5 Ways to Manage Environment Variables with direnv
If you find yourself frequently managing environment variables, especially project-specific variables, direnv can be a huge time saver. While the installation process is well documented, this article goes over some potential use cases.
Rob McBroom |
May 17, 2022
Beyond Motorcycles: How Sidecars Boost Dev Speed
The complexity of modern software systems has been written about and discussed with vigor. The complexity of a multi-container microservice architecture often overshadows the resources required to develop one. However, the development sidecar can be an effective solution.
Roché Compaan |
May 10, 2022
1Password Improvements Help Manage Secrets and Environments
A look at how some improvements brought to the most recent versions of 1Password can help you more easily manage your secrets and environments.
Rob McBroom |
May 4, 2022
What it Costs to Run an AWS Lambda Function all the time
A quick comparison of AWS Lambda and Fargate to see which option is the more affordable for running regularly occurring, long-running processes.
Caleb Gosnell |
April 27, 2022
To pyenv or Not To pyenv, That is The Question
Learn the benefits and steps for installing pyenv without letting it take over your shell's environment.
Rob McBroom |
April 11, 2022
Never Add AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID to GitHub Actions Secrets Again
With OpenID Connect (OIDC) Identity Provider for GitHub Actions, GitHub Actions simply and conveniently interacts with AWS. In this post, you’ll see an example Terraform configuration for setting up the authentication and an Actions workflow that uses it.
Caleb Gosnell |
March 30, 2022
Safety and pip-audit: Comparing Python Security Tools
Learn about Safety and other tools you can use to secure your Python software supply chain.
Kalim Gazi |
February 25, 2022
How to Set Up Python on Your New Mac
Learn the steps needed to install Python and start working with virtualenv projects on your new Mac.
Chrissy Wainwright |
February 1, 2022
Secrets of Building Python Container Images for AWS Lambda
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda is a handy and scalable tool used to run code on demand. Today, developers can use container images for Lambda code — a helpful way to run much more complex code in a familiar package. However, there are some non-obvious differences from normal containers which can make building Python app images for AWS Lambda somewhat frustrating.
Peter Hull |
August 12, 2021
The Zen of Python: Bootstrapping Your Local Python Environment
Established, senior developers might be able to install Python easily, but are they following the Zen of Python when it comes to best practices for environment settings and versioning? In his talk, “Bootstrapping your Local Python Environment,” Calvin discusses how to optimize system setups.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
July 22, 2021
Improve and Automate Plone Caching with collective.cloudfront
collective.cloudfront is a Plone add-on designed to watch for Purge notifications from plone.app.caching and send the corresponding invalidation requests to an instance of Amazon’s CloudFront.
Rob McBroom |
June 24, 2021
An Official Cloud Migration Cookbook
Whether you are responsible for a single application, a large environment or somewhere in between, it’s likely you’ve wanted to know how to maximize your cloud service providers’ capabilities. Explore templates, critical considerations and techniques to successfully tackle a cloud migration.
Caleb Gosnell |
May 21, 2021
Using Plone’s .zexp Export/Import for Debugging
It’s best practice to debug or develop against the same content that is in production, but what should you do if there’s a limited amount of space to work with and the full production data can’t be pulled down? You can use Zope’s export/import.
Chrissy Wainwright |
May 13, 2021
Serverless Django: Exploring the State of the Art on AWS
As deployment options for web apps have multiplied in the past few years, AWS Lambda continues to stand out as a powerful, simple way to run a web app with minimal maintenance and cost — if there is low traffic.
Shane Hathaway |
April 12, 2021
Hacking Django Channels for Fun (and Profit)
LoudSwarm by Six Feet Up, a Django-based virtual event platform, has always supported Slack for instant, in-app text communication. In addition to Slack, clients were requesting Discord integration, so Six Feet Up’s expert team of developers found a solution.
Peter Hull |
March 18, 2021
Terraforming Parts Unknown: Strategies for Expanding Your Terraform Repertoire
Anyone using Terraform to increase repeatability/reliability of an infrastructure has experienced the need — and urgency — to deploy resources that are entirely new.
Caleb Gosnell |
March 12, 2021
How to Leapfrog a Massive Django/Python Upgrade Successfully
Migrating from Django 1.7 to 3.1 is no small task. Besides having to deal with the upgrade of Django itself, you shouldn't forget that an upgrade like this implies an upgrade from Python 2 to 3 as well.
Roché Compaan |
February 17, 2021
Local Development with Wildcard DNS on Linux
dnsmasq is an amazing tool that solves one big headache for developers: developing locally with wildcard DNS...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 26, 2020
12 Months of Web Optimization
Don't wait until it's too late to make important maintenance updates. We've compiled our top tips for 12 months of peace of mind...
MaryBeth Okerson |
August 11, 2020
Managing Secrets and Environments with 1Password
During episode 183 of Python Bytes, I mentioned that I keep all unencrypted secrets off of my filesystem and use tools like 1Password's CLI tool, op, to put them into my environment when needed. Here are some examples of how that works.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
June 4, 2020
8 Tips for a Highly Engaging Virtual Event
In the age of virtual events, it's important to make your event as engaging and inclusive as you can. So how do you do it right?
MaryBeth Okerson |
May 15, 2020
Securely Controlling Access through Plone’s Users and Groups
Plone’s Users and Groups admin panel gives you an easy interface to manage your site users, control access to content across the entire site or down to a single page, and customize the user experience...
Annette B. Lewis |
May 4, 2020
10 Accessibility Mistakes You're Making and How to Fix Them
Web accessibility is the foundation of an inclusive, user-friendly website but many companies are unaware of mistakes that limit user access. Let's take a look at the 10 most common accessibility mistakes...
Rob Porter |
April 24, 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 serverless.
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...
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?
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...
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...
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...
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...
Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker |
May 17, 2019