Public S3 Buckets
Back in "the day", when S3 was introduced, it was...
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Django, fetch, and CORS
Tell me if this sounds familiar: Every so often (typically...
Released: django-microapi!
I released a small library yesterday, [django-microapi][django-microapi]. I just wanted...
Falling In Love with Preact
Over the last couple years, I had a couple roles...
Revamped Code
I've spent a chunk of this last week doing something...
Primer for Switching Shells in 2021
_Note: This post has been sitting on the shelf for...
Review: IKEA Bekant Sit/Stand Desk
Disclaimer: This is not a review unit (I bought...
Haystack & Tastypie Orgs
As of today, I pulled the trigger on something I...
Django Dash & WSGI Wrestle Cancelled
Unfortunately, I'm officially cancelling the Django Dash & WSGI Wrestle...
The State of Tastypie
I received an email this past week from someone evaluating...
"Going Home"
Going "Home" As of March 17, I'm leaving REDACTED,...
The WSGI War Wants YOU!
This year, I'm starting a new competition for...
Django Dash - Registration Soon! (And Sponsors Needed)
This year's Django Dash is coming up quick, so I...
New Committers for Tastypie & Haystack
A couple months ago, I posted a blog entry asking...
In Memory Of Malcolm
Last night, I received the news that Malcolm Tredinnick had...
Committers Needed For Tastypie & Haystack
TL;DR I'm stepping back from Tastypie & Haystack soon and...
The Making Of The "Getting Started With Django" Music
For Kenneth Love's new "Getting Started With Django" series, I wrote...
So Long & Thanks For All The Fish
As of December 31st, 2012 (& barring something amazing), Toast...
DjangoCon 2012 Slides For "API Design Tips"
I gave a talk today at DjangoCon 2012 on API...
Announcing Django Dash 2012
This year has been a busy one for [Toast Driven][td],...
Please Welcome... Ben Spaulding
Ben Spaulding will be joining Toast Driven...
Please Welcome... Nate Bunnyfield
Nate Bunnyfield will be joining...
Now Hiring: An Awesome Designeloper! (Updated)
Update (2012/05/14): Hiring for this position is now closed, as...
Gevent, Long-Polling & You
A big focus lately (as far as web technology trends...
Haystack 1.2 Released
Haystack 1.2 was released yesterday (PyPI). It ships with n-gram...
A Guide to Testing in Django #2
Viewable in Serbo-Croatian - Thanks to Vera Djuraskovic! As part two...
A Guide to Testing in Django
For many people, testing their Django applications is a mystery....
Transition
Spring is a time of change and I have a...
Redesign
Its been a couple years since I originally launched the...
Better Local Settings
A common convention I've seen in the Django community is...
Haystack 1.0 Final Released
Haystack 1.0.0-final has been released (via...
Haystack 1.0.0-rc1
After almost a full year of...
Scripting tmux
In my day-to-day work, I find myself needing full mini-environments...
Postmortem: Django Dash 2009
Now that the Dash is over,...
2009 Django Dash Complete
The 2009 Django Dash is done. The site (http://alt.djangodash.com/)...
'Twas The Night Of The Dash
I almost fell out of my chair. Courtesy of @donspauding: [10:20pm]...
Django Dash 2009 Has Begun!
The 2009 Django Dash has begun! We've got 62 teams...
Django Dash 2009 Registration Is Open!
The 2009 Django Dash is...
Announcing Haystack - Modular search for Django
Search has long been a slightly...
Things Afoot
It's been quiet here lately for many reasons. Part burnout...
itty - A Sinatra-inspired micro-framework
A couple nights ago, I was talking with Matt...
Django Dash 2009
It's getting to be that time of year again, so...
Using Solr Multicore
At work, Solr is the search backend of choice....
More MultiResponse
The source for MultiResponse is now under version control (via...
Blog Month Wrapup + Stats
As seems to be the standard elsewhere, this is a...
MultiResponse
As promised, here's the snippet of code I've been playing...
No Post, Too Busy Coding
Tonight's entry is delayed as I'm working on a potentially...
XMPP FAIL
In an effort to try to expose myself to some...
Knee Jerk Reactions To Lua
So I've been playing with Lua for what amounts...
Blogging Frustration
Most of the way through the National Blog Posting...
Balancing OSS And Commercial Development
Open source has had a tremendous impact on my personal...
Customizing The Admin: Part 3
This entry in the "Customizing The Admin" mini-series is a...
The Problem With Monoculture
I'd like to wax philosophical for a couple moments and...
Customizing The Admin: Part 2
On of the pony requests that can up prominently...
Aborted Post On Context Processors
Well crap. I was going to write about context...
More Metadata With "Through"
I've professed my love of metadata before and one of...
Launched!
As a point of historical note, the sites that caused...
Launch Post-Mortem
Since my brain has turned pretty soft and mushy post-launch,...
Simple Web Scraping
Taking a work-related break from admin topics tonight and tomorrow...
Customizing The Admin: Part 1
For many people, one of Django's best selling points is...
Tea Timer
Since I'm pressed for time tonight, this will be quick....
What's Wrong With Django (Slight Return)
Having been a professional Django developer for Mediaphormedia/The World...
Choosing A License
So I had planned on writing about choosing a license...
Book Meme
"Did you have something special in mind?" From The Essential Calvin...
A Brief Introduction To Multiprocessing
Parallel processing has been getting increasing attention lately online, and...
Bugfix to CachedPaginator
Found by Mr. Bennett, there was a bug in...
Quick & Dirty Search with Django
There's a lot of options out there for search. You...
Fun With Dictionaries
Another brief entry, this time about a fun little
CachedPaginator
Another quickie tonight in favor of crunch time at work....
Django Doctest Tips
In addition to metadata everywhere, I'm a big fan of...
extends_default
Short and sweet tonight. Via problems like http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2008/aug/05/default-templates-django/ (that...
Turtle!
I'm going to diverge from Django topics tonight and...
Abstract Model Metadata
Another recurring and important topic for me is metadata. Where...
Safer Deletes
As a developer, I'm big on the persistence of data...
NaBloPoMo & Testing Views
Since it's November and it's National Blog Posting Month,...
OSS: django-budget
More open-source for everyone's consumption. This time, it's a personal...
Excellent Resource on Django Testing
For those who'd like a sweeping introduction to Django, especially...
Django 1.0
Though you will see it many other places on the...
OSS: django-rsvp
After what has obviously been quite the quiet spell, I've...
Django Dash Factoids
I like statistics. Even though the saying goes "There...
...And The Django Dash Is Complete.
The first Django Dash has just completed. Astute readers...
The Django Dash Is On!
The fruit of the last two months of my labor...
Wow. Just Wow.
So Django Dash took off a little...
Django Dash Launched!
The latest (and ongoing) project for Toast Driven has just...
The AppEngine That Google Built...
So many Pythonistas, and to some extent the rest of...
Now With 100% More Comments!
We're going out on a limb here. We've added this...
Pagination!
The Fresh News section now features pagination thanks to the...
Indentation's Effects On Culture (Or How I Learned To Hit...
First, a disclaimer, because that always makes for a winning...
Would You Like Ajax With That?
A variant of a patch I proposed was added to...
Open Source Section Added
We love open source here at Toast Driven. You might...
Gemstone Creations Launched!
Gemstone Creations has now been fully launched....
Toast Driven Launched
Everyone’s new favorite web development shop opens for business. Toast...