software engineer, consultant, conference speaker, #tech4good, #stacktivism

The Bajoran Engineer

Python, software, web development, Django, JavaScript, Open Source, Ethics.

this week - 03

On my way back home from Copenhagen, with the Python community at the front of my mind. - Jan. 21, 2024
  • Microsoft Data Science Day CFP closes Jan 25th
  • Spent the week in Copenhagen with the Python Software Foundation Board to do our strategic planning. Some themes that came up:
    • Sustaining initiatives with staff expertise
    • Methods of communication and efficiency among board and Working Groups
      • PSF Grants Working Group process and visibility
      • PSF Diversity and Inclusion Work Group process and visibility
    • Equity, inclusion and transparency
    • Creating a story for Accessibility
    • Python …

this week - 02

Running out of energy this week. I should probably plan some goals for 2024 and prioritize my workload. - Jan. 8, 2024

this week - 01

Bringing in the new year. - Jan. 3, 2024
  • Two peer-mentorship meetings
  • Projects
  • Python Development
    • Added Tailwind / NodeJS Build to Azure Python App Service
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2023 Year in Review

Each year I inch toward my penultimate goal of being paid only to learn cool shit and build cool shit; and in that sense I'd say that I had another very good year.

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Django MIGRATION_MODULES

For certain packages like puput or if you're creating your own, you may end up with a migrations directory inside your virtual environment with your package instead of in your app directories. I messed up so you don't have to. TLDR; use MIGRATION_MODULES = {"blog": "blog.db_migrations"} in your settings to avoid the problems I stumbled into.

Check out my potential solution to solve it programmatically and tell me if I'm off base. 👀