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Make your own new tab browser extension in 50 lines of code
There are plenty of home page and new tab replacement extensions on the Chrome Web Store that you could use, but why not make your own if it's easy?
Isaac Bythewood
July 09, 2022
Using CodeMirror to show formatted code in Wagtail
Going through all the steps to use CodeMirror with Wagtail to show formatted code on the frontend of your site.
Isaac Bythewood
June 11, 2022
Counting table row counts in PostgreSQL
An easy way to count the number of rows in a PostgreSQL table and sort by totals allowing you to find what's taking up space in your database.
Isaac Bythewood
May 28, 2022
Finding broken external links on websites using Scrapy
Broken links are a problem for any content driven website as it ages, find them quickly and easily with Scrapy.
Isaac Bythewood
July 23, 2022
Running a simple Django website in Docker
Using Docker to run a simple production and development environments with a few extras thrown in. Easily customized to your preferred language or framework.
Isaac Bythewood
May 14, 2022
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
July 02, 2022