Craig Anderson

@craiga
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Freelance digital product developer specialising in Python and Django. Beer and coffee nerd.
My sitehttps://craiga.id.au
Pronounshe/him
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
FromKulin nation, Australia
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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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.
Admitting my hubris (and unconstrained TextFields and CharFields) 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?

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NSWF (Not Safe For Weak rappers), by Sa-Roc

from the album MetaMorpheus EP

Sa-Roc
Mitchell & Webb (2025) SWEARY AUSSIE DRAMA Part 1

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“Yr da paints roundabouts + yr ma shouts at hotels” https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/vSJ5iOCAMe
Just ordered a WWWAD (what would Weird Al do?) bracelet. Genuinely considering upgrading to a tattoo.
Day 3 @ Edinburgh fringe. https://youtu.be/JzQiX_hD4FI
Edinburgh is England

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Finally picked up the latest #Adwaith album. There are some sick grooves here. #music https://adwaithmusic.bandcamp.com/track/gofyn
Gofyn, by Adwaith

from the album Solas

Adwaith
Seeing a monk in an airport using a mobile phone is a good reminder that I live in the distant future.