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News

The State of CSS 2020: Trend Report

CSS is rapidly changing with utility-first frameworks like Tailwind CSS gaining rapid prominence. This is a fun, interactive look at a recent survey on current and future CSS trends.

Articles

Bringing Security along on the CI/CD journey

From Jacob Kaplan-Moss, a detailed look at how to integrate security with modern CI/CD practices.

Re-Introducing Hash Indexes in PostgreSQL by Haki Benita

A very in-depth look at hash indexes within PostgreSQL and why they are more relevant than ever these days.

Detecting N+1 queries in Django with unit testing

A clever way to unit test for N+1 queries in your code.

Interview with Andrew Godwin about deployment — Django deployment

From 2017 but still very relevant, an interview with on Django deployments with Andrew Godwin.

Django migrations without downtimes

Originally from 2015 but updated a few times since then, this is a classic look at managing Django migrations on a large site without downtimes.

How to Override the gunicorn Server Header by Adam Johnson

Adam Johnson shows how to override Gunicorn's header which, by default, reports the complete version of Gunicorn being used: a security no-no.

Podcasts

Django Riffs - Here, There, Middleware

On this episode, we will investigate Django middleware and see where it goes in your project. In the process, you'll see why middleware is useful and how you can work with it.

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CSS, PostgreSQL, Django Security with CI/CD, and more htmx resources January 15th 2021