It’s always wise to keep a non-git-log changelog in your code repository. A changelog provides a way to explain what changes were made in a more verbose and reader-friendly way than a terse commit log. Even more valuable is providing this information to your team. While anyone can certainly look at your repository and view… Read more »
Posts Tagged: web development
Painless Jekyll on OS X
Jekyll is a static site generator written in Ruby and designed to be a simple way to create a blog-like website. It’s what GitHub uses for Pages, which means you can also host your Jekyll-powered blog there for free. Static HTML pages load fast, there’s no database or programming involved (unless you add your own Javascript or… Read more »
A Faster Turret.IO with Docker
Connecting your web application’s server-side logic with a 3rd party service usually introduces some type of a performance penalty. Preventing such issues requires the creation of task queues, worker processes, or other methods that allow slower processes to do their work while maintaining a responsive interface for the user. Turret.IO supports an API for sending user… Read more »
Cut your Python development time in half
It’s no secret that we’re Python advocates and believe its cutthroat indentation rules are part of what makes it a great language. We use it to serve our web interface and API and the majority if our maintenance scripts are Python as well. Beginners will find it simple to read and understand. Most commands work… Read more »
Announcing: Golapa v1.1
It’s been almost 4 months since our initial release of Golapa and we’ve been using it extensively for managing our Turret.IO signups. Today I’m proud to announce that it now supports Turret.IO as a method for capturing signup data, which also coincides with our release of the Turret.IO Go client library. Golapa continues to provide a… Read more »