TIL - You can’t set permissions in Django migrations

Setting permissions in a datamigration does not work. Why?
Read more →

Automating Django application configuration

Automating Django application configuration
Image Credit to Ben Allan
A novel way to configure a Django application with a single CLI command, withouwt editing project files directly
Read more →

Automating Django application configuration: an in-depth view

Automating Django application configuration: an in-depth view
Image Credit to Fidel Fernando
What’s AST? How django-app-enabler works? A detailed step-by-step guide at the inner working details of django-app-enabler and how it applies AST to manipulate a django project configuration
Read more →

Cleaning up you test suite with pytest parametrize

Cleaning up you test suite with pytest parametrize
Image Credit to Bogdan Karlenko
Some notes regarding pytest.mark.parametrize, a feature that can change the way you plan your tests
Read more →

TIL - 🧹 unimport linter formatter

what if you (like me) don’t like to clean up your code while in the zone, but you value a linted and well formatted codebase?
Read more →

TIL - 🎁 Extracting modules provided by installed package

How do I get at runtime the list of modules installed by package? Use setuptools, Luke!
Read more →

TIL - Submitting a form from an external button

You can submit a form from a button not included in the form itself
Read more →

My Python linting setup in 2020

My Python linting setup in 2020
“How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the automated code formatting”
Read more →

Converting a django CMS plugin to a different model

Converting a django CMS plugin to a different model
Migrating django CMS plugins data from one model to another, for example during an upgrade, is a bit tricky. Thansk to its polymorphic nature, though, it’s not complicated to achieve, one you know the underlying structure.
Read more →

My experience with Hugo

My experience with Hugo
A brief description of my first experience with Hugo and the stack that I use to publish this site
Read more →

TIL - Accessing sass variables in JavaScript 🤯

TIL - Accessing sass variables in JavaScript 🤯
How to leverage webpack to import sass variables in JavaScript
Read more →