Web Assembly Components: The Universal Module?
Wasm Component Model maturity.
Writing
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Django: 20 Years of Perfection?
Django approaches its 20th anniversary (2005-2025/26).
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Predictions for 2026: Reasoning at the Edge
New year predictions.
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2025 Retrospective: The Year of Agents
Summary of the agentic shift.
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Django 6.0: The Next Generation
Anticipating the major version.
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AGI: Are we there yet? (2025 Edition)
Annual check-in on the singularity.
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The Future of Search: SearchGPT vs Google
The changing SEO landscape.
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Rust in the Linux Kernel: 3 Years Later
Status of Rust adoption in OS dev.
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Security in the Age of AI Phishing
AI voice cloning/social engineering defense.
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Python 3.14: Pi Release Features
What's coming in the "Pi" version.
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Robots: Figure 02 and Tesla Optimus Progress
Embodied AI checking in.
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Apple & Local AI: CoreML 2025 updates
Mobile AI capabilities.
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Django 5.x: Async Admin Interface?
Speculation/Roadmap.
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Cloud Exit: 37Signals and the "Unclouding" Trend
Companies moving back to bare metal?
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Copilot Workspace: From Autocomplete to Task Completion
Agents doing full PRs.
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Htmx + Alpine.js: The "Perfect" Stack?
Revisiting the lightweight stack.
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Synthetic Data: Training Models when Web Data Runs Out
The breakdown of the data wall.
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Python Dependency Management: Is `uv` the winner?
Astral's `uv` replacing pip/poetry?
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Gemini 2.0 Flash: Latency drops to zero
Real-time interactions becoming seamless.
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K8s Gateway API: Ingress evolved
The new standard for K8s networking.
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Django 5.2 Released: What's New?
Release coverage.
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Quantum Computing: Google's "Willow" Chip
New milestones in error correction.
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MCP (Model Context Protocol): Standardizing AI Context
Anthropic's open standard for AI tools.
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Agentic Workflows: Replacing SaaS with AI Scripts?
The trend of "software is eating the world, AI eats software".
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The EU AI Act: Compliance for Developers
Regulatory constraints hitting production.
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Django 5.2 LTS: Preparing for the Long Haul
Roadmap for the next LTS in April.
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DeepSeek R1: Open Reasoning Models
Open source catching up to logic models.
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2024: The Year AI Became an OS Feature
Apple Intelligence / Copilot PC.
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The State of Django 2024
Community survey analysis.
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Deno 2.0: Compatible with Node (Finally)
Deno becomes viable for legacy code.
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OpenAI o1: The Age of Reasoning Models
"Thinking" time for better logic.
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OpenTelemetry: The Standard for Observability
OTel becoming ubiquitous.
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Flux Models: Open Sourcing High Quality Image Gen
Black Forest Labs disrupts image gen.
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Go for DevOps: Writing Terraform Providers
Extending infrastructure as code.
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Cursor Editor: AI Integrated IDEs
The editor that knows your codebase.
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Django 5.1: PostgreSQL Connection Pools
Native pooling reducing need for Pgbouncer.
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DeepSeek V2: The Rise of Efficient MoE Models
Chinese labs showing massive efficiency.
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The CrowdStrike Outage: A Lesson in Deployment Rings
The importance of staged rollouts.
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GPT-4o: Omni-modal capabilities
Real-time voice/vision integration.
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GreenOps: Measuring Carbon Footprint of Compute
Sustainability in tech.
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Django and HTMX: Handling Form Validation Errors cleanly
UX patterns.
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HTMX 2.0: What's coming?
The library continues to mature.
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building AI Agents with LangGraph
Moving from chains to graphs/loops.
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Llama 3: The New Open Source King
Meta continues dominance in open weights.
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Platform Engineering vs DevOps: Defining the Line
Maturity of the platform concept.
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Ultraviolet/Ruff: The New Python Tooling Speed
Rust-based python tooling taking over.
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Grok and Claude 3: The Model Wars Heat Up
Claude 3 Opus briefly taking the crown.
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Django 5.0 Database Computed Columns
Leveraging DB features directly.
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Nushell: A Modern Shell for DevOps
Rethinking the command line.
