Managing Technical Debt in Django Projects
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Tips n’ tricks I’ve picked up over the years for managing technical debt, specifically for large Django projects.
Read More Managing Technical Debt in Django ProjectsAuthor: chris
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How to Ignore the Needle Docs
At PyCon 2014, I learned about a package called “needle” from Julien Phalip’s talk, Advanced techniques for Web functional testing. When I tried using it with a Django project, I immediately ran into problems. The answer turned out to be “ignore the documentation”.
Read More How to Ignore the Needle DocsAutobuilding Sphinx Docs With inotify
So tonight I decided I’ve been putting it off far enough, and started my first Sphinx documentation project. Read The Docs’s Getting Started guide wasn’t bad, but it really bothered me that there wasn’t a good way to autobuild the docs.
Read More Autobuilding Sphinx Docs With inotifyUsing Travis CI with your GeoDjango project
I’m usually very hesitant to use PostGIS because it makes testing more difficult. Instead of an in-memory sqlite database, you have to spin up and down a database instead. I decided to do it anyways, and then I forgot I had Travis CI on this project and every commit emailed me a reminder of my…
Read More Using Travis CI with your GeoDjango projectWinter Tips
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Here are some winter tips from a Texan who was in Chicago that one time: Don’t layer. If it’s below 40 degrees F (4 degrees C), forget layers. Just wear a T-shirt and your good winter coat. That is seriously all you need. Don’t have a coat warm enough? Well, then you should probably layer.…
Read More Winter TipsAustin Burgers
Burgers near me roughly in order of best to worst. Factors include price, convenience to me, and quality of the bun, patty, and flavors. Steakhouse burgers The distinguishing factor for steakhouse burger is the looser grind. Steakhouse patties are never pressed. Second Bar + Kitchen $$$ Patty – A, Bun – A, Atmosphere – Restaurant…
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There are lots of websites and youtube videos all trying to tell you how to mod GTA IV. Unfortunately, they’re almost all out of date, or youtube videos. I’m using steam installed Grand Theft Auto IV 1.0.7 A decent guide: http://www.gta-modding.com/iv/tutorials Prepping the Game Install This: Xliveless (v0.999b7 md5: F7FD7512F6AC8959CDDA6A2B2E014C68) http://www.gtaforums.com/?showtopic=388658 SparkIV (v0.7.0b1) The original…
Read More GTA IV 1.0.7 bootstrap guideBoating Lake, aka Photoshop is still useful for the web
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So I made a silly thing one evening. I’ve embedded it above, and you can see the source at https://github.com/crccheck/boating-lake for more details about the inspiration and implementation. I thought my two readers might be interested in my process for preparing the graphics. Finding the source A quick Internet search revealed a clean source for…
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