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How to Achieve Pruning When Querying by Non-Partitioned Columns in PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2026
Row Locks With Joins Can Produce Surprising Results in PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2026
Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizationsoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2026

2025

Reliable Django Signalsoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2025
How to Get Foreign Keys Horribly Wrongoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2025

2024

How to Get or Create in PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2024
Fastest Way to Read Excel in Pythonoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2024

2023

When Good Correlation is Not Enoughoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2023

2022

Future Proofing SQL with Carefully Placed Errorsoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2022
Handling Concurrency Without Locksoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2022

2021

Lesser Known PostgreSQL Featuresoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2021
One Database Transaction Too Manyoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2021
Practical SQL for Data Analysisoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2021
Exciting New Features in Django 3.2original ↗
2 Mar 2021
The Unexpected Find That Freed 20GB of Unused Index Spaceoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2021
Re-Introducing Hash Indexes in PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2021

2020

Exhaustiveness Checking with Mypyoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2020
The Surprising Impact of Medium-Size Texts on PostgreSQL Performanceoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2020
Simple Anomaly Detection Using Plain SQLoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2020
Some SQL Tricks of an Application DBAoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2020
Stop Using datetime.now!original ↗
31 May 2020
How to Move a Django Model to Another Apporiginal ↗
5 May 2020
Testing an Interactive Voice Response System With Python and Pytestoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2020
How to Provide Test Fixtures for Django Models in Pytestoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2020
Using Markdown in Djangooriginal ↗
29 Mar 2020
Building an IVR System with Python, Django and Twiliooriginal ↗
11 Feb 2020
Understand Group by in Django with SQLoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2020

2019

12 Common Mistakes and Missed Optimization Opportunities in SQLoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2019
Preventing SQL Injection Attacks With Pythonoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2019
How "Export to Excel" Almost Killed Our Systemoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2019
How to Get the First or Last Value in a Group Using Group By in SQLoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2019
What You Need to Know to Manage Users in Django Adminoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2019
Fastest Way to Load Data Into PostgreSQL Using Pythonoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2019
Improve Serialization Performance in Django Rest Frameworkoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2019
How to Let Google Know of Other Languages in Your Django Siteoriginal ↗
6 May 2019
How to Create an Index in Django Without Downtimeoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2019
How to Use Grouping Sets in Djangooriginal ↗
9 Mar 2019
It's Time to Own My Own Contentoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2019
Modeling Polymorphism in Djangooriginal ↗
1 Jan 2019

2018

How We Solved a Storage Problem in PostgreSQL Without Adding a Single Byte of Storageoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2018
Optimizing the Django Admin Paginatororiginal ↗
5 Nov 2018
Be Careful With CTE in PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2018
Automating the Boring Stuff in Django Using the Check Frameworkoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2018
9 Django Tips for Working with Databasesoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2018
How to Add a Text Filter to Django Adminoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2018

2017

Django Admin Range-Based Date Hierarchyoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2017
Scaling Django Admin Date Hierarchyoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2017
How We Replaced Dozens of Test Fixtures With One Simple Functionoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2017
How to Manage Concurrency in Django Modelsoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2017
5 Ways to Make Django Admin Saferoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2017
The Many Faces of DISTINCT in PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
10 May 2017
All You Need To Know About Prefetching in Djangooriginal ↗
28 Apr 2017
How to Turn Django Admin Into a Lightweight Dashboardoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2017
How to Test Django Signals Like a Prooriginal ↗
17 Feb 2017
Working With APIs the Pythonic Wayoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2017

2016

The Best New Feature in unittest You Didn't Know You Needoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2016
Timing Tests in Python For Fun and Profitoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2016
How to Add Custom Action Buttons to Django Adminoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2016
Bullet Proofing Django Modelsoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2016
Keeping Tests DRY with Class Based Tests In Pythonoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2016
Things You Must Know About Django Admin As Your App Gets Biggeroriginal ↗
4 Aug 2016