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Sora: Video Generation Shockwaves
OpenAI demonstrates video physics understanding.
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Running LLMs Locally with Ollama
Privacy-focused, free local AI.
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Gemini: Google Strikes Back
Google releases Gemini Pro/Ultra.
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Django 5.0 Released: Simplifying Form Rendering
Field group templates and defaults.
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Database Generated Defaults in Django 5.0
Previewing the Dec release.
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OpenAI DevDay: GPTS and Assistants API
Custom GPTs and JSON mode.
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Mistral 7B: Punching Above its Weight
The efficiency of smaller models.
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Managing Secrets in k8s with External Secrets Operator
Production grade secret management.
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Writing Python Extensions in Rust with PyO3
Speeding up Python bottlenecks.
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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Explained
The standard pattern for enterprise AI.
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Python 3.12: F-String Improvements and GIL Steps
Per-interpreter GIL discussions.
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Llama 2: Open Source Commercial AI
Meta releases Llama 2 for commercial use.
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Platform Engineering: Topologies and Team Structure
Organizational design for DevOps.
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Code Interpreter (Advanced Data Analysis) in ChatGPT
AI writing and running its own code.
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Using HTMX with Django 4.2
Refreshing the HTMX pattern.
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WASM (WebAssembly) in the Cloud
Docker alternative for lightweight sandboxing?
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Mojo Language: Python's Syntax, C's Speed?
Modular's growing hype (or not).
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LangChain: Glue Code for the AI Era
The framework for chaining LLM calls.
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AutoGPT and BabyAGI: The Birth of Agents
Early autonomous agent experiments.
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Django 4.2 LTS: Psycopg3 and Comments
Major LTS release.
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GPT-4: Multimodal Reasoning Arrives
The new state of the art.
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Introduction to Vector Databases (Pinecone/Milvus)
RAG stacks emerging.
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LLaMA: Meta Leaks the Keys to the Castle
Local LLM revolution begins.
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Container Security: Scanning Images in CI/CD
Trivy, Grype adoption.
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Building APIs with Django Ninja
Fast, type-safe alternative to DRF.
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Prompt Engineering: A New Developer Skill?
Learning how to talk to models.
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2022 Retrospective: The Year of Generative AI
A look back at the explosion of models.
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Building a Chatbot with Django and GPT-3 (Pre-ChatGPT API)
Early experiments with text-davinci-003.
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ChatGPT Released: The World Changes
The inflection point for AI utility.
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Optimizing postgres.conf for Django Performance
DB tuning basics.
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Generative AI Lawyers: Copyright Implications
Legal battles over training data begin.
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TypeScript: Why Python Devs Should Care
TS becoming the industry standard for JS.
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HTMX + Django: Full Stack Python in 2022
"No-JS" frontend stacks gaining ground.
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Whisper: Open AI's Speech Recognition
SOTA speech-to-text open sourced.
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Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) explained
Treating the platform as a product.
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Django 4.1: Async ORM and Form Rendering
Closing the async gap in Django.
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Midjourney V3: AI Art goes Mainstream
Artistic quality jumps significantly.
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Rust vs Go: Which one for CLI tools?
Comparing the two modern giants.
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Customizing User Models in Django: Do it Early
Best practice advice.
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DeepLearning's "Hardware Lottery"
The dependency on GPU availability.
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GitOps 2.0: Progressive Delivery with Flagger
Canary deployments made easier.
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Python 3.11: Significant Speed Improvements
Faster CPython project results.
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Stable Diffusion: Open Sourcing Creativity
High quality image gen runs locally.
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Hierarchical Navigations in Django (Treebeard)
Handling tree structures in SQL.
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Building High-Performance APIs with Go
Concurrency made simple with goroutines.
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Why Rust is the Future of Systems Programming
Memory safety without garbage collection.
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Class-Based Views vs Function-Based Views in 2022
The eternal debate revisited.
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AlphaCode: AI Solving Competitive Programming
DeepMind's coding agent attempts.
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Connecting Django to n8n Webhooks
Integrating backend apps with no-code flows.
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Web 3.0: Exploring Smart Contracts with Solidity
Intellectual curiosity about the trend.
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Web3 & NFTs: A Developer's Skeptical Look
The peak of the crypto cycle.
