Mastodawn

it's fascinating how good AI is at solving problems in domains i don't understand. it's almost as if it was somehow linked to my inability to verify the output.

Craig Anderson 2d ago

I love stumbling across Y2K-ass websites like http://poets.solesides.com. Makes me nostalgic for table-based layouts, glad I don’t work with table-based layouts, and grateful for how far we’ve come.

POETS OF RHYTHM

Craig Anderson 2d ago

Scottish Greens 2d ago

Families are struggling, workers are exploited, and our climate is in crisis.

All this pomp and grandeur for an unelected billionaire won't help the people of Scotland.

It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

Craig Anderson 4d ago

Hey, #Django devs who deploy (or used to deploy) stuff to #Heroku — are you looking at moving to some other #PaaS? If so, where to? Is there a standard, boring, dependable option that folks are gravitating toward?

Craig Anderson May 3

My first impressions of #Render as a longtime #Heroku fanboy. https://craiga.id.au/2026/05/01/render-first-impressions

First impressions of Render

I’ve deployed quite a few apps to Heroku over the years and have loved it.

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Craig Anderson Apr 28

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Paul Cantrell Apr 28

Second, just because it •seems• like everyone’s talking about AI all the time, that doesn’t actually mean that AI has taken over your industry / public consciousness / the world. If you feel “blah” about it, you’re not alone.

Don’t let the loudest voices distort your perception of the world.

If nobody’s talking about what you wish everyone were talking about, don’t assume nobody wants to hear it. Be brave. Speak up.

If you think you’re the only one…you’re almost never the only one.

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Craig Anderson Apr 2

Updating #Django migrations in place https://craiga.id.au/2026/04/02/django-makemigrations-update

Updating Django migrations in place

Today I learned about the --update option in Django’s makemigrations command.

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Craig Anderson Mar 23

#PyCascades 2026 https://craiga.id.au/2026/03/23/pycascades-2026

PyCascades 2026

A couple of weeks ago, I promised to write a new blog post every week, and I’ve already missed the second week 😢

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Craig Anderson Mar 21

Microsoft’s social event for the Python conference ended up being takeaway and a bucket of room-temperature soft drinks. Feels weird from a company harvesting our intellectual property.

Craig Anderson Mar 14

Admitting my hubris (and unconstrained #TextFields and #CharFields in #Django) https://craiga.id.au/2026/03/13/textfields-vs-charfields

Admitting my hubris (and unconstrained TextFields and CharFields)

This post went in a different direction than I thought it would. I was going to write that given a CharField is always limited by its maximum length, so why not always use the TextField, which has unlimited length?

Craig Anderson

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