Writing on AI and software

The simplest guide to vector embeddings in practice and how to use them, including video demos solving real problems at our startup by quantifying text meaning for classification and similarity tasks.

Getting great LLM output with an LLM-as-a-judge requires more effort, not more tools

Why superintelligent AI would protect humanity as a source of complexity and knowledge

I tested 5 AI-text detectors that claim to detect LLM-generated text. The outcome: they don't work well.

Using Next.js's boringly named but easy mechanism to make our homepage search as fast as possible.

Speeding up my taxes by converting .eml files to useful data with an LLM

We'll train a real GPT AI language model from scratch using Python on macOS, specifically designed to generate Shakespearean text, using the Tiny Shakespeare dataset.

Very simple. Django or Django Ninja to production using Render

Django Ninja for a fast, typed API backend + Next.js (with App Router) for frontend

Simple search with sample data and debouncing

We'll create an app from scratch with a React.js frontend (including persistent user authentication) and Django Ninja

The simplest hack to ship your products faster -> Don't be cheap

React, Django, and Django Ninja (including CORS setup and Typescript).

We'll create an app from scratch with a Vue.js frontend (including persistent user authentication) with Django in 10 minutes.

The simplest way to set up a React.js frontend and a Django REST API backend

We'll build a dashboard that updates every few seconds with HTMX

Use a fast LLM, HTMX, and Photon Designer to recommend actions to the user.

We'll turn your voice into an infinitely-scalable instrument with Django

Show competence with smooth animations in your app.

We'll add the ability for users to pay subscriptions in Django extremely quickly, including local webhook testing.

Use HTMX with Django for fast and neat web apps. Keep state changes server-side.

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

Simply run background tasks using Postgres and python. This has some big advantages.

A simple way to let people leave comments in your Django app

Do calculations with your database in a neat and extremely fast way

Speed up your time to useful content. A simple guide to adding and exporting data using YAML and Django's management commands

Build multi-stage forms with HTMX and Django very quickly.

Avoid wasting a load of time when debugging Django apps, particularly with APIs (like AWS)

Add an AWS lambda function, with async invocation for background tasks, to development and production (plus GitHub Actions deployment)

Avoid killing your Django app's performance by putting a database query in a for-loop

How to use Tailwind CSS with Django

I spent 14 hours adding async serverless functions. Here's the guide I was missing using DigitalOcean functions

Use Django and webhooks to build an app that uses AI to color black and white photos.

An easy guide to add email sign-in (and verification) to Django using Gmail and others

Avoid adding big packages (like Django-allauth or Django-social-auth). It's easier without them.

Let non-technical users use English to get answers from your Django data (with OpenAI's Assistant API)

How to deploy an app with real-time events in the easiest way (Part 2 of building an instant messaging app with Django 🌮)

How to create an app with real-time events in the easiest way (with server-sent database events and no Redis)

Adding Notion as your Django database is simple, free, and makes viewing and changing data very easy (you use Notion).

Start writing good Django unit tests (quickly and clearly)

Add server sent events to your Django app with Daphne (and minimal code).

Speed your initial load - get content only when the user wants it.

Simply upload images to the cloud and store the links (using Django, Cloudinary, and Alpine.js)

Frictionless uploading with a tiny Alpine.js component and S3.

Build a Django app to snapshot any URL using simple headless browsing

Help people share your content - create Open Graph social images for any url automatically

An easy to add database (and free)

Most tutorials give bad advice about uploading files. Here's how to avoid blocking your server.

Encrypt your users' keys to increase security

Add serverless functions. Banish background worker mess.

Search server-side with speed.

Add AI to your web apps, simply and quickly (including GPT4)

Minimise javascript. Maximise building speed with Django and HTMX.

Add a JavaScript library to your Django HTML template. Create more valuable Django apps as a result.

Create an async Django form simply and neatly with Alpine.js. Boost speed, enhance functionality.

Register all of your Django models in the admin automatically. Avoid manually adding each new one.

We show how to set permissions using Django ViewSets (a very fast and elegant way to build a Django REST API)

A basic script and guide for exporting Webflow to Django