Trac-Slack Integration with Tracbot
We are always looking for ways to speed up our development process and streamline communication. The tools are not always readily in place to fit our workflow, so we often need to create our own...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
February 11, 2020
Dump Your Servers for AWS Fargate
Containers are speeding up the deployment process, but are your physical servers holding you back? It's time to become truly serverles..
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 5, 2020
Why WebPack is Eating Grunt’s Lunch
Consistency can make or break your company's workflow, and bundling assets can save valuable resources and time when working on the front-end...
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Anthony Bosio |
January 30, 2020
5 Tips to Get Started with Docker
Docker can help speed your application build process and create consistency across multiple devices. But how do you even get started?
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
January 17, 2020
10 Tips for Upgrading to Python 3
Upgrading legacy systems to Python 3 doesn't have to be a hassle. Here are 10 tips and tricks to help with your upgrade project...
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Kim Nguyen |
December 19, 2019
Why You Should Upgrade to Python 3
Python 2's End of Life is January 1, 2020. At Six Feet Up, we're prepared a critical list of reasons why you need to upgrade to Python 3...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
December 19, 2019
What is Faceted Search or Faceted Navigation?
Faceted search provides site visitors with a quick and intuitive way to narrow down their search results in real time...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
July 24, 2019
How to write an RFP for your Web Portal project
Whether your web portal project is about a corporate intranet, an online collaboration platform for researchers or a app designed to help members manage their data, you will most likely need to write an RFP to identify possible suitable vendors...
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Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker |
May 17, 2019
What to look for in your site’s search
Tips if you are looking for Google-like search features...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
March 12, 2019
Quick Intro to Cloud Custodian
The Open Source Cloud Custodian can keep your cloud clean and tidy, here's how to get started.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 4, 2019
POSKeyError Debugging and Fixing Cookbook
Hunting and killing bad objects in the ZODB for fun and profit.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
January 18, 2019
Top 10 News from Amazon re:Invent 2018
Amazon’s re:Invent conference was impressive this year again with a whole slew of future-oriented talks and over 40,000 expected attendees. Here’s a re:cap of the most notable re:Invent 2018 announcements...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 12, 2018
Alexa Enhancements, Autonomous Traffic at AI Summit
Amazon hosted an AI Summit as part of their re:Invent event. Geared towards a more general group of people interested in Artificial Intelligence, the Summit strove to explore forward thinking topics such as Alexa Enhancements and Mixed Autonomous Traffic...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 7, 2018
How to Create Custom Password Validators in Django
Django comes with basic password validators but you can also create your own if you have more specific needs. Here are some tips for doing that...
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Anthony Bosio |
April 30, 2018
Django Commands: makemigrations or migrate?
When running Django migrations, which command should you run: 'makemigrations' or 'migrate'? Here is a simple how-to manual...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
April 20, 2018
8 Reasons to Upgrade to Plone 5
From hardened security and improved performances to through-the-web customizations, here are 8 great reasons why you’ll want to upgrade to Plone 5
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Chrissy Wainwright |
March 22, 2018
Django Forms: Handling form data in the POST
Some forms will require custom changes to be made with the data sent to the form. Here are some tips for getting that data in the view...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
March 12, 2018
Making your Django templates AJAX-y
Load all or portions of a page with Javascript without having to do a traditional click-wait-entire page reload...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
February 27, 2018
Spectacular SaltConf 2017
Key take-aways from this year's conference on the Salt orchestration tool...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
November 14, 2017
How to Build AWS VPCs with SaltStack Formulas
Use SaltStack to automatically build cloud infrastructure on your behalf...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 19, 2017
Getting Started with AWS VPCs from the Console and CLI
How to customize the layout of your VPC to meet your applications needs from a security and availability standpoint...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 14, 2017
Boost your Markdown Presentations with Deckset
How to make great branded presentations with Deckset and Markdown...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
August 30, 2017
Transmogrify Your Content Migration
How to successfully and effectively export content out of your CMS using a powerful migration tool called Transmogrifier...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
August 28, 2017
Kick Start your Django/Plone Buildout with PyCharm
PyCharm has great features, such as a Debugger, code completion, syntax highlighting and code formatting for Buildout configuration files. Here are several tips to help you get going...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
August 5, 2017
Backing up Using ZFS Snapshots and Replication
How we have rolled up a fast, modern and efficient backup system that is easy-to-manage and low maintenance...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
May 8, 2017
Getting Started with Django
Where to go to start with Django; useful tips; pros and cons; online references, and more...
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Anthony Bosio |
March 30, 2017
5 Tips for a Successful Plone 5 Upgrade
Everything you need to know to avoid falling into Plone 5 migration traps...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
March 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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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 22, 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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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 1, 2017