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How to integrate a django-select2 component in Django Admin
In a project we had a select box that will probably contain more than a hundred of results, and it will be very difficult for users to select the right one without typing. So we decided to implement a django-select2 widget instead.
"You should have been blind by now" - An interview with a developer who is losing his sight
Have you ever thought of doing your daily job without sight? I must admit, I would not have any clue of where to start, but a very close friend of mine is going exactly through this and I think it’s worth to share his story.
A gently intro to MVC Frameworks
In the last few years I’ve worked or played with a bunch of MVC frameworks: Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Django, and AdonisJS.
[BOOK] What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
This book is just fun.
How to read and write from STDIN and STDOUT in GO
At my current job we have some projects that were realized using the Go programming language. The cool thing is, programmers that have used it are in love with it, and these applications never crash, not even under heavy load. This is great, for example, for applications that have to process a stream of data as fast as possible.
What is a WAV file?
Short post: last week I came across a wonderful video about how WAV files are made, and how to create one from scratch, directly from NodeJS. The author, Low Level Javascript, is really investing time creating quality content that is direct, clear, and coincise. Consider donating some money to his patreon if you find his videos useful.
My first Visual Studio Code Extension, create-link-to-git-server
You know when you’re chatting with a colleague and you want to point out a specific line in the git repository? For example, a specific line of a specific branch of a specific fork? It’s a time-wasting process to open the browser, open the git hosting website, navigate to the file, and create the link; so I decided to create an extension for Visual Studio Code.
Sarò controcorrente, ma a me piaceva andare in ufficio
Non fraintendetemi, non mi piaceva mica il traffico o il tempo perso per raggiungere l’ufficio, o il capo spocchioso. A me piaceva proprio conversare con i miei colleghi.
Serve HTTPS requests with Express and NodeJS
One of the things I do, on my job, is to maintain a javascript library to display ads. Customers will inject this script on their page and voilà they start displaying ads.
How Coronavirus affected my life
I bet none of you predicted to live the months we have just lived. I expected to see an earthquake, an eruption by the Vesuvius, a nuclear war, but for sure not a pandemy.