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Cool URIs don't change, unless an AI rewrites your blog
A short post-mortem on letting an AI port my blog from Django to Flask, and the URL design mistake it cheerfully shipped along the way.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-29
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Using Vite with Django in 2026
I ran webpack on every Django project I had for years. In 2026 it's Vite, no wrapper package needed. Here's the whole setup.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-26
Adding dark mode with automatic system preference selection
Creating a dark, or light, version of your website may seem like a daunting task if you think you need an entirely new color pallet. It's 2022 though and we have the widely supported invert CSS filter.
Isaac Bythewood
2022-07-02
Optimizing SQLite for Django in production
The default SQLite settings in Django are fine for development but will hit "database is locked" errors under any concurrency. Here's the config I use in production.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-18