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Django 4.0: Redis Backend & ZoneInfo
Removing time-zone dependency on pytz.
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Log4Shell: The Vulnerability That Stole Christmas
Java logging vulnerability chaos.
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Designing REST APIs with Django REST Framework
Core skill refresh.
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CLIP: Connecting Text and Images
The engine behind modern image generation.
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The Metaverse Hype: Real or Vaporware?
Facebook rebrands to Meta.
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Podman vs Docker: A Daemonless Alternative
Container runtimes evolving.
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Django Best Practices: Fat Models vs Service Layers
Architectural patterns for business logic.
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Foundation Models: A Paradigm Shift
Stanford term for massive pre-trained models.
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The Ultimate Developer Productivity Stack
Tools that actually save time.
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Django Channels: Real-time WebSockets
Beyond HTTP.
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Python 3.10: Pattern Matching (Match/Case)
Structural pattern matching arrives.
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FinOps: Managing Cloud Costs
Cloud bills getting too high.
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GitHub Copilot: AI as your Pair Programmer
The start of AI-assisted coding.
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Building Multi-Tenant Apps with Django
SaaS architecture patterns.
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Introduction to Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)
Modeling relationships in data.
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eBPF: The Future of Linux Networking & Observability
High performance kernel tracing.
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Django 3.2 LTS: Why You Should Upgrade
Stable base for the next 3 years.
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Self-Supervised Learning: The Future of AI?
Learning without labels (Yann LeCun's push).
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Managing Python Dependencies with Poetry
Moving away from `requirements.txt`.
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The Modern Data Stack: dbt, Snowflake, Airflow
Data engineering evolution.
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Django Testing: Pytest vs Unittest
The testing framework debate.
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DALL-E: Generating Images from Text
OpenAI's first avocado chair moment.
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Supply Chain Attacks: Lessons from SolarWinds
Security front and center.
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2020: The Year Digital Transformation Accelerated
Pandemic impact retrospective.
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Linux Kernel Tuning for High Performance
Deep dive into sysctl and ulimits.
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Essential Django Packages for 2020
DRF, Cookiecutter, Debug Toolbar etc.
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AlphaFold 2: Solving the Protein Folding Problem
AI's biggest scientific breakthrough.
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Kubernetes Helm Charts: Packaging Applications
Standardizing K8s deployments.
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HTMX with Django: SPA Feel without JS Fatigue
The beginning of the HTML-over-the-wire resurgence.
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Python 3.9: New Union Operators
Dictionary merge `
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Introduction to MLOps: DevOps for AI
Managing the ML lifecycle.
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The Rise of the "Platform Engineer"
SRE evolution into Platform Engineering.
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Django 3.1: Async Views and JSONField for All
Async views officially landed.
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Computer Vision in 2020: EfficientNet and YOLOV4
SOTA models for vision.
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Building CI/CD Pipelines with n8n
Unconventional uses of workflow tools.
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Fast API vs Django vs Flask
FastAPI entering the chat for pure APIs.
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Ethics in AI: Facial Recognition Bans
IBM/Amazon pausing facial recognition sales.
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GitHub Actions: Replaces Travis CI?
MS pushing Actions hard.
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JSONFields in Django 3.0: NoSQL in Postgres
Database flexibility within SQL.
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Docker Compose for Local Development of Microservices
Simplifying local stacks.
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GPT-3: 175 Billion Parameters of Potential
The massive leap in LLM capabilities.
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VPNs vs Zero Trust Networks for Remote Access
Accessing infra from home securely.
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Scaling Django with Redis and Caching
Performance tuning for high traffic.
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Tools for Remote Pair Programming
Pandemic onset; tools like VS Code Live Share.
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PyTorch vs TensorFlow: The 2020 Landscape
PyTorch gaining dominance in research.
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Observability vs Monitoring: What's the Difference?
The rise of "Observability" (Tracing/Logs/Metrics).
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Migrating Synchronous Views to Async in Django
Experimenting with Django 3.0 features.
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The Decade in Code: 2010-2019 Retrospective
Looking back at the cloud/mobile decade.
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Django 3.0 Released: ASGI Support Arrives
Milestone release supporting ASGI.
