Publishing Django Apps
Publishing reusable Django apps to PyPI
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…
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…
Sentry on Django
Sentry is one of those things that most companies use, but most people (or maybe just I) don't really know how to use it. The way I learn these things…
Django app template w/ Docker
Revisiting https://www.pn.therealvan.com/2021/01/24/postgresql-and-mysql-docker-containers/, this post focuses on a plain Django app with minimal dependencies: exclude pipenv using the default SQLite DB Bootstrapping Start with these files: Dockerfile FROM python:3 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED…
Wagtail in Docker
Over the weekend I found out about a CMS software written on top of Django called Wagtail. The installation instructions promise an easy path. Just run: pip install wagtail Since…