my first glimpse into possibly trusting tests written by an AI. It seems like a high-level skill will involve defining clear boundaries between those workers.
Then again, those boundaries will probably be written into the orchestration tools.
Like Jeff says, amazing times.

2026-02-22 13:51:19 UTC

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Your comment recently that you don't really need a state of the art model to do a lot of good work in Python was really interesting to me.
I'm curious to see how quickly models that are good enough to generate a lot of decent Python code can be made to run with no meaningful lag. Maybe then we can stop sharing the XKCD compiling comic for a while.

2026-02-22 12:54:17 UTC

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This blog post is a nice summary about how they're making this happen, for those of us not too deep into AI internals.
(I don't love AI, but I do like to know how this field is developing.)
https://www.anuragk.com/blog/posts/Taalas.html

2026-02-22 12:52:01 UTC

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I thought it was vaporware at first because their website looks like a vibe coded fluff piece, but that demo is real. They've been around for 2.5 years.
https://taalas.com

2026-02-22 12:50:25 UTC

I learned about Taalas for the first time last week; they're writing AI models directly to chips. Their "chatjimmy" demo is really impressive.
It's a smaller model so it's not as good as the newest models, but the speed is the point.
#AI
https://chatjimmy.ai

2026-02-13 16:23:54 UTC

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It makes me miss walking in crampons!

2026-02-13 15:37:53 UTC

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Snowshoeing is fantastic, but I never found an "easy" way to go up steep deep snow.
I remember spending over an hour to go about a hundred yards up a small ridge to camp one New Year's Eve in AK. I went to that same spot the next summer, and laughed at how easy it was to walk up that same ridge without snow. It's so nice to know a place in all its seasons.

2026-02-13 14:36:55 UTC

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And so hot and sweaty but cold as soon as you stop swimming

2026-02-13 13:58:55 UTC

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Everyone who has ever postholed or paddled snowshoes up a steep deep snowpack is happy to be just watching from home.
Those first warm spring days are going to feel amazing for him!

2026-02-09 20:24:45 UTC

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I love that you're all in agreement that over-investing in unit tests is an anti-pattern.
I've been trying to get a PyCon talk on this subject accepted, with no luck yet. (Not talking about this year's submissions.)

2026-02-07 18:49:08 UTC

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That would be a fantastic episode!
I'd also love a series where you and Carlton talk to people at a number of hosting providers. It would be fascinating to hear their perspective on what they've seen supporting Django projects on their respective platforms.

2026-02-07 16:20:26 UTC

Does anyone in my Django world use Scalingo for hosting? I hadn't heard of it until today, but they've been around for over a decade!
It seems like every time Heroku comes closer to actually closing its doors, we learn about new hosting options.
#Python #Django
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2026-02-02 22:55:27 UTC

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Question for you and everyone: Does a signature include the function name?

2026-02-02 22:26:06 UTC

#Python people, I have a question about names. In the following example, what do you call the first line of this function (everything from `def` through the colon)?
Followup question: When someone refers to the "function definition" does that make you think of the entire function, or just part of it?
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2026-01-22 22:37:12 UTC

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I've never expected to find a date in a URL, but I definitely look for a data in a byline somewhere.

2026-01-21 17:33:29 UTC

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I lived in Alaska for a long time, and I was waiting for remote developers to start moving to my town (10k people, southeast AK).
I finally met one person who moved to my town as a developer. The move was for his partner's job. He had a *really* hard time getting hired from AK, because companies that weren't already employing someone from AK didn't want to do the paperwork to hire just one person.

2026-01-09 16:57:29 UTC

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I really like these short posts that simply raise awareness about an issue. It's easy to think that everyone's keeping up with all the developments in AI, but that's absolutely not the case.
I just can't wrap my head around how many people in society are fully embracing slop. I'm not talking about people being fooled by AI, I mean the people who know what they're sharing is AI, and they're sharing it because they like it.

