Creating a Custom User Model in Django
This post explains step-by-step how to create a custom User model in Django. (more…)
Read more »Testing Django on Steroids with Pytest
I love Django to create web projects that don’t need high performance. It’s a very convenient way to create an admin interface for your… Read more
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Read more »New governance model for the Django project
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Read more »Why I’m building a niche search engine for the Django Ecosystem
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Read more »Adding Type Hints to the Django ORM
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