Every Django model comes with its own model manager. The manager is how you interact with your Django models to do database queries. In this post, learn how to override the built-in model manager to create your own custom manager.
Read MoreJeff and I devoted this month’s Opensource.com column to packages that all Django developers should know about. Check out 8 Python packages that will simplify your life with Django!
Read MoreHead over to Open Source Way to read 8 great Python libraries for side projects, this month's Python column by Jeff Triplett and me. We cover Dataset, Datasette, Beautiful Soup, Requests, and more!
Read MoreHead over to the REVSYS blog to read my tips on using Django's ManyToManyField! And bring your appetite, because it's all about pizza.
Read MoreGo make this tart while your tomatoes are still tasty.
Read MoreThis week I needed to manipulate the privacy of a Wagtail page programmatically. The Wagtail docs show you how to edit page privacy in the admin UI, but it doesn't peek behind the curtain to show you the code. The example here is a result of my Google searching.
Read MoreI'm back on Open Source Way with another Python column co-authored by Jeff! This month is all about pytest plugins. Check it out over on Opensource.com!
Read MoreNotebooks aren’t just for journaling and to-do lists. They can also be valuable tools for learning, personal organization, and professional development.
Read MoreJeff and I are back again over on Opensource.com with this May's Python column! In this article, you'll learn to write your own command-line apps with the Click, Docopt, and Fire libraries.
Read MoreEvery year for DjangoCon US, the organizers get asked about what kinds of talks we're looking for. I've got a list of free ideas for you!
Read MoreWhen confronted with a section of code that's messy and hard to understand in what is now your yard, so to speak, it's easy to want to cast blame and curse those that came before you and left you this mess without so much as a letter explaining how they got here.
This winter I fought with a squirrel over rights to a bird feeder and turned that into a metaphor for coding. Read about it over on The Pastry Box.
Read MoreMy colleague Jeff Triplett and I wrote about some libraries that can make your life easier when you're handling dates and times in Python. Hop over to OpenSource.com to see it!
Read MoreIn February I mentioned daily journaling in an essay I wrote about job stress for the Pastry Box. A couple of you asked me to write more about how I journal, so this post is for you.
Read MoreMarch's Python column is up at OpenSource.com!
Read MoreMy monthly Python column with Jeff Triplett is over at OpenSource.com!
Read MoreI'm writing six essays this year for a blog called The Pastry Box Project. My first essay, Cultivating Self-Worth, was published today. I hope you enjoy!
Read MoreI made this mushroom queso flameado for some friends and we licked the pan clean.
Read MoreMy friend Jeff Triplett and I wrote an article on making the Django Admin more secure for opensource.com, so head over there to check it out!
👉 10 tips for making the Django Admin more secure
Read MoreI've taken up bird-watching in the new year and here are five birds I've figured out like my backyard.
Read MoreEvery day is a new adventure in a new job. I came into my job at REVSYS with not much production Python experience and my colleagues have been kind enough to share some time-saving and frustration-reducing libraries with me as I've been learning. This Friday, I'm sharing five libraries (technically, four libraries and a repo) that I've learned about in the last three months and fallen pretty much in love with. Enjoy!
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