@JackDLinke

Managing Director @watervize - ❤'s #Django, #Python, @htmx_org, GIS, Graphs - Husband, Public Speaker, ND, Veteran - 🌈 he/him @jack@social.jacklinke.com

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Joined June 2020
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I haven't been around "X" much lately, but finally wrote something, so I figured I'd share with any of y'all who haven't transitioned away from this modern hellscape of a site/app. jacklinke.com/alternatives-t…

Alternatives to BooleanField in Django

I hope to expand on some thoughts I have been mulling over regarding the (over)use of BooleanField in Django projects. I rarely use BooleanField in a…

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Added a new widget to django-pint-field today which shows a table of conversions to each unit in unit_choices right in the form in addition to the selected magnitude and unit. Take a look 😃 github.com/jacklinke/django-…
A Django form widget that displays the selected magnitude and unit, as well as a table of conversions to each other unit in the field's unit_choices.

ALT A Django form widget that displays the selected magnitude and unit, as well as a table of conversions to each other unit in the field's unit_choices.

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Ever tried to use htmx along with DataTables? There are two issues that trip new users up: 1. Getting dynamically-created content with "hx-" atributes to work. 2. Getting the table to update its contents when a form is submitted. Hopefully… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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Hubby is on a Harry Potter marathon, and it got me thinking about the witches of American Horror Story, so I made this Mashup meme 😆
A riff on that time Hermione gave Ron a hard time about pronouncing a spell.

ALT A riff on that time Hermione gave Ron a hard time about pronouncing a spell.

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I've been away a few weeks due to a huge amount of work I needed to get done, and of course the holidays 😄 Hope you all enjoyed some time with friends and family ❤️ One of the things I recently worked on is django-pint-field, a… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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✍️ New post with some patterns-to-avoid with Django settings This is an extract from my book Boost Your Django DX, which has a 50% discount for its Black Friday sale. adamj.eu/tech/2022/11/24/dja…

Django settings patterns to avoid - Adam Johnson

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Sometimes open source is frustrating 😔 But this article by 🐘[email protected] is a fantastic reminder of some of the reasons open source is also awesome as a learning resource and as a way to interact with the world. Go steal his code! And… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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The Pulse nightclub shooting was what finally pushed me to come out. The realization that so many #lgbt folks taken during that shooting and in a myriad of other terrible events around the world would never be able to live out their lives… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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I never did an actual #introduction Toot 😬 so here goes. I'm Jack! Pronouns are he/him Much of my spare time is spent building/administering Watervize (watervize.com), which uses #django #postgres and other tools. I am a PSF Contributing… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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I'm constantly learning about topics like GIS, graph theory, discrete mathematics, business processes, etc 🤓. Sometimes I speak in public on topics related to tech. I have #ADHD, so my life is a mess, but somehow I manage. I'm a USMC… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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Added a new TIL on extending django-grappelli's admin index to add a list of our tenants and links to their sites. It has already been super helpful in increasing our awareness/productivity in administering the site. The same technique can be used… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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This seems really weird... Just got followed by: 🐘[email protected] 🐘[email protected] I'm the only one that account is following. What is this? Some sort of bot?
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Here's the profile. Weird, right?
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Well, that came across weird. The account is: @ cute_cat@ onevery.ignorelist .com – at Virginia Beach, VA
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Have any of y'all ever deleted a Production server while removing/organizing old nodes and services? Yeah... me neither. Was just asking for a friend. 😅
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Also, because I'm a professional©️ these days, some advice to all you tech newbs: The 4 B's of survival in tech as told by Jack (who totally did NOT delete production 😤 )... - Backups - haveanotherBackup - makesuretheBackupsaresolid - maybekeepanotherBackupunderyourpillow 👍
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Tried the Mastodon Android app. Meh. 😐 Tried Tusky. Not bad! 👍 Tried the latest Mastodon version PWA. Yup. That's the one! 🤌
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Can't even view my own profile on bird site 🤡 – at Florida, USA
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Anyone know? 🤔 Is it possible to use mkdocstrings to pull in the docstrings of an external repo? For instance, if you use github pages and want to use an organization type site instead of a project site, it requires creating an additional repo… social.jacklinke.com/@jack/1…
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📈 Sponsor Django to keep it moving forwards! You can set sponsorship up in one minute on GitHub sponsors.
Mariusz Felisiak @[email protected]@MariuszFelisiak8 Nov 2022
2022 is nearing its end and Django 💚 is still far from reaching our fundraising goal 💸 Please visit djangoproject.com/fundraisin… and consider supporting the Django community 💗
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