Gem Peak Lookout
A trip to a remote fire lookout tower somewhere in the mountains of Montana.
The Philosophy of Channels
Why is Channels designed like it is, and what does it really mean for Django, Python, and WebSocket handling?
Hello, This Is London Rising
The story of 3D printing a map of London, so I can stand over it and cackle like a madman.
Laying the Channels Groundwork
Progress on Django Channels, and working out how the different parts will talk to each other.
First Game
The trials, tribulations and dead ends of trying to write a game when you keep thinking too big.
Singapore
In which I visit one of the Four Asian Tigers and see some ridiculous architecture.
Beyond Request-Response
Examining one of Django's key abstractions and how it could be updated for a more modern age.
Travelling Notes
Notes from my 8 years of travelling, and a few jokes at the expense of Americans. What could be a better read?
Australia
Four weeks, three states, and numerous different towns and cities - there's a lot to do in Australia.
Flying in the US
In which Andrew reads the AIM, FARs, LASORS, talks to the FAA, CAA, visits a FSDO, and generally encounters a lot of acronyms.
The End of an Era
Django migrations have come a long way, but it stands on the shoulders of one project that has come just a little bit further.
Tromsø
I visit one of the world's most northern cities in a three-day speed holiday, and cross two things off my bucket list while I'm there.
Router Wrangling
With some spare time and spare parts, I totally overdo my house's network infrastructure.
Working Together
Workflows, teams committing conflicting VCS branches, foreign keys being annoying and more feature in this week's Django Diaries.
New Apps & Migrations
This week, it's the exciting story of one man's battle against his idea of automatically writing settings files.
Flat as a Pancake
A week on a remote island leads to a lot of squashed things. I'm not entirely sure if they're related.
Down and Dirty
Migrations grow two exciting new operations as well as a new command, squashing two of my oldest feature requests.
A Plan Comes Together
Long, hard days of coding, shuffling and teasing Oracle finally come to a close - or do they?
Routing and Prepping
Old South bugs and nemeses get eliminated, multi-database support might finally exist, and the merge is in sight.
Madeira
A sand-free, mountainous and very friendly jewel in the Atlantic Ocean.