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Frank Wiles

@fwiles.bsky.social

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Expert in building, scaling and maintaining complex web applications - Founder of REVSYS, PSF Fellow, Django Steering Council and Former President of the Django Software Foundation. Into Python, Django, React, Rust, Kubernetes and cooking

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 1d

YDD - YOLO Driven Development

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 1d

Turning iced coffee and tokens into codes

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 1d

If I ever write a book or course on Git, I’m going to have to title it: Go on, git! 🤣

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Stacy Kvernmo @stacykvernmo.com · 7d

I'm really excited for a future with CSS Mixins and Functions. @oddbird.dev has some great content on these features if you want to browse our collection: www.oddbird.net/tags/css-mix...

What are you most excited about?

Tag: CSS Mixins & Functions

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 4d

Why did I wake up at 3am? Ugh. Finally opted to just get some work done around 4. All typos I make today should be forgiven, gonna be a long day until I can take a nap at the office. #ClaudeCodeAtNight

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 5d

Bake leeks are yummy! Butter, white wine, and tarragon. Amazing on some crunchy bread! Doing French dinner tonight if you can’t tell!

Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 6d

You know your kitchen is well used when you find Cinnamon Hearts

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Diego Russo @diegor.it · 18d

The CPython Core Dev Sprint 2025 in Cambridge is a wrap, the biggest and best yet! 🎉🐍

50+ core devs, Python 3.14rc2 released, Arm talks on ISA/compilers, and a true Cambridge experience!

I’ve shared the full story (with photos) on LinkedIn 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 8d

I've lived this a few times in my own projects and it sucks. Have also experienced it with clients and have helped a few of them break through to the other side.

Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 10d

This month in Yak Shaving... I created a Markdown/MDX + React -> PDF document system for myself using AstroJS and Playwright. Allows me to work with familiar tools like Markdown, NeoVim, etc. and create decent looking PDF documents far quicker than Apple Pages or similar.

Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 11d

Sometimes you’re not having the best day and then one of your vendors texts you: Just so you know, you've always been the coolest customer I have

Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 11d

How are you improving your habits this week?

Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 12d

Go for it! I added a bit of pumpkin puree as well to kick it up a notch.

Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 12d

As a father of daughters one must make Pumpkin Spice Pancakes!

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 14d

In case you missed it yesterday, PostgreSQL 18 is a big release! Should provide huge performance improvements for most users, don't sleep on this one. www.postgresql.org/about/news/...

PostgreSQL 18 Released!

The [PostgreSQL Global Development Group](https://www.postgresql.org) today announced the release of [PostgreSQL 18](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18.html), the latest version of the world's most advanced …

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Django news @djangonews.bsky.social · 14d

Django News - django.tasks exists - Sep 26th 2025 https://django-news.com/issues/304

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 15d

My recent frustration with Teams means I can easily relate to this. lionelbarrow.substack.com/p/dont-even...

Don't even consider starting with Microsoft

In which a G-Suite user navigates the upside down world of Exchange, 365 and SharePoint

lionelbarrow.substack.com

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Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social · 16d

AI addons in products crack me. In Adobe Acrobat, confused as to how to add a signature to this document so give the big 'Ask AI Assistant' button a try...