2026-01-07 22:27:07 UTC

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Are you giving up on Git? It definitely gets complicated in all its workflows, but a small subset of features goes a long way for a solo developer.
My short list: init, status, add, commit, diff, branch, merge, checkout, log. And switch is helpful for modern workflows.
People get intimidated by reset, rebase, and merge conflicts. But a solo developer can go a long time without needing those, or running into conflicts.

2025-12-30 14:45:50 UTC

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I've been making a point of unsubscribing from every marketing email I receive this holiday season, instead of letting my inbox get cluttered every day.
I respect the companies with simple unsubscribe flows, but holy heck we shouldn't have to do this in the first place. Never mind the companies that keep emailing regardless of opt-outs.

2025-12-14 14:45:03 UTC

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I love it when old pictures get turned into paintings.

2025-12-14 14:05:48 UTC

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These are gorgeous. Are you painting from pictures?

2025-12-07 22:51:37 UTC

One of the actual joys of homeownership is finding yourself in the world of appliance-repair videos. Sometimes they're made by people on the clock, and sometimes they're made by people just sharing what they know.
Today I replaced the rubber boot on our washing machine drum, all thanks to this fantastic and very no-nonsense, non-enshittified video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLce4V6b-I

2025-11-10 16:32:15 UTC

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Paying attention to my eating always reminds me that I feel much better a little hungry through the day than a little full all day long.
I never had to think twice about what I ate when I was younger, with a moderate baseline of healthy eating overall.

2025-11-10 16:06:11 UTC

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I appreciate you sharing so openly about this as well. I noticed the label "mildly obese" in my medical notes, and thought it must be because I was focusing on strength training for the first time in years.
But I was doing no cardio and eating just as much, and I was getting bigger. These 40s and 50s metabolism and lifestyle changes are hard to manage.
I dropped most strength training for cardio, and have been really careful about what I eat.

2025-10-25 22:32:06 UTC

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Would httpx help?
https://www.python-httpx.org/async/

2025-10-04 21:50:39 UTC

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Hope it's a good trip!

2025-10-04 21:44:48 UTC

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Where are you headed now?

2025-10-01 14:43:49 UTC

In a couple talks now, I've claimed that using django-simple-deploy should be a good way for experienced developers to try out a new hosting platform.
Before this morning, I had never actually used Render. I started reading the docs in order to help a new plugin author, but I quickly stopped and just tried their plugin.
It worked, and it was *so much easier* to run `git diff` and see what changes the plugin made to my sample project.
#Python #Django
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2025-09-15 21:03:37 UTC

The 1.2.1 release of django-simple-deploy allows plugins to extend the core CLI.
For example, the dsd-flyio plugin now supports a `--vm-size` option.
This is what was needed to make plugins much more powerful than simply "give me the smallest possible working deployment".
#Python #Django
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2025-08-28 14:55:38 UTC

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I'm team pourover and latte at home, but I've been looking for something other than pourover for traveling and camping.
I think I'm going to give this a try:
https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-go-travel-coffee-press

2025-08-28 14:29:23 UTC

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I've been wary of that because I've read some accounts where businesses send you important texts over the same number that they send advertising messages.

2025-08-28 14:10:40 UTC

Yes AeroPress I've heard only good things about your product and want to buy one, but no I absolutely do not want want to receive "AI content" through text messages from you. 🤦‍♂️
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2025-08-17 11:55:52 UTC

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I'm not sure if you've seen this before, but I made a tool for comparing the cost of different newsletter platforms.
It's hard for individuals to compare costs across platforms because your cost depends on how many subscribers you have, how much they pay on average, and what portion of your audience has a paid subscription. You have to do a bunch of calculations to accurately compare your cost across platforms.
https://nl-compare.streamlit.app

2025-08-12 22:27:28 UTC

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Absolutely, that stood out to me as well.

