Django Dev Env w/ Docker Compose
A few years back I ran into a problem when working with Django on Windows while my colleagues were on Mac OS where a datetime routine (forgot which one) behaved…
Docker Now Available for Windows Home
For the longest time, Docker just didn't like Windows Home. Legend has it that, with VirtualBox running a Linux VM, you then can install Docker Toolbox on top of that.…
Some Cloud Storage Services
Azure Blob Storage ("Azure") and Google Cloud Storage ("GCS") are now supported as well as AWS S3 ("S3") by log4j-s3-search project. While working on adding the two options, I learned…
Setting up Git repo on Dreamhost
Create an empty repo Create an empty repo off of /home/username where username is your user name.The following will create an empty repo named "myrepo" in the subdirectory /home/username/myrepo.git cd…
Django app dev in Docker
Start with Docker's doc The link https://docs.docker.com/compose/django/ for the most part is valid in setting up a development environment for working with Django in Docker. Update to use Pipfile The…
Fast Guide to Launching an EC2 Instance w/ SSH Access
Concepts Minimal number of concepts to understand: Key pair -- a pair of public and private cryptographic keys that will be used to establish a secure shell/terminal to the launched…
Django’s (default) Permission Codenames
Permission String The documentation for Django authentication (e.g. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/auth/default/#permissions-and-authorization) talks about allowing code to restrict access to models through a vague notion of a "permission." Read further and you kinda…