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<p>Render HTML from a string to browser straight from Python (useful for debugging broken template/view tests!) </p>

<p>How to specify a custom 404 view for Django using Class Based Views? </p>

<p>Zero downtime Postgres migration, done right </p>

<p>Developers should talk to customers too - "Coding is no more than 50 % of the whole effort of creating value for our customers. The best way to increase the productivity of a Scrum team is to avoid building unnecessary stuff." </p>

<p>React Cheat Sheet </p>

<p>Track Your Progress by Julia Evans </p>

<p>S3 static pages without .html extension: </p>

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<p>Cognitive reframing of our fear of contributing allows us to speak up </p>

<p>Scaling Relational SQL Databases: </p>

<p>Before starting to collaborate, do these ten things </p>

<p>How to get quantity of tasks in Celery and Redis from the default queue.</p> </br> <code> import redis from django.conf import settings queue_name = "celery" client = redis.Redis.from_url(settings.REDIS_URL) length = client.llen(queue_name) </code>

<p>Boolean short-circuiting in Python: </p>

<p>Leaky Abstractions - When Copy-Paste-Delete is faster than Cut </p>

<p>Glue: the Dark Matter of Software: </p>

<p>Django settings should be uppercase, otherwise it won't work </p>

<p>What Should You Do with Your Life? Directions and Advice: </p>

<p>A Maturity Model for Design Systems: </p>

<p>Conventional Comments </p>

<p>Codecov security issue post mortem </p>

<p>The Standard of Code Review - Google Engineering Practices </p>

<p>I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel fake engagement: via </p>

<p>Meet :has, A Native CSS Parent Selector </p>

<p>"The moment you realize there’s some schedule risk, you should be making it widely known. Even if you’re not late yet and have merely realized that some part of the project is riskier than you’d thought and could <em>potentially</em> push the timeline out" </p>