Django Admin’s handling of dates and times is very confusing

February 26, 2025957 words, posted in django and python

When you have admin users in multiple time zones, the way Django handles the input and display of dates and times is causing confusion. Here’s how you can improve things.

uv just keeps on getting better

February 24, 2025774 words, posted in python and uv

It’s been three months since I migrated all my Python projects over to uv. And it’s only gotten better! Let’s look at two recent major improvements.

Looking at Django task runners and queues

January 24, 20251542 words, posted in django, python and review

I use django-apscheduler to run a queue of scheduled tasks. Now I also need the ability to run one-off tasks and that turned out to not be so simple.

Why I still choose Django over Flask or FastAPI

December 24, 2024785 words, posted in django, python and review

I started using Django in 2009, and fifteen years later I am still a happy user. When I compare this to the number of JavaScript frameworks I’ve gone through during the same fifteen years, it’s clear that Django is rather special.

How to migrate your Poetry project to uv

November 18, 2024855 words, posted in python and uv

So, like me you’ve decided to switch from Poetry to uv, and now you’re wondering how to actually migrate your pyproject.toml file? You’ve come to the right place!

Revisiting uv

November 11, 2024635 words, posted in python and uv

Almost two months ago I compared Poetry with uv, and for me uv had some pretty significant drawbacks that kept me from switching over. The situation has changed quite a bit since then!

How to change MEDIA_URL for one FileField

October 31, 2024206 words, posted in django and python

I wanted to use a different MEDIA_URL for one of our FileField instances. It was very easy to do!

Django REST Framework versus Django Ninja

October 26, 20242620 words, posted in django, python and review

Let’s compare Django REST Framework with new kid on the block, Ninja.

Automatically deploy your site when you push the main branch

October 23, 2024836 words, posted in django, linux and python

The best feature of Heroku is the ability to just push a branch, and it gets deployed. How do we replicate a workflow like that on our own server?

Trying out PDM (and comparing it with Poetry and uv)

October 04, 20242412 words, posted in python and uv

After comparing uv to Poetry, I am trying out PDM. On paper it combines all the best things of Poetry and uv, without their downsides. How does it hold up?

How I configure my Django projects

October 02, 2024786 words, posted in django and python

There are many ways to configure Django, like multiple settings files or .env files. Here’s how I do it.

Validate PayPal webhooks using Python

October 01, 2024503 words, posted in django and python

Paypal’s documentation only shows a JavaScript example. How do you validate the webhooks in Python though?

Poetry versus uv

September 17, 20241642 words, posted in python and uv

Comparing two Python package managers: Poetry and new kid on the block uv.

Changing the way Django 5.1 generates admin list labels

September 16, 2024516 words, posted in django and python

Django 5.1 adds related field lookup to the model admin’s list_display, but with an annoying quirk. Let’s fix that!

Extend Django’s autocomplete widget actions

July 22, 2024536 words, posted in django and python

Extending Django’s autocomplete widget with a new action which copies the linked user’s email address to the clipboard.

Deleting anonymous users' baskets when their sessions expire

October 25, 2023858 words, posted in django and python

How do you delete baskets belonging to anonymous users when their sessions expires? It wasn't quite as simple as I thought.

Adding custom actions to the Django Admin

July 20, 2023867 words, posted in django and python

Let's add custom actions to Django's admin site - but to the change form, not the list view.

Setting up a Debian 11 server for SvelteKit and Django

March 04, 20233069 words, posted in django, linux, python and sveltekit

I recently had to set up a brand new server for a website running on SvelteKit and its API running on Django. I am a software developer and setting up servers and hosting isn't something I normally do, so I followed a bunch of different tutorials. In this article I want to combine all these tutorials, mostly for future me, but hopefully you'll find it useful as well.

Vapor 4 versus Django REST Framework

August 26, 20213847 words, posted in django, python, review and swift

Over two years ago I wrote an article where I compared Vapor 3 to Django REST Framework. It's time for a rematch with Vapor 4.

Vapor 3 versus Django REST Framework

April 14, 20192908 words, posted in django, python, review and swift

A little while ago I wrote about starting a new side project, where I was using Vapor 3 to build the backend. My initial impressions were extremely positive, but I ended up running into a few issues that made working with the framework a little bit...

Review roundup: the search for the perfect Python IDE (for Django)

April 05, 20111796 words, posted in django, python and review

When I first started working with Python in September 2009, I needed a good IDE. I quickly settled for Netbeans and I’ve been using it ever since, even though there are some things that really irritate me. But at least it works, and fits well in my...

Django-CMS backend usability

January 29, 2011451 words, posted in django, python and review

Yesterday I wrote an article comparing Django-CMS, FeinCMS and Mezzanine. One of the conclusions was that while Django-CMS is the best CMS on paper, I don’t like its backend interface that much. I thought it would be a good idea to properly explain...

Django-CMS vs. FeinCMS vs. Mezzanine

January 28, 20111133 words, posted in django, python and review

When you need a content management system for Django, there is enough choice. Maybe even too much: the very helpful site djangopackages.com lists 13. Some are mature and very feature-complete, while others are barely more than a basic model and a...

Looking for a Django CMS which suits my needs

January 17, 2011546 words, posted in django, python and review

I need to build a content-based website for a client, in Django. Well, that’s easy right? Pick one of the content management systems available, build some templates and css, and ta-da, done. Since I have used Django-CMS in previous projects, that...

Serving 5000 pages per second with Django

November 16, 2010879 words, posted in django and python

Okay, this website wasn’t slow and will never need to serve 5000 pages per second, but hey, it’s possible now! Oh right, and it was fun to play around with a nice caching system. Almost everything on mixedCase.nl needs to come from the database: the...

Django 1.2, a great release

March 05, 2010475 words, posted in django, python and review

I’ve been playing with the Beta release of Django 1.2 (get it here) and I love many of the new improvements. I’d like to list the best and biggest new features, and also some problems I encountered while using it. Smarter if tag I was already using...

Using Jinja2 templates in Django

December 11, 2009431 words, posted in django and python

In my previous post Things I “hate” about Python and Django, I said that one of the things I “hate” about Django is its template language. While very easy to use and pretty extensible, it’s missing some important (and basic, to be honest) features...

Things I “hate” about Python and Django

December 06, 2009608 words, posted in django, python and review

I have been a PHP programmer for the last 9 years, and only in September of 2009 I switched to Python and the Django framework. While I really love the Python language and the Django framework (especially compared to something like the Zend PHP...

Using the Google Visualization API in Django

November 29, 2009470 words, posted in django and python

In a project I am working on, I need to show a lot of graphs and charts. Together with the client we chose to use the Visualization API by Google, which provides a Python library, offers many different kinds of charts and very important: the data is...

How to dynamically add fields to a Django model

November 26, 2009137 words, posted in django and python

For a project I needed to create a Django model from a list of fields that were defined somewhere else. It took me hours to get this to work, so to save you the time, here is the solution: fields = ['field_a', 'field_b', 'field_c'] # the base model...

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