How to learn on your own
In short, this roadmap is really about how to learn specific technical topics that you're interested in. I'll highlight various strategies I've used, as well as resources that I've found useful.
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Awesome Python
A curated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.
Discovered pgcli.
Movies like Netflix's Stranger Things
Or that inspired it.
Ability to defer model field by default
Modify get_queryset to use .defer() by default.
Is PostgreSQL good enough?
tldr; you can do jobs, queues, real time change feeds, time series, object store, document store, full text search with PostgreSQL. How to, pros/cons, rough performance and complexity levels are all discussed. Many sources and relevant documentation is linked to.
I need to store avatars from Sublevel in PostgreSQL for consistency but keep serving them with nginx.
Google Analytics setup
Google Analytics is a powerful yet quite complicated tool. And unfortunately, the truth is most people who use it don't reap its full benefits.
An nginx.conf for 2017
With HTTP/2 in every browser, load balancing with automatic failover, IPV6, a sorry page, separate blog server, HTML5 SSE and A+ HTTPS.
A good way to separate https.conf from domain.conf files.
Simple Wi-Fi Yagi
The signal to my wireless adapter card dropped 6 dB when I removed the parasitics from the router dipole. The Yagi provides a fourfold increase in power, which will double the operating range. When signal strength is the limiting factor, it will quadruple throughput.