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Add inline AI suggestions to your Django app ๐Ÿ—ฏ

Using fast LLM, HTMX, and Photon Designer to suggest actions to the user.
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Updated: Wed 08 May 2024

Stream your voice clone ๐ŸŽผ

We'll turn your voice into an infinitely-scalable instrument with Django
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

The simplest way to add lottie animations to your Django app ๐ŸŒ€

Show competence with smooth animations in your app.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Add Stripe subscriptions to Django in 7 minutes ๐Ÿ’ต

We'll add the ability for users to pay subscriptions in Django extremely quickly, including local webhook testing.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Build a Connect Four game with HTMX and Django in 8 minutes ๐ŸŸก๐Ÿ”ด

Use HTMX with Django for fast and neat web apps. Keep state changes server-side.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Stream AI chats using Django in 5 minutes (OpenAI and Anthropic) ๐Ÿ’ง

Simply use server-sent events with Django (no extra packages needed) to stream LLM completions. Avoid waiting for the full completion.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Use Postgres as a simple task queue for Django ๐Ÿ˜

Simply run background tasks using Postgres and python. This has some big advantages.
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Updated: Wed 08 May 2024

Add comment threads to Django in 9 mins ๐Ÿงต

A simple way to let people leave comments in your Django app
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

7 simple examples using Django GeneratedField โšก๏ธ

Do calculations with your database in a neat and extremely fast way
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Simply add (and export) data from your Django database with YAML (3 mins) ๐Ÿงฎ

Speed up your time to useful content. A simple guide to adding and exporting data using YAML and Django's management commands
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Create a quiz app with HTMX and Django in 8 mins โ˜‘๏ธ

Build multi-stage forms with HTMX and Django very quickly.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Simple Django mistake - Not debugging using network responses ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ

Avoid wasting a load of time when debugging Django apps, particularly with APIs (like AWS)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

The simplest way to add a Django worker (Using AWS Chalice) ๐Ÿท

Add an AWS lambda function, with async invocation for background tasks, to development and production (plus GitHub Actions deployment)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Django app killer - Query in for-loop ๐ŸŒช๏ธ

Avoid killing your Django app's performance by putting a database query in a for-loop
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

The simplest way to add Tailwind CSS to Django ๐Ÿ’จ

How to use Tailwind CSS with Django
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to add python serverless functions as Django background workers ๐Ÿ—ก

I spent 14 hours adding async serverless functions. Here's the guide I was missing using DigitalOcean functions
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Build a Django AI colorization app ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿฆพ

Use Django and webhooks to build an app that uses AI to color black and white photos.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

The simplest way to add magic link sign-in using Django โœ‰๏ธ

An easy guide to add email sign-in (and verification) to Django using Gmail and others
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

The simplest way to add Google sign-in to your Django app โœ๏ธ

Avoid adding big packages (like Django-allauth or Django-social-auth). It's easier without them.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Use English to query your Django data ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

Let non-technical users use English to get answers from your Django data (with OpenAI's Assistant API)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Deploy an instant messaging app with Django ๐Ÿš€

How to deploy an app with real-time events in the easiest way (Part 2 of building an instant messaging app with Django ๐ŸŒฎ)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

The simplest way to build an instant messaging app with Django ๐ŸŒฎ

How to create an app with real-time events in the easiest way (with server-sent database events and no Redis)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Add Notion as your Django database in 8 minutes ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

Adding Notion as your Django database is simple, free, and makes viewing and changing data very easy (you use Notion).
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Write good tests (with FactoryBoy and Faker) in 6 Minutes ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ

Start writing good Django unit tests (quickly and clearly)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

The simplest way to add server sent events to Django ๐Ÿบ

Add server sent events to your Django app with Daphne (and minimal code).
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Add infinite scroll with Django and HTMX in 60 seconds โ™พ๏ธ

Speed your initial load - get content only when the user wants it.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to upload images easily with Django (and save the links to your database) ๐ŸŒค๏ธ

Simply upload images to the cloud and store the links (using Django, Cloudinary, and Alpine.js)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Build a simple file uploader with Django (and Alpine.js) ๐Ÿ”๏ธ๐ŸŒ…

Frictionless uploading with a tiny Alpine.js component and S3.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Snapshot any site with Django in 3 minutes ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ

Build a Django app to snapshot any URL using simple headless browsing
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Create a open graph social image generator with Django ๐ŸŒ

Help people share your content - create Open Graph social images for any url automatically
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to add Google sheets as your Django database in 4 minutes ๐Ÿ“Š

An easy to add database (and free)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

3 steps to upload files properly with Django (and HTMX) ๐Ÿ“

Most tutorials give bad advice about uploading files. Here's how to avoid blocking your server.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to store your users' API keys securely in Django ๐Ÿ”‘

Encrypt your users' keys to increase security
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to add serverless functions with Django in 6 mins (with HTMX and AWS Lambda) ๐Ÿง 

Add serverless functions. Banish background worker mess.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Add instant database search with Django and HTMX ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ

Search server-side with speed.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to create ChatGPT with Django and HTMX in 4 minutes ๐Ÿฆพ

Add AI to your web apps, simply and quickly (including GPT4)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to create a Django form (using HTMX) in 90 seconds ๐ŸŽ

Minimise javascript. Maximise building speed with Django and HTMX.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to add a javascript library to your Django HTML template ๐Ÿ‘”

Add a JavaScript library to your Django HTML template. Create more valuable Django apps as a result.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

How to create a Django form in 2mins using Alpine.js ๐Ÿ”๏ธ

Create an async Django form simply and neatly with Alpine.js. Boost speed, enhance functionality.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Automatically register all Django models in Django admin

Register all of your Django models in the admin automatically. Avoid manually adding each new one.
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Django Viewset Permissions - A Guide to Setting Permissions Per ViewSet Method

We show how to set permissions using Django ViewSets (a very fast and elegant way to build a Django REST API)
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

Build web apps 5-10x faster by combining Webflow and Django

A basic script and guide for exporting Webflow to Django
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Updated: Fri 03 May 2024

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