Building the system

Breaking Free From the ORM: Replacing Database Queries

The final step to remove the ORM from our programs

TL;DR, Make your life easier by configuring data types transformations and data formatting from data going in and out of the…

Breaking Free From the ORM: Replacing Connection Handling

Handle performant connections to the database

TL;DR, Understand the threading model running your program when reusing database connections.

Breaking Free From the ORM: Decoupling Database Migrations

Defining expectations from a database migration system without an ORM

TL;DR, Removing the database lifecycle from your application lifecycle will reduce the…

Breaking Free From the ORM: Why Move On?

Time to escape object relational mapping

TL;DR, Reduce complexity in in your programs by avoiding the use of ORMs.

The mythical Full Stack developer

Reasons to not hire Full Stack developers and to avoid presenting oneself as a such.

TL;DR, Avoid the “Full Stack idea”. As a company you’ll save money, as a developer you’ll save time.

Better performance by optimizing Gunicorn config

Practical advice on how to configure Gunicorn.

How to store dates and times in PostgreSQL

The ultimate guide to understanding timestamp data types.

TL;DR, Use PostgreSQL’s “timestamp with time zone” (“timestamptz”).