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Re: Ask HN: What's your Django side project?

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https://www.dittobomb.com/ A platform for sending tweets to people in the mail.

Hah, that's an awesome project. I'd say it is somewhat similar to Josh Shpigford's Laser Tweets ( https://lasertweets.co/ ).

Hey, that's really cool! I love the style, it's beautiful.

Re: Ask HN: What's your Django side project?

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Built with Django is a really interesting project. It looks good for me on Chrome, but I don't see any projects on Safari. I'm on Mojave 10.14.6, Safari 13.1.

Thanks!

Yes, I am aware of the problem you are referring to. I've known about it for some time, but I can't do anything about it. I just don't understand why the images don't show up.

I've searched everywhere, but couldn't find the solution. I fanyone here knows how to solve it, I'd be forever grateful.

Re: Ask HN: What's your Django side project?

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For 6 years I’ve been building Cronitor.io with my best friend and business partner, August. We started on Django 1.6 and I’ll admit: we liked it so much we stuck with that version for 5 years (ha ha). Earlier this year we did the mythic trek to Python3 and are enjoying the all the new Django goodies. August is working full time on Cronitor but for me it’s still technically a “side project” — for now! Edit: sorry for…

> Earlier this year we did the mythic trek to Python3 and are enjoying the all the new Django goodies.

Can you share anything about how that upgrade journey went? What are some of the newer features that have been helpful for you? Were those features you knew would be helpful, or were you happily surprised?

Re: Ask HN: What's your Django side project?

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I built https://www.spacereference.org , which compiles information on asteroids and comets from multiple data sources. The Django project is open source here ( https://github.com/judymou/spacedb ) but most of my ongoing work is on the visualization rather than the Django side here ( https://github.com/typpo/spacekit/ ).

Wow, simply wow! Great work!

Re: Ask HN: What's your Django side project?

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Started as a simple python script to scratch my own itch to track USCIS Visa Bulletins and my Green Card progress. Due to demand by friends and co-workers who had the same need, I used it as a learning opportunity and created a website powered by Django and Beautiful Soup: https://www.seekingvisa.com/

Re: Ask HN: What's your Django side project?

#48

https://cronitor.io is built with Django. It was a side project from March 2014 to March 2020, but as of last month it’s now my full-time job!

Congrats! If you don't mind sharing what made you make the jump to full time?

I've been working on e-commerce and consumer mobile products for the last 6 years. It's been a great experience, but I've always wanted to work full-time on a SaaS developer tool. More specifically, one that I want/need in my day-to-day job as a software developer.

Watching Cronitor grow the past few years, and seeing all the ways that people rely on it today, has been extremely rewarding. Working on it full-time means I can finally tackle some of the bigger projects that I've wanted to do, but haven't been able to due to time constraints. In other words, I get to make it even more useful now!

Re: Ask HN: What's your Django side project?

#50

I've started several over the years, but not actively working on any. Having a hard time with motivation right now. - A Funko POP! collection tracker. - A Disc Golf auction/news site. - A qeepsake competitor.

Can you provide some links please? :)
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