Lucy Linder articles - 46 total
Understanding Cloudflare Caching: What Gets Cached and How to Control It
I used to think that Cloudflare caching just worked out of the box - set your website behind...
How to connect to AWS OpenSearch or Elasticsearch clusters using python
Connecting to an OpenSearch (ES) service running in AWS using Python is painful. Most examples I find...
The Twelve-Factor App: A Blueprint for Scalable, Maintainable Software
I am working for a PaaS (Platform As a Service), meaning that we not only have our internal apps to...
Seriously, you need to learn git
WARNING: ranting incoming. I have seen countless articles about git (one of the hottest subjects out...
Idempotency in 256 characters or less
This is a submission for DEV Computer Science Challenge v24.06.12: One Byte Explainer. ...
From Jar to Brew: distribute your Java programs easily with Homebrew and GitHub Actions
In this article, we'll explore how to make a program packaged as a Jar (Java, Kotlin, Scala, ...)...
How to mock an API in 2 minutes
I don't need to enumerate all the situations in which you would need to mock an API or an HTTP...
Exploring The Magic of Python Through The Awesome Slumber Library
Slumber is one of those libraries you don't need, but can't live without once you learn about it...
Introducing Mantelo - The Best Keycloak Admin Client for Python
I'm thrilled to present my newest open-source project! Mantelo is a super small yet super powerful...
Ever wondered how cloud providers (PaaS) integrate with GitHub? I did.
With GitHub standing out as the leading platform for hosting public code, most cloud providers offer...
Diving Deeper into Python Exceptions
I have been coding in Python for a long time, yet I am puzzled by how little I knew about Exceptions....
Python, type hints, and future annotations
Not long ago, I came across a bug in one of my projects that highlighted very interesting changes in...
How to auto reload & debug Django and Celery workers running in Docker (VS Code)
I run Django projects in Docker containers and use Visual Studio Code as my IDE. In this article, I...
When plans go astray: my unsuccessful journey of migrating a large Django project to Mypy
TL;DR - Mypy is amazing, but your code needs to be ready for it. The untyped nature of Python allows...
AWS S3 multipart uploads from unauthenticated users? presigned URLs (😕) vs federation tokens (😃)
I had a very interesting use case lately: being able to upload a file to S3 without being signed in...
Let's RickRoll!
I while back, I was looking for a fun project to test open-source best practices (docker, GitHub...
A developer's guide to deploy applications on Kubernetes
If you haven't heard of Kubernetes by now, it means you are reading this from another planet. I...
Kotlin is `fun` - lambdas with receivers
As we already covered, Kotlin provides the ability to extend a class or an interface with new...
dev.to + TOC + emojis = how I lost a weekend
I had to recreate the way dev.to generates anchors in Kotlin Multi-Platform (MPL). It took way longer...
FastAPI + Celery = ♥
Interested in Python FastAPI? Wondering how to execute long-running tasks in the background in...
Kotlin is `fun` - extension functions
Kotlin provides the ability to extend a class or an interface with new functionality without having...
Kotlin is `fun` - Function types, lambdas, and higher-order functions
Kotlin treats functions as first-class citizens. First-class means functions can be stored in...
Kotlin is `fun` - Some cool stuff about Kotlin functions
About the Series Let's deep dive into Kotlin functions, from the simple theory to the more advanced...
Series vs. single: which type of technical article do you prefer?
Hey there fellow developers! Today, I would like to request your input on a topic that's been on my...
I challenged myself to read every day, and it changed my life 📚
In May 2020, I made a commitment to read for at least 10 minutes every day, and this challenge has...
Share your Jupyter Notebooks like a pro
Are you doing data analysis with Jupyter Notebook? Here is how to create beautiful notebooks with...
Thank you dev.to!
Hey dev.to community, I just wanted to say a big thank you to the dev.to team for the gift you sent...
Finally a clean and easy way to add Table of Contents to dev.to articles 🤩
Contrary to other platforms, dev.to doesn't have built-in support for Table of Contents (TOCs). Many...
This guy may just have revolutionized 2D pixel animation
I am not involved in animation and can hardly draw a cat. I am, however, fascinated with technologies...
Let's code a reusable workflow for building state-of-the-art, multi-platform Docker images with Github Actions ✨
I wrote a reusable GitHub Action workflow for one of my pet projects, rickroller. The workflow itself...