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Celery Best Practices for Django Background Tasks
Essential async task queue management.
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Hugging Face Transformers: The New Standard Lib
The library that democratized NLP.
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DevSecOps: Shift Left Security
Integrating security into the pipeline early.
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Preparing for Django 3.0: Async is Coming
Hype building for the next major version.
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Python 3.8: Walrus Operator `:=` Controversy
The feature that caused Guido to step down (sort to speak).
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Explaining AI Decisions: SHAP and LIME
Model interpretability importance growing.
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Kubernetes Operators: Automating Complex Apps
Extending K8s capabilities.
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Deploying Django to DigitalOcean App Platform
PaaS evolution.
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Asynchronous Python: `asyncio` Fundamentals
Preparing for Async Django.
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TensorFlow 2.0: Keras as the Standard
TF 2.0 beta/release making DL more accessible.
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Zero Trust Security: Beyond the Firewall
Security paradigm shift.
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Django Constraints & Database Level Validation
New features in 2.2 for data integrity.
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Transfer Learning in NLP: Using BERT for Classification
Practical application of 2018's breakthroughs.
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Type Hinting in Python: Mypy and Beyond
Python becoming more statically typed.
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Service Mesh 101: Do You Need Istio?
Complexity vs. Control in microservices.
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What's New in Django 2.2 LTS?
The important Long Term Support release.
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Pandas & Jupyter: The Data Science Workflow
The standard tooling for DS/ML exploration.
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Introduction to GitOps: ArgoCD and Flux
Managing infrastructure via Git commits.
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Microservices with Django: Patterns and Anti-patterns
Breaking the monolith debate.
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GPT-2: Too Dangerous to Release?
OpenAI's controversial staggered release strategy.
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Setting up a CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab CI
GitLab grabbing market share from Jenkins.
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Building GraphQL APIs with Graphene-Django
GraphQL challenging REST supremacy.
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2018 in Review: The Year Python Overtook Java?
TIOBE index shifts and Python's rise.
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The Ethics of AI: Bias in Machine Learning
Early serious discussions on algorithmic bias.
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Python 3.7 Dataclasses: A Game Changer
Adoption of the new `@dataclass` decorator.
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Mastering Vim for 10x Productivity
The eternal editor war.
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Customizing the Django Admin Interface
Practical guide for a common Django task.
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BERT: The New Era of NLP Pre-training
Google releases BERT; the ImageNet moment for NLP.
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Infrastructure as Code: Terraform vs. CloudFormation
The IaC debate heating up.
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Self-Hosting n8n on Docker
Owning your automation infrastructure.
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Deep Learning for Computer Vision: CNNs Explained
ResNets and YOLO object detection popularity.
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First Look at Django 2.1: Model View Permissions
Feature spotlight for the Aug 2018 release.
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Chaos Engineering: Breaking Things on Purpose
Netflix tooling principles entering wider enterprise.
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Optimizing Django ORM Queries with `select_related`
Evergreen performance advice.
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Attention Is All You Need: Breaking Down Transformers
The seminal paper that changed everything (gaining hindsight traction).
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Intro to Prometheus & Grafana for Monitoring
The modern monitoring stack replacing Nagios/Zabbix.
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The Rise of Static Site Generators (Gatsby & Jekyll)
JAMstack starting to gain serious traction.
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Securing Django: Best Practices for 2018
Focus on HTTPS, HSTS, and secure milestones.
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Natural Language Processing with RNNs and LSTMs
Pre-Transformer era; how we largely did NLP before BERT.
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Linux Terminal Productivity Hacks
Essential command line skills for devs.
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Using Django's New `path()` Converters
A key feature of Django 2.0 URL routing.
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Automating Daily Tasks with n8n
Low-code workflow automation gaining traction.
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The State of AI: AlphaZero and Reinforcement Learning
DeepMind's AlphaZero mastering games without human data.
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Understanding Python's New `pathlib` Module
Python 3.6/3.7 adoption growing; modernizing file handling.
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Introduction to Kubernetes: Orchestration for Everyone
K8s winning the container orchestration war against Swarm/Mesos.
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Migrating to Django 2.0: What You Need to Know
Django 2.0 released late 2017; dropping Python 2.7 support.