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Rewriting my blog in Rust

I rewrote this blog from Flask to Rust over an afternoon. The result is a single 3.5 MB binary that uses 14x less memory and serves 10x more requests per second.

Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2026-05-06

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Using Vite with Django in 2026
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 Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-26
Minimal automated updates for Alpine Linux
Minimal automated updates for Alpine Linux
Many Linux distros have a way to configure automated updates but somewhat surprisingly Alpine Linux does not.
Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2022-07-16
Optimizing SQLite for Django in production
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 Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-18