Weeknotes 2023-03-27

March 27, 2023

we saved daylight but at what cost --K

Much less work last week, but I still had a lot of paperwork to do. Worked on htmx integration for django-cast during this year's Python Spring Sprint & Hackathon in Düsseldorf. Htmx is now working for pagination in both built-in themes. See the latest release notes for all django-cast-related updates. Had a lot of fun attending the latest Django Meetup Cologne.

Despite being self-employed for over ten years now, I never publicly announced being open to new projects. Until now 😁!

Articles

How virtual environments work

Didn't know there are so few lines needed to create a virtualenv
Marketing for Developers

Hmm, didn't know about the Django subreddit
Add Vue To Your Django Templates With Vite

Second part of this tutorial, got a working Django-Vite-Vue combination running using it 👍
Sentry - Development Philosophy

I'm a little bit skeptical about claims like "we are not artists" or "Our work is there to solve customer problems". Writing computer programs is one of the purest creative activities in human history (pure as in "only limited by our imagination, not practical skills or laws of physics"). Claiming it isn't smells like overcompensation (bad) or ignorance (even worse).
Lessons from a Pessimist: Make Your Pessimism Productive

Good point - I tame my pessimism by framing it as "optimistic realism"
Chris’ Corner: Websites, Highlights, and Guesses
OpenAI is testing the ability to run code and use third-party plugins in ChatGPT

Interesting
The End of Front-End Development

Holy shit, 65k? I mean, ok it looks great and stuff but...