2025-08-11 19:29:52 UTC

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This was the section that had me nodding most vigorously, especially as far as guiding where we all head from here.
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2025-07-15 12:37:24 UTC

Like so many others, my life has been so much richer for having found #Django early on.
I started using it because I wanted to build tools for teachers and students, without having to spend all my time focusing on technical aspects of 2000s-era web app infrastructure. Django let me focus on the tools I was building, not the infrastructure itself.
Ten years later I finally went to a DjangoCon, and started meeting lifelong friends. Thank you to everyone that's helped it reach 20 years!

2025-07-11 15:38:44 UTC

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It was still hard work, but I just got stronger the longer I rode, instead of getting injured.

2025-07-11 15:38:22 UTC

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One of my first trips was NYC to Niagara Falls. My knees hurt so bad in the finger lakes region, I would pedal with one leg and then push down on the other leg with my hand. I lost all hope of riding across the country.
After that trip I rested, and regeared my bike to have a much lower climbing gear. When I flew to Seattle and started up the Cascades a few days later, I couldn't believe how much easier those big mountains were than the two miles straight uphill back east.

2025-07-11 14:12:25 UTC

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I started out bike touring in the northeast, and thought I could never do longer rides in the west because I struggled with my knees on some climbs.
It was really nice to discover that the climbs in the west are much longer, but almost always much more gradual. The only place I found harder hills than the northeast was in the canyons of the southwest.

2025-05-30 12:24:43 UTC

I wrote about the value of conference open spaces in validating new project ideas. A bit about sprints as well:
https://www.mostlypython.com/validating-a-new-project/
#PyConUS

2025-05-21 16:48:25 UTC

I keep staring at these cables when I'm out in the common areas of the convention center. I really like how a bunch of individual pieces come together at such a clearly defined point to combine their strength.
It's a nice visual reminder of how strong and resilient a group of aligned individuals can be.
#PyConUS
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2025-05-18 13:04:54 UTC

Wouldn't Django be a little nicer to work with if it had a `deploy` command?
django-simple-deploy does exactly that; it's a plugin-based library that automates initial deployments to a variety of platforms.
If you want to join the discussion, please come to the "Simplifyiing initial Django deployments" open space at 11:00, in room 315.
https://django-simple-deploy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
#PyConUS
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2025-05-04 11:44:59 UTC

I'll be at #PyConUS later this month, and I'll be sprinting on django-simple-deploy. I'm planning to focus on refining existing plugins, especially dsd-vps which deploys to any VPS provider.
I've met some fantastic people over the years sprinting on this project. If you're interested, please say hi at the conference! Even if you're working on something else, I'd love to meet you. :)
https://us.pycon.org/2025/events/dev-sprints/#sprint-12
#Django

2025-03-19 14:45:27 UTC

I've often thought we could help people learn debugging better if we had a tool that lets you intentionally introduce specific kinds of bugs into a known working project.
py-bugger aims to do exactly that:
#Python
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2025-02-14 13:16:17 UTC

I'm a few days late in sharing this, but my PyCon US talk proposal was not accepted this year.
If you're a first-time submitter, I hope you've heard that the vast majority of submissions are not accepted, just because of the volume of submissions.
Maybe we can make a dinner or open space for people who had their proposals rejected, and share what we would have talked about?

2025-02-13 15:57:08 UTC

Non-US Python people, have any of you canceled plans to come to PyCon US because of the political climate here?
I'm expecting to see significantly fewer international attendees this year, and wondering how many of those decisions have already been made.
#python

2025-02-12 13:47:35 UTC

Django people who deploy to a VPS: What is your current setup?
I've always used Ubuntu, Postgres, gunicorn, and nginx. But I'm curious how people have deviated from that approach.
Mostly thinking about small to medium projects, which run from a single server.
#python #django

2025-02-12 13:19:57 UTC

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Should we send you a bigger pillow?
In all seriousness, thank you for writing a reply post.

2024-12-22 16:26:57 UTC

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What would you put in that area? I'd guess DO, Linode, Fly.io, Platform.sh, Heroku, Railway...

