Making Django’s Database Connection More Secure for Migrations
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....
View ArticleWhy Software Should Not Be Grouped Under Information Technology (IT)
My first programming instructor told the class one day: “Technology is like floating on a river, and every so often you have to open your wallet and pay someone to stay afloat.” Partly it is nobody’s...
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Full Stack Developer Retrospect
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 when I...
View ArticleDjango Rest Framework How To Whitelist (Safelist) IP Addresses
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...
View ArticleADA Compliance Tips for Web Developers
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...
View ArticleFull Stack Developer Skills and Technologies for 2019
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...
View ArticleBasic Git Commands I Use Everyday
My opinion is very strong on this point – if you are using git, you should be using it on the command line. Git is the best and most popular tool for doing source control. There used to be...
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Why is WordPress so Popular?
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...
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Mac vs Dell for Software Development with Cost Breakdown 2020
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...
View ArticleQuerying Complex Data in Django with Views
Django has a powerful ORM, but like any ORM it suffers when querying data that has complex relationships. Django supports foreign keys and many to many relationships out of the box with ease. Sometimes...
View ArticleHow to Stop/Start an AWS EC2 instance using AWS CLI command line
In my experience the smaller the AWS EC2 instance the more often it freezes / completely locks up. Something goes wrong inside the AWS infrastructure and poof, no ability to SSH or do anything with it....
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Getting back lists of data from the ChatGPT API
I’m working on a project where I’m trying to harvest lists of data from ChatGPT via its API. This post applies to the gpt-3.5-turbo model called via the API. I don’t have access to the GPT 4.0 API yet,...
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Visualizing Relationships in ChatGPT
The other day I asked ChatGPT for some recommendations for new piano pieces based on one I had just finished. To my astonishment the list it provided was pretty good and lead me to a new piece I...
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How To Make Python Code Run on the GPU
As a software developer I want to be able to designate certain code to run inside the GPU so it can execute in parallel. Specifically this post demonstrates how to use Python 3.9 to run code on a GPU...
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Hitron CODA56 cable modem upgrade – before and after
I recently upgraded my cable modem from a Motorola MB8600 to a Hitron CODA56. Reason being Xfinity was emailing me letting me know I could upgrade to DOCSIS 3.1 and get faster upload speeds. The...
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