Richard Terry

Python and Django developer, kitten wrangler.

Website: https://radiac.net
GitHub: https://github.com/radiac
Projects: https://radiac.net/projects

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2025-07-02 16:50:34 UTC

I've released django-nanopages (https://github.com/radiac/django-nanopages), which takes markdown or html in a dir and renders it under a path, using any frontmatter as template context.
Works in a full #django project, but also integrates with nanodjango by adding a new app.pages() method. And with nanodjango's django-distill support it works as a static site builder - use django's db and admin to generate static pages (eg blog), or have an easier transition to a live site.
Example here https://github.com/radiac/django-nanopages/tree/main/example

2024-10-31 13:55:53 UTC

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The "new ideas of its own" was too strong, and I came across as far more negative about uv than I actually am. It is a great tool, and overall it's a big positive for the python world.
I was just thinking of poor pipx who has been doing what uvx does for over 6 years, and were first to implement PEP 723 by quite some time. Whenever I hear someone say "Oh look at what uv can do!" I want to shout "pipx did it first!" - but I don't... mostly because I've switched to uv.

2024-10-31 07:50:30 UTC

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Definitely. If it does go wrong I'm sure python will find a way forward, but I doubt going back will be an option - I suspect the old tools are going to find it hard to get contributors. Embrace, extend, extinguish.
I'm also sad for those maintainers - uv doesn't really have new ideas of its own. Whenever I see someone excitedly talk about uv run, I want to shout "pipx has done that for ages!" But I don't, because uv is faster and easier, which is why I swapped.

2024-10-31 06:58:28 UTC

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that's the good and bad thing about uv - we've been able to do all of this before with venv, pip, pip-tools, pipx, pyenv and poetry, but uv makes it all so fast and convenient.
Great news for us, but terrible news for those projects, and despite assurances I can't help but feel uneasy that I've suddenly become so reliant on a tool that's built with VC cash.