2024-12-22 16:15:25 UTC

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I've been wanting to write a quick plugin for pythonanywhere, but they seem to handle accounts differently than just about *everyone* else.
Every other hosting platform I know of charges per project. They also pro-rate to the minute or second, so deploying test projects costs nothing.
PythonAnywhere seems to charge a minimum of $5 per month. I think they charge that even if you don't have a project deployed, but maybe I'm reading that wrong?

2024-12-22 14:12:12 UTC

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Thanks Jeff, that's a great suggestion. I had no idea pythonanywhere was that popular.

2024-12-20 02:00:53 UTC

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> I'd love to ask each of my current Python installations whether they're supported rather than looking that information up in online docs.
That's a really interesting idea.

2024-12-20 01:55:38 UTC

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It's so nice to go without any intention to talk sometimes!

2024-12-19 13:51:12 UTC

When you're maintaining a library and you've just made a release, do you bump the version immediately? Or do you wait until just before the next release?
I tend to bump the version immediately, to be clear that the current state of the project reflects the next (unreleased) version.
#Python

2024-12-14 15:08:58 UTC

Working on my PyCon US 2025 talk proposal.
Are you planning to submit a proposal? I was thinking the deadline was tomorrow, but it's actually 12/19 so there's a bit more time than I thought!

2024-12-09 15:43:37 UTC

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Also featuring a new tagline:
"Deployment, for Djangonauts with deadlines."

2024-12-09 15:36:09 UTC

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Full documentation:
https://django-simple-deploy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

2024-12-09 15:35:41 UTC

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I think the next step is to write a new plugin that targets a different platform. If that goes as well as it should, 1.0 might be here by Christmas. :)

2024-12-09 15:34:59 UTC

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This is a pretty satisfying use of the plugin model. Most information needed for a deployment is picked up automatically from the plugin that's installed.
To target a different platform, just install a different plugin:
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2024-12-09 15:32:59 UTC

I've just released version 0.9.0 of django-simple-deploy. Usage is much simpler now:
#Django
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2024-11-29 23:27:39 UTC

Does anyone have any strong recommendations for desk-mounted monitor arms?
I need to support two 34" curved monitors, one on top of the other, 17lbs each. I also need to support a 27" in vertical mode.
I don't care if they're three separate arms, or if the two 34s are on a single pole. There are just so many choices now, across so many price ranges, I'd love a recommendation or two.

2024-11-21 15:35:48 UTC

I just had to google the walrus operator because I've only used it a few times in my own code, and I forget what it does there. 🤦‍♂️

2024-11-15 11:43:31 UTC

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This would be a great microblog post!
(If something is in your microblog series, I know I can find it again later.)

2024-11-13 13:52:46 UTC

I just can't wrap my head around the fact Elon Musk of all people will get a giant say in which US institutions get cut, and how they get cut. Sorry, I mean "made more efficient".
So many people are going to lose so much to scammers. So many people who wanted to "shake things up" are going to ask what to do after their parents and grandparents lose their life savings to scammers.

2024-11-12 15:13:06 UTC

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This is exactly how I've come to think about it.

2024-11-11 22:45:04 UTC

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My notes on this say to use platform.system(). It's capitalized, but I think it's more consistent.
This is the SO question I have bookmarked:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1854/how-to-identify-which-os-python-is-running-on

2024-11-11 13:25:08 UTC

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It feels a bit odd to run `manage.py deploy`, and not have your project deployed. So while the `--configuration-only` flag could be left out, it seems like a really useful explicit convention, making the behavior much more transparent and intuitive.

2024-11-11 13:22:17 UTC

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I think configuration-only usage should have an explicit arg as well:
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2024-11-11 13:19:31 UTC

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There's no need for the `--platform` argument, because that can be queried from the plugin. As @npub1nsp…ahke suggested recently, the command `deploy` reads better overall, and even more so in this context.
Usage for third-party plugins is exactly the same as default usage. Packaging is simpler; core doesn't require any plugins, but all plugins require core.

