Kenneth Reitz is a well-known software engineer, international keynote speaker, open source advocate, street photographer, and electronic music producer.
He is the product owner of Python at Heroku and a fellow at the Python Software Foundation. He is well-known for his many open source software projects, specifically Requests: HTTP for Humans.
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- Last Updated: May 16, 2024
- Kenneth Reitz
A big update to the beloved Python web framework known as Django was released recently: Django 1.9. This release contains a long list of improvements for everything from the graphical styling of the admin to the ability to run your test suite in parallel. Our favorite improvements to the framework were, of course, all about our favorite database: Postgres. Here are some of the highlights from the official release notes (highly recommended reading). Renamed PostgreSQL Back-end Django's fantastic built-in Postgres database back-end received a nice name change. Previously known as django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2, the back-end will now be officially available as the…
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- Last Updated: May 14, 2024
- Kenneth Reitz
Here at Heroku, we focus our energy on developer experience and productivity. Historically, this has revolved around command-line tools like the Heroku Toolbelt and the Heroku CLI. As a polyglot platform, we have developers that come from all backgrounds — some that prefer command-line workflows and others that prefer web interface. Most use a bit of both. Today, we're introducing a new first-class interface to our platform: the Heroku Dashboard. App Awareness and Discoverability The new Heroku Dashboard features a fresh look and feel, optimized for readability and workflow efficiency. The more apps you deploy to Heroku, the harder keeping…
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