Use any model at run-time with a DetailView in Django.
How do you use any model instance with a DetailView? By overriding a couple of methods and leaving the model property unspecified.
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A simple way to start a chat with a non-phonebook WhatsApp contact.
Sometimes I don’t want to add someone to my phonebook to start a WhatsApp chat with them. Here’s what I use.
Three months later: a follow-up on ditching my static site and IndieWeb.
I left the JAMStack and IndieWeb in February 2021. What am I feeling three months later?
Add a read-only field to Django admin’s change form template.
Exploring a small edge-case with how Django processes the readonly_fields property on a ModelAdmin class.
“Firefox 87 trims HTTP Referrers by default to protect user privacy”
My thoughts on Firefox’ referrer policy change as an “innocent” blogger.
Deleting my DEV and Pixelfed accounts.
Why I have left DEV and deactivated my Pixelfed account.
Markdown appreciation post, because it ages like wine.
I’ve used a ton of blogging software over the years. The one thing that’s given me very little pain: file-based storage, or more specifically, Markdown files.
Cutting down: say hello to ES modules on this site!
I’m pretty happy with all the background work that’s been happening in getting this site to depend on fewer and fewer moving parts and external dependencies. I detail some more of the recent work done.
More thoughts on and progress with Gitea.
My progress on… making sense of Gitea, and continuing to move out of the GitHub ecosystem.