adamghill

I write (Python|Django|JavaScript|HTML|CSS) and sometimes it's useful.

- 1/2 of https://beesocial.dev & https://djangostickers.com & https://djangobrew.com 🧠
- For perfectionists with deadlines: https://alldjango.com 📖
- Reactive component framework for Django: https://www.django-unicorn.com 🦄
- So much code: https://github.com/adamghill 🛠️
- All the links: https://adamghill.com 💥

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adamghill.com 🏠: https://adamghill.com
Unicorn 🦄: https://django-unicorn.com
Sponsor 💙: http://github.com/sponsors/adamghill
Code ⚙️: https://github.com/adamghill

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2025-10-26 13:55:29 UTC

I wanted to add a progress SVG to my new project's #Django template via https://github.com/adamghill/dj-spinners.
1. `uv add dj-angles dj-spinners`
2. Add mapper to `dj-angles` settings in my project (https://dj-angles.adamghill.com/en/latest/mappers.html#string-value)
3. Add `"dj_spinners.templatetags.dj_spinners”,` to `TEMPLATES[0].OPTIONS.builtins`
4. Instead of `{% spinner "3-dots-bounce" %} ` use `<dj-spinner name="3-dots-bounce" />`
Voilà!
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2025-09-20 20:25:42 UTC

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I may or may not have cloned https://github.com/django/djangoproject.com yesterday 😭

2025-07-27 22:25:58 UTC

Made a little library to ensure that #SQLite is setup for production use in #Django.
📦 https://pypi.org/project/dj-lite/
🛠️ https://github.com/adamghill/dj-lite
Based mostly on https://blog.pecar.me/sqlite-django-config from @npub15wd…rte4.

2025-06-21 21:05:41 UTC

@npub1tga…xqfr and I have been working on a fun side project and we are finally ready to launch a very early MVP.
✨ https://beesocial.dev ✨
Current features:
- sign up
- create a profile with a description, social media, and skills
- add links or collections of links
We have some (read: lots! bordering on too many) ideas for other features, but would love to hear any early feedback.
Want to see an example of what a profile looks like? Check out https://beesocial.dev/@adamghill. 🐝
#WIP #WorkInPublic
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2025-02-08 22:17:44 UTC

Released 0.13.1 of dj-angles, a way to make #Django templates look more like normal HTML. 🎉
Changes:
- Handle newlines in elements (very helpful for those automatic HTML formatters!)
📚 https://dj-angles.adamghill.com/
🛠️ https://github.com/adamghill/dj-angles
📦 https://pypi.org/project/dj-angles/
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2024-08-28 13:06:27 UTC

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As he mentions on his podcast, 1 MILLION dollars sounds like a lot (and it is!), but it's taken 5 years to get there. If he didn't quit his job at the beginning and was a senior developer making $200k (which is doable depending on where you work) at a "regular job" he'd end up at the same financial outcome.

2024-08-25 13:49:23 UTC

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Oh, I didn't see this part. I just noped out of the logging in to GitHub for Copilot for now. I'll tinker with the AI integrations at some point later.

2024-08-25 13:34:02 UTC

Downloaded https://zed.dev to check it out.
The peak AI-ness marketing spiel on the homepage is like _whatever_, but it _is_ giving Sublime Text a run for its money for the “I need to open up a file real quick and make a few edits" use case. I also enabled vim mode for extra cool points (although that might get disabled real quick).
- `pyright` for #Python static analysis, same as VSCode Pylance
- Configure venv: https://zed.dev/docs/languages/python?highlight=python#virtual-environments
- Ruff integration: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/editors/setup/#__tabbed_3_1

2024-08-04 15:00:17 UTC

What's the most popular non-Python static site generator?
By which I explicitly mean “what do you think is used the most/has the most installs?”, not what you personally think is the best.
Poll options are based on the number of GitHub stars, but feel free to reply if I'm missing one (Hexo? NextJS?) or if there is a better approach than GitHub stars.
#StaticSite #HTML #CSS #SSG