Articles

July 2, 2025

Django Mixin to Find Any Object's Page Number in Paginated QuerySets

Build a reusable Django mixin that finds an object's page number in paginated QuerySets, ensuring users return to the correct page after performing operations on individual items.

June 29, 2025

Find An Object's Page Number Within A Django Paginated QuerySet

Efficiently find object page numbers in Django paginated views using Window functions, RowNumber expressions, and optimized database queries.

June 25, 2025

How To Resize Images On Upload in Django

Resize uploaded images during Django form validation using Pillow to prevent large files from reaching your storage system.

June 16, 2025

How to Serve Favicons in Django from Cloud Storage

Discover how to proxy serve favicons in Django from cloud storage like AWS S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage Buckets to mitigate CORS issues related to external storage.

June 12, 2025

How To Handle AZ TPT Reimbursements For Rent Tax In Yardi Breeze

Instructions on how to approach and record transaction privilege tax (TPT) reimbursements for rental income earned.

June 9, 2025

How To Set Up Automatic Sales Tax In Yardi Breeze

How to set up Yardi Breeze to automatically calculate and accrue sales tax for charges.

June 3, 2025

How To Add A robots.txt File In Django

A discussion on how to serve a robots.txt file in a couple of different ways from a Django application.

May 30, 2025

Django Signals For Updating And Deleting Images

Django signals that delete image files when a model image field is updated or the entire record is deleted.

May 28, 2025

Considerations for Django Model Field Choices

A discussion on how to appropriately handle Django model field choices so that migrations aren't produced unnecessarily.

May 12, 2025

How To Organize Files and Folders For Small Business

A quick guide to naming and organizing files and folders so that retrieving resources is simple and efficient.

April 8, 2025

Securely Update Kubernetes Secrets with Manual GitHub Workflows

A Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Environment Variables in DigitalOcean Kubernetes Using workflow_dispatch

April 2, 2025

Two Reasons Your Idea Should Begin With A Business Plan

A simplified roadmap to making quality decisions surrounding which ideas to pursue, develop further, or discard.

September 1, 2024

How To Handle Failed Yardi Breeze CHECKscan Payments

In this article I'll share my approach to correcting for a check that doesn't process correctly using the Yardi Breeze CHECKscan app.

August 11, 2024

Front-End Practice: Javascript Calculator

Weekend fun with Javascript, CSS & HTML building a functional calculator.

August 8, 2024

Support for Pre-Django 4.2 Storage Configuration Removed In Django 5.1

Support for the file/media and static file storage configurations has been removed forcing adoption of the new STORAGES dictionary in settings.py.

July 13, 2024

Add Form To Django Formset Dynamically With JavaScript

Use JavaScript to dynamically add forms to a Django Formset on the client side by copying an existing form, updating the necessary values and attributes, and appending the copied form to the formset.

June 25, 2024

Efficient URL Management In Django

A centralized approach to URL management in Django for frequently referenced URL patterns.

June 23, 2024

Default Avatars With User Initials

Simple default avatars displaying the logged-in user's initials for use as a fallback when a profile picture isn't set.

June 20, 2024

How To Enter A Correcting Journal Entry In Yardi Breeze

A step-by-step guide on how to correct an earlier journal entry that was either discovered to have been made in error or where something exogenous has changed and using a payable as an example.

June 20, 2024

Simple Callout Boxes For Info, TLDR, And So On

Instructions and discussion on building simple, styled callout boxes to add context to article content.

June 18, 2024

Thoughts On Correcting Entries In Property Management Accounting

An analysis on correcting entries, when they're necessary, when they should occur, and what constraints and hazards may be present as it pertains to property management accounting.

June 18, 2024

An Evaluation On How To Post A Payment In Yardi Breeze for An Amount Different Than the Invoice

The available options and steps to take when you need to post a payment against a payable for an amount different than the invoice.

June 17, 2024

Display Accounting Journal Entries with HTML, CSS, And Javascript

Here's an easy way to cleanly display an accounting journal entry as an HTML table with a little bit of style and javascript behavior.

June 17, 2024

Effort and Progress Are Not The Same Thing

Reflections on when effort has been misplaced and how I've changed my approach to organizing my thoughts and actions to get the most from my time and energy.

June 9, 2024

How To Test A Domain Locally

This article explores how to test your Django application using a domain rather than "localhost." Additionally, we'll look at a DNS cacheing issue you're likely to encounter and what to do about it.