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Aug. 26, 2026 » Trey Hunner » [Archived Version]
I’m at home, experiencing both FOMO and vicarious joy as I see pictures of Django friends reuniting at DjangoCon US this week. And I just read that Dolly Parton passed away. I immediately listened to Early Morning Breeze and got misty-eyed. I love Dolly Parton and I love the Django community and right now I’m feeling sad and happy about both. A Willie Nelson developer My first DjangoCon US was in 2015. I flew from San Diego to Austin with my friend Jesus and I got to witness him experience flyi…
Read MoreAug. 13, 2026 » Trey Hunner » [Archived Version]
The sys module is the primary junk drawer of the Python standard library. A good junk drawer holds miscellaneous items that don’t have another sensible home. I often think of utils modules as “junk drawer” modules. I believe that both utils modules and junk drawers have their purpose, but junk drawers can get out of hand. As I recently noted in my talk about pathlib, I see both the sys module and the os module as junk drawer modules. They serve a similar purpose to utils modules, but they ha…
Read MoreApril 27, 2026 » Trey Hunner » [Archived Version]
Ready for some Python skill-building sales? This is my seventh annual compilation of Python learning deals. Lots of Python sales Here are Python-related sales that are live right now: Python Jumpstart with Python Morsels: 50% off my brand new Python course, an introduction to Python that’s very hands-on ($99 instead of $199) Talk Python: the annual everything bundle includes all courses for $240 Data School 40% off all Kevin’s courses or get a bundle with all 5 of his courses Matt Harrison…
Read MoreApril 27, 2026 » Trey Hunner » [Archived Version]
Have you ever wished that Django’s include template tag could accept blocks of content? I have. Unfortunately, Django’s {% include %} tag doesn’t accept blocks of text. Let’s look at a few possible solutions to this problem. The Problem: Hack Include Workarounds Let’s say we have HTML and CSS that make up a modal that is powered by Alpine.js and HTMX and we want to include this base modal template into many different templates for many different actions. The problem is that the main conte…
Read MoreApril 27, 2026 » Trey Hunner » [Archived Version]
It’s time for some discounted Python-related skill-building. This is my eighth annual compilation of Python learning-related Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals. If you find a Python-related deal in the next week that isn’t on this list, please contact me. Python-related sales It’s not even Black Friday yet, but most of these Python-related Black Friday sales are already live: Python Morsels: I’m offering lifetime access for the second time ever (more details below) Data School: a new subscri…
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