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here's a python rewrite of a small but powerful tool by juho snellman that has saved me many hours over the years.
ported to python to make it a bit easier to install in my typical workflow, and i also made some adjustments for ergonomics.
here's a package that lets you use postgresql's full text search as a search backend for haystack in your django project.
https://pypi.org/project/postgres-fts-backend/
why i might be interesting:
1. postgresql fts has gotten pretty good
2. any complicated enough search implementation will reinvent most of haystack
3. even if you ultimately want a dedicated search provider, it's nice to get started without and additional service to run.
i wrote an explanation about what salesforce really is: a cursed way to write web applications.
if you think scraping out the endpoints of an ArcGIS server is a publicly available database of land values, then yes.
https://github.com/fgregg/horizontal-equity/blob/main/Makefile#L12
driving around michigan, i'm often wondering what they grow around here, so i made a little app. works for all the lower 48 states.
https://observablehq.com/@fgregg/what-are-they-growing-around-here
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