GitHub Authentication in WSL
Setting up sticky authentication to GitHub for WSL sessions.
Sonatype Updates
Sonatype "sunset" their OSSRH system for publisning into https://mvnrepository.com/ on 2025-06. These steps will allow using the existing Maven plugins to publish while working on switching to their new plugin.
Embedding Vector Search w/ Django & PostgreSQL, Part 2
Data Model for Embedding Typically, a model is used whose record includes: the text being embedded the embedding (vector of floats) However, RDBMSes have strict and relatively static schemas that…
Embedding Vector Search w/ Django & PostgreSQL, Part 1
Sigh. 🙄 Yes--yet another "AI" article in a blog. The pgvector extension allows PostgreSQL to support vector searches. This ability is useful for implementing RAG solutions. The link has all…
PostgreSQL Pager OFF
This is a useful but difficult-to-remember command for PSQL: \pset pager off Or, if the invocation of psql is within control, add the -P pager=off argument: psql -P pager=off ...…
Python Docker Starter
I've had to set these up so many times that having a starter .tar.gz will help:django-starter.tar.gz Contents Dockerfile docker-compose.yml requirements.txt Commands Shell in with service ports: docker-compose run --rm --service-ports…
Celery/RabbitMQ Notes on Task Timings
The following notes apply when using Celery with the RabbitMQ broker. Celery Settings task_acks_late The Celery setting task_acks_late (by default disabled), if set, will defer message ACK with RabbitMQ until…