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Python development on macOS, JSON rendering in the admin, multiple open source projects, and more.
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Articles
Understand Django #18: Security
A detailed look at web security in general and how to implement best practices in Django.
Scaling Django with Postgres Read Replicas
While this is not a new post, if you ever wondered how to scale Django with Postgres Read Replicas, this is worth reading.
Python Development Environment on macOS Monterey and Big Sur
An opinionated tutorial on configuring a stock Mac system into a solid Python development environment.
Pretty and XSS-safe JSON rendering in the Django admin
A concise way to pretty-format a read-only JSON field in the Django admin.
Events
Wagtail Space US schedule is live!
The full schedule for the event, March 24-26 in Cleveland, Ohio is now live.
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Jobs
Infrastructure Engineer, Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is hiring for a full-time Infrastructure Engineer, reporting to the PSF Director of Infrastructure.
Projects
samuelcolvin/dirty-equals
dirty-equals is a python library that (mis)uses the eq method to make python code (generally unit tests) more declarative and therefore easier to read and write.
microsoft/playwright-python
Playwright is a Python library to automate Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit browsers with a single API. More importantly, it's blazingly fast and has a nice API.
hoppscotch/hoppscotch
An open source API development ecosystem.
apache/airflow
A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows.
nicois/nango
Streamlining Django forms to provide all the wins of single-page-applications without the pain.
