July 2010
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Adding Facebook authentication to your Django...
As the internet becomes more interconnected, data of all kinds is more readily passing between different domains and applications. As a result, several centralized data “hubs” are cropping up that allow web users to enter data in once, and then allow applications to access it from there. This is in contrast to the age-old practice of requiring users to create unique accounts, and enter the same...
June 2010
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Running Django with Postgres, Nginx, and FastCGI...
Last week, I decided that I needed to virtualize my Django test environment, and get it off my MacBook. I plan on upgrading at some point in the future, so not having to go through all the steps to set up the environment again would be nice. Plus, getting Django running on the MacBook was a bit complicated, and I’d like to avoid that. So, with the goal of “easy installation” in mind, I started...
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Keeping yourself creative
Being creative is hard. Staying creative is even harder. If you doubt that, just take a look at all the blog posts and sites dedicated to helping people stay inspired. So, in the face of looming deadlines, impossible requests, and a never-ending mass of projects, how can you keep your mind ready to deliver an awesome product?
I’m not asking this question rhetorically. Recently, I discovered...