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Automating Mundane Tasks with Boto3Automating Mundane Tasks with Boto3
February 22, 2017

Automating Mundane Tasks with Boto3

Boto3 is a complete open source library for talking to the AWS API. It can be used for automating mundane tasks like cleaning up unused AWS resources...

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High Availability and Horizontal Scaling with CeleryHigh Availability and Horizontal Scaling with Celery
February 1, 2017

High Availability and Horizontal Scaling with Celery

Long running tasks can be put on a Celery job queue to help decouple and run asynchronous work loads, and therefore strengthen the main program...

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Hidden Features via AWS CLIHidden Features via AWS CLI
January 24, 2017

Hidden Features via AWS CLI

The Amazon Web Service Command Line Interface expands the options for a user interacting with the AWS...

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Solr + Spark = AB Testing on SteroidsSolr + Spark = AB Testing on Steroids
December 12, 2016

Solr + Spark = AB Testing on Steroids

"Two halves make one whole" content indexing powerhouse...

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Interactive Web Apps with ReactInteractive Web Apps with React
November 22, 2016

Interactive Web Apps with React

A framework for interactive web applications, React was a popular topic at All Things Open this year...

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Integrating HubSpot with PloneIntegrating HubSpot with Plone
November 8, 2016

Integrating HubSpot with Plone

How we completed a HubSpot and Plone integration project using Zapier and Celery...

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Django CMS vs PloneDjango CMS vs Plone
October 31, 2016

Django CMS vs Plone

At Six Feet Up, we have extensive experience with both Plone and Django CMS. In this post, I am exploring when you might want to use Django CMS and when Plone might be a better fit...

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Write Better Programs with pytestWrite Better Programs with pytest
September 26, 2016

Write Better Programs with pytest

Getting a set of fast running tests can dramatically speed up the development process as well as ensure developers don't introduce regressions...

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High Availability (HA), Load Balancing & FailoverHigh Availability (HA), Load Balancing & Failover
September 16, 2016

High Availability (HA), Load Balancing & Failover

Keeping websites and web applications up and running can be critical. It is best to look at all options very closely before choosing one...

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