Web and app developer. Coffee, beer, and running, in any order.
A longstanding inconvenience posting on my site has been selecting myself as the Author for each post. Now the logged-in user’s profile (me) is the default when creating a new post.
I made some changes to my Notes:
I’ve spent some time over the past week working on a proof-of-concept integration of Micropub into Django.
I don’t have anything functional to show for it, but I have a much better understanding of IndieAuth, Micropub, and writing decoupled Django apps.
Last night I tried to install a newer version of python on my VPS, and make install kept hammering my RAM and hanging. This is on Dreamhost’s cheapest, 1GB ram VPS plan.
I finally got it to work by stopping the gunicorn service running my site for the duration of the install.
I wish I knew enough to know a better way to safeguard against this in the future.
I hadn’t publicly addressed the endings of these businesses, so I figured it was time to do so.
Jeffrey’s reflections on A List Apart, A Book Apart, and An Event Apart are touching. All three of those endeavors influenced my career, and I’m beyond grateful. It’s sad that it came at a personal cost to him and his partners.