2024-11-11 13:16:16 UTC

The transition to external plugins for simple_deploy has been interesting, and will have an impact on the API.
It doesn't make sense to install multiple plugins automatically. For example, it looks really odd to target Fly.io, and then see packages that only focus on Platform.sh or Heroku in your environment.
Instead, usage will look like this:
#Django
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2024-11-07 20:48:13 UTC

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Starting today, someone could write their own plugin for <newplatform>. Then automated deployment to that platform would look like this:
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2024-11-07 20:46:16 UTC

I just released django-simple-deploy 0.8.0, which is the first release that uses external plugins.
Nothing has really changed externally, but this is a huge step towards a stable 1.0 release. Here's the current usage for an automated deployment to Fly.io:
#Django
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2024-11-07 12:54:54 UTC

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I don't see any sawdust on that shirt. 🤔

2024-11-05 22:09:01 UTC

All right, I just used the external Fly.io plugin for django-simple-deploy to make a full deployment. :)
This was through an end to end test against the local development versions of the core project and the plugin, but most of the upcoming work should be much easier than what I've been working through.
So satisfying! (And so much better than thinking about election results for a while longer.)
#Django
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2024-11-04 12:58:50 UTC

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That is an impressive list.

2024-10-31 15:18:23 UTC

I made a successful deployment to Fly.io this morning, with a version of simple_deploy where the fly-specific code is in an external plugin.
This is *really* satisfying, because sorting out the packaging details that allow external plugins to work is the last major hurdle before a 1.0 release. Lots of small tasks left, but those should be quite manageable.
Next step: move the project to an organization, and separate it into core, and three platform-specific plugins.
#Django

2024-10-31 14:24:56 UTC

We moved to Transylvania county in NC. Halloween is such a big deal here, kids get the entire day off from school, and there's no school tomorrow either.
The calendar says "teacher work days", but I'm pretty sure those work days are scheduled to have no school on Halloween. 🤣

2024-10-30 13:24:15 UTC

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Global is gone now, and my code is a little less smelly. :)
Thank you for such a well-written article! I so appreciate write-ups that don't just show syntax about how to do something, but instead go beyond and help you make decisions about which approach to implement.
My code is in a much better state now after reading this article. :)

2024-10-30 10:53:58 UTC

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Your posts show up at just the right time for some of my work on a regular basis!
I'm embarrassed to admit I used the `global` statement yesterday because I was unsure of what pattern to use when making a config class available across a project.
I was aware there's probably a better approach, but unsure which to choose and how to implement it. I can see how to apply a couple ideas from this post in my project. Thanks!

2024-10-19 13:23:46 UTC

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I submitted a takedown request. I have only done a handful of those in my life, because it's time in life you just don't get back.
It's one thing for people without resources to find free copies of ebooks online. It's another thing entirely to include them as a "perk" or "promo" in a course you're charging for.

2024-10-17 17:49:20 UTC

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I'm going to add "Be clever once everything works" to my list of things I quote Jeff about.

2024-10-17 16:44:31 UTC

I just published the second-to-last post in the Django from first principles series.
This post focuses on deployment, my favorite part of working with Django. :)
https://www.mostlypython.com/django-from-first-principles-part-19/
#Django

2024-10-17 13:55:01 UTC

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2024-10-17 00:15:21 UTC

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"sonic highlight of my life" is such a good phrase! I've never heard wolves before.
One of my highlights was chipping ice chunks from the lip of a crevasse on one of the glaciers in the middle of Baranof Island, and listening to the sound of the ice chunks falling into the abyss of the crevasse. That sound was magical after drinking glacial runoff straight from the glacier surface.

2024-10-12 12:25:25 UTC

I can't tell if I enjoy refactoring so much because I have a tendency to write messy exploratory code, or if I write messy exploratory code because I enjoy refactoring. :blobthinkingeyes:

2024-09-11 15:35:44 UTC

Kamala Harris was fantastic to watch last night.
But we also *finally* got to see members of the media refuse to just allow anything and everything Trump said to go unchallenged. Journalists could have been doing this all along, and we'd probably be in a lot better place right now.
I've appreciated the journalists who have stood up to Trump over the last 8(!)+ years, but they've been